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Essential Question(s)	1. Where does water spend most of its time and how does it get there? 2. Describe in detail the oceans.

All assignments and other readings can be accessed on my school website.

Please check the classroom for due dates as late work is generally NOT accepted. I will collect some individual assignments to put in the grade book, including ALL homework. Save all work to turn in when the unit is due. You have a folder and a bag in class to use! (w) means there is a link on the website.

Sections I - Basics You must complete the assignments to get the points. Write your scores down as w e complete assignments. I will tell you all the details.

Pts	#	Assignment Title	Type
/30	1	Vocabulary cards (+4 big ones) (10pts) AND quiz (20 pts)	VOC
/20	2	Water Cycle flipbook (w)	ACT
/20	3	Step Into Liquid notes (w)	VID
/20	4	Cadillac Dessert video (w)	VID
/14	5	P 366 1-5, 377 1-5, 381 1-4	BKW
/20	6	Science and Society p. 410 “You decide”	TBA
/10	7	Water Cycle Quiz (w)	QZZ
/ 100.		Section I points (Max 114)

Pre-Test score (w)________ Post-Test Score (w) HMK ______ dif. (post – pre) ________
Please be sure to write your scores down. You will get extra credit for the difference.

Section II - Labs or other work. These assignments are a little bit harder or longer.

Pts	#	Assignment title	Due Date
/100	1	Research Report on Changing Ocean levels and causes. Read objective 2 on other side. (w)
/ 100.		Section II points (Max 100)

Your Totals	Points Possible	Grading scale for unit A 180 – 200 / B 160 – 179 / C 140 – 159 / D 120 - 139	Unit due date
	200	Unit score (Section I + II) Max 230 pts
	100	Assessment* uTIPS test (w)

*The assessment will either be a test, essay, project or other assessment tool that either the student or teacher chooses.

In order to keep your parents informed of your work and what we are doing in class let them see this list of assignments. It must be signed before you turn it in. This can be done any time. This is REQUIRED or I will not accept your work.

Parent signature. __________________________________________

date __________________

Vocabulary words. * These words will ALL be on your quiz! You must make vocabulary flashcards using the index cards from class (or your own). At the end of the year you will have a large stash of flashcards.

*groundwater	*reservoir	*salinity	glacier	Condensation
biological dynamics	tide	geologic time	Evaporation	Melting
Precipitation	*El Nino	Wastewater	Freshwater	Hardness

State Science Core (what you will be tested on during CRT’s at the end of the year)

Standard 4: Students will understand that water cycles through and between reservoirs in the hydrosphere and affects the other spheres of the Earth system.

Objective 1: Explain the water cycle in terms of its reservoirs, the movement between reservoirs, and the energy to move water. Evaluate the importance of freshwater to the biosphere.

a. Identify the reservoirs of Earth’s water cycle (e.g., ocean, ice caps/glaciers, atmosphere, lakes, rivers, biosphere, groundwater) locally and globally, and graph or chart relative amounts in global reservoirs.

b. Illustrate the movement of water on Earth and describe how the processes that move water (e.g., evaporation of water, melting of ice/snow, ocean currents, movement of water vapor by wind) use energy from the sun.

c. Relate the physical and chemical properties of water to a water pollution issue.

d. Make inferences about the quality and/or quantity of freshwater, using data collected from local water systems.

e. Analyze how communities deal with water shortages, distribution, and quality in designing a long-term water use plan.

Objective 2: Analyze the physical and biological dynamics of the oceans.

a. Describe the physical dynamics of the oceans (e.g., wave action, ocean currents, El Nino, tides).

b. Determine how physical properties of oceans affect organisms (e.g., salinity, depth, tides, temperature).

c. Model energy flow in ocean ecosystems.

d. Research and report on changing ocean levels over geologic time, and relate changes in ocean level to changes in the water cycle.

e. Describe how changing sea levels could affect life on Earth.