Classwork: Today was the field trip to Stars and Strikes for our Renaissance students. If students were not going on the field trip, we spent time helping them get organized, cleaning out lockers, and working on Skills Building through computer work.
Warmup: None
Homework: None
Classwork: Today you worked to complete the Frayer card about waves, and then you developed an accordion book about the types of waves.
Warmup: The true edge of a continent, where rock that makes up the continent stops and the rock of the ocean floor begins, is the A) continental shelf, B) continental slope, C) abyssal plain, or D) mid-ocean ridge.
Homework: Begin studying for the test which will be next Thursday or Friday. You should study the steps of the water cycle, water distribution throughout the world, features of the ocean floor, the neretic zone and the open-ocean zone, waves, currents, and tides. (We haven’t studied tides yet, but we’ll do that next week.
Classwork: Today we had a variety of things we did: turned in warmups for grade, played “Who am I?”, learned our first of 12 words to know for the CRCT, and developed a Frayer card for the word, wave. The CRCT word we learned today was “trace.” Any time you correctly use the word in science class, you will get a Maverick Buck.
Warmup: You will need to use your book to find this answer. The part of the ocean that extends from the low-tide line to the edge of the continental shelf is the A) neritic zone, B) open-ocean zone, C) intertidal zone, or D) deep zone.
Homework: If you were absent today, write one sentence about something to do with science, using the word, trace.
Parent surveys went home today. These are to be completed by your parents and returned to your homeroom teacher as soon as possible.
Classwork: Today you had more practice with graphing, only this time it was using latitude and longitude. We charted the path of Nike shoes that fell overboard during a storm at sea. After that, we drew conclusions about how the shoes ended up where they did. We concluded by imagining whether a letter in a bottle would get from the southern tip of Africa would reach the eastern coast of South America.
Warmup: In the Northern Hemisphere, currents curve to the right because of the A) longshore drift, B) density, C) Coriolis effect, or D) moon’s gravity.
Homework: Complete warmups from the last two weeks so they are ready to turn in on Thursday.
Classwork: Today we discussed the difference between warm ocean currents and cold ocean currents. You used your books to look at the pictures and captions that were in Ch. 14.2. We discuused how the weather in Europe is milder because the Gulf Stream passes by that area and brings warm water and how the weather on the coast of California is mild er than inland because the cold California current keeps the temperatures down. We also talked about El Nino and its effect on weather.
Warmup: The feature of the ocean floor which forms when two tectonic plates converge is called A) sea-floor spreading, B) trench, C) abyssal plain, or D) mid-ocean ridge.
Homework: Review your study guide about the features on the ocean floor. You should be starting to think “TEST” because we are almost finished with Ch. 14. That means we’ll probably have the unit test sometime next week. I’ll give you a study guide, in addition to the one you made yesterday. Studying the ocean floor features now will put you in a good place for the test.
Classwork: Today you began the day by completing your test sheet with all the facts that went with each feature of the ocean floor. After that, you read pp. 416-419 in your textbook. Think about 4 factors that influence surface currents. Can you recall what they are? If not, read the pages again.
Warmup: Metric Monday MM 2 1 10
Homework: If you didn’t complete the reading part of today’s assignment, complete it tonight. (pp. 416-419)
Classwork; Today you finished the chart of the ocean floor and the questions that went along with that.
Warmup: the feature of the ocean floor that is a mountain below water leverl is A) mid-ocean ridge, B) volcanic island, C) abyssal plain, or D) seamount.
Homework: Complete worksheet, ” Ups and Downs at the Bottom”
Field trip permission slips are still due. Also, don’t forget the book fair going on in the Media Center during parent conferences. The Cultural Arts Fair will be held on Thursday, Feb. 11, at 7:00 here at McClure. See the attached flyer for more information. Cultural Arts Family Flyer 2010
Classwork: Today you took the test on the features of the ocean floor. After that, if you had time, you worked on your chart of the ocean floor.
Warmup: None today because of the test.
Homework: If you didn’t finish your chart of the ocean floor, you should finish it over the weekend. Remember that this is a lab grade and counts quite a bit, so don’t forget to get it ready to turn in on Monday morning.
Field trip permission slips for Medieval Times are due soon. Don’t forget to bring them in as soon as possible.
Classwork: Today you worked on graphing the ocean floor. You should have been able to see some of the features you defined through last Friday’s websearch on your graph. Use textbook pages 382-385 to study the terms. We’ll finish the graph and worksheet in class tomorrow.
Warmup: The feature of the ocean floor that is gently sloping and covered by sea water is A) continental slope, B) continental shelf, C) abyssal plain, or D) seamount.
Homework: Study the features of the ocean floor for a test on Friday. Here are the terms you should know: continental shelf, continental slope, continental rise, abyssal plain, mid-ocean ridge, rift valley, seamounts, trenches, and volcanic islands. Use pp. 382-385 in your textbook.
Medieval Times Field trip permission slips and medical forms are due back. Don’t forget them.
Classwork: Today you took a quiz on the locations of the oceans and the continents. After that you worked on a sheet with clues about oceans and continents. You had to locate the correct ocean and continent based on the clues.
Warmup: Today was Metric Monday (on Tuesday) : MM 1 26 10
Homework: If you didn’t finish the worksheet on the oceans and the continents, complete it tonight and turn it in on Wednesday. (Directions for sheet: 1. Cut out map of the world, glue to blue construction paper. 2. Label the continents and then color the continents, each a separate color. 3. Label the oceans and color the oceans. 4. Match the facts on the worksheet to the proper location on the map, then glue the facts block near the location and put an arrow pointing to the exact location.
Don’t forget the permission slips for the field trips.