Assignment #5 (due 1.9)

As part of your thinking around the NOVA Schoolyard Mapping Project, please take the time between now and class tomorrow to notice any features of our school campus that you may not have noticed before (buildings, paved areas, green space, fencing, landscaping, outbuildings, roads...etc.). You are welcome to a list. Be prepared to discuss in class tomorrow.

No homework tonight!

Welcome back everyone! I am so excited to hear about all of your memorable Winter Break experiences!! See you on Wednesday for some new, rad Earth and Space Science--comin' at you, 2020 style!!!

Also, please click here for the link to the National Geographic documentary about the history of our planet we began watching last decade.

Assignment #4 (due 12.19)

Please answer the following question. Your response should be in complete sentences and approximately 2 paragraphs in length (neatly written or typed).

Consider the movie Journey to the Center of the Earth (click for the link to the trailer). Based on the information provided in the trailer, do you think the movie accurately represents Earth's interior (layers/core)? Be sure to include evidence from the trailer in your argument. 

NOTE: We have not discussed Earth's interior composition in great detail yet--do your best!

Assignment #3 ( due 12.18)

Please complete the Geologic History Timeline assignment for Wednesday, 12.18.

No homework tonight...

...get some rest!

No homework tonight...

...go outside and play.

No homework tonight...

...great job with our Clarkia fossil lab today!!! Enjoy an evening off--see you tomorrow!!

Assignment #2 (due 12.6)

Please complete Prompt 1 (Brainstorm) of the Earth in the Beginning assignment. You can either highlight the necessary detail in the article OR make a bulleted list in the space provided on Page 3. This part of the assignment is due tomorrow (12.6).

NOTE: Your diagram for Prompt 2 (Design) is due next Tuesday, 12.10.

Also, click here for the link from the Earth's History on a Football Field video from today's class. SO COOL!!

Assignment #1 (due 12.4)

Please complete the Qualitative vs. Quantitative? handout from today for 12.4. Also, be sure to bring your copy of What's the Deal on Data? to class for continued work on 12.4 (NOTE: This one is NOT homework!).

Also...happy 2nd Trimester!!!

Assignment #15 (due 11.22)

Please bring your Barnacle Lab Reflection Comic Strip with you tomorrow (Thursday) for continued work. NOTE: This is not an assignment to finish tonight! You'll have ample time to work on it in class tomorrow!!

CHECK THIS OUT--COOL METEOR STORM HEADING OUR WAY NOVEMBER 21-22 (this Thursday and Friday)!!! CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS!!

Also, the Northern Lights might be visible tonight--be sure to check out the night sky!
MORE INFO HERE!!!

Assignment #14 (due 11.20)

Please complete the Lost and Puget Sound Survey for 11.20. NOTE: Your instructions are to conduct an interview--your role is to simply record the responses you receive on your handout. If you are interested in watching the video again, you can click here for full access!!

Also, please remember to bring your Barnacle Lab Reflection Comic Strip instructions with you on Wednesday for work in class.

CHECK THIS OUT--COOL METEOR STORM HEADING OUR WAY NOVEMBER 21-22 (this Thursday and Friday)!!! CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS!!

No homework tonight, but...

...please remember to bring your copy of How Do I Write A Conclusion? to class tomorrow!

No homework tonight...

...but please remember to bring your group's Barnacle Investigation data to class tomorrow!

Good job today, everyone!!! You communicated well, were flexible with needing to change plans at the last minute, were patient with each other, and worked really hard on completing your lab. I am really inspired by your work today!!

Assignment #13 (due before 11.13)

Please be sure your Barnacle Investigation group shares your completed Procedure doc with me before next Wednesday (11.13) I would like to print them in time for our big lab that day! You can share your file from your Google drive or via e-mail.

Enjoy your long weekend, everyone. Get outside!!!

Assignment #12 (due 11.6)

Please complete the Microscope Letter "e" Lab we did in class today. Your finished lab should include your sketches at low, medium, and high power. You should also complete Questions 1-3 in the Observation section.

Also, check out this cool article about orca behavior that appeared today in the Seattle Times--awesome footage of orca pods using incredible drone and underwater videography!!!