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2nd Period / Earth
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| Date | Activities |
| 3/31 | RG: Populations Research an Extinct Organism - do research to find out information about why organisms become extinct by finding out about something that no longer exists that once lived on Earth. |
| 4/2 | Video: Ice Age Clip Research Eagle Extinction - Do research about the factors that contributed to the decline in eagle populations and graph the data showing their comeback. Extinction Project - Teach the class about the extinct organism that you researched, where and when it lived, and theories about the cause of its extinction. |
| 4/4 | Research Eagle Extinction - Do research
about the factors that contributed to the decline in eagle populations and
graph the data showing their comeback. Extinction Project - Teach the class about the extinct organism that you researched, where and when it lived, and theories about the cause of its extinction. |
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| 4/10 | Skin Cancer Assembly |
| 4/14 | Extinction Research - Choose an organism
that has become extinct and find out what it was like, where it lived, when
it lived, and why we think it became it extinct. Notes: Natural Selection |
| 4/16 | Atmosphere Pre-Test - True / False quiz
to assess your understanding of the atmosphere. Research Layers of the Atmosphere Notes Video: The Day After Tomorrow |
| 4/18 | Fact or Fiction - Using the internet as a resource use the MSNBC website to Anayze Fact and Fiction about global climate change as it was presented in the movie "The Day After Tomorrow." |
| 4/22 | Layers of the Atmosphere - Follow
instructions to create a diagram that illustrates the layers of our atmosphere. Tried to take Online test but did not work! |
| 4/24 | Online Test: Standard 2 - A multiple choice
test to assess your understanding of changes to the biosphere and how it
interacts with the rest of Earth’s system. Weather Project |
| 4/28 | Notes : Atmosphere Video: Six Degrees that Could Change the World |
| 4/30 | Carbon: The Matter of Life - Use
various texts as resources to investigate carbon, its properties, where
it is stored, and its impact on Earth’s systems. Notes: Carbon |
| 5/2 | Notes: Carbon Notes: The Greenhouse Effect |
| 5/6 | RG: Weather and Climate - Answer questions about weather, climate, and our atmosphere as you read from the Weather and Climate textbook. |
| 5/8 | Ozone Webquest Questions - Answer questions
about ozone and ozone depletion by research on the internet at http://www.epa.gov/ozone/science/ What's Up With Weather - complete worksheet as we watch Nova video on global climate and weather. |
| 5/12 | What's Up With Weather - complete worksheet
as we watch Nova video on global climate and weather. Water is Unique Book - create a booklet with information about what makes water unique. |
| 5/14 | Atmosphere
Test (Assessment) Water is Unique Book - create a booklet with information about what makes water unique. |
| 5/16 | Water Cycle Notes Water Cycle Cartoon - following the instructions, create a 6-12 panel cartoon that illustrates your understanding of how water cycles on Earth. (Assessment) |
| 5/20 | Science CRT (Assessment) |
| 5/22 | Science CRT (Assessment) |
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