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Previous General Science Homework Assignments:

May 27 - 31


Assignments are DUE on the day listed!
Date Assignment
Monday 5-27-19 No school
Tuesday 5-28-19 Work on Motion activity part 1
Wednesday 5-29-19 Motion activity part 1
Thursday 5-30-19

Makeup / Retake Test

Motion activity part 2

Friday 5-31-19 Notebook check (Contents: Notebook check , Long Valley Caldera , Pacific Ring of Fire , Mapping Earthquake and Volcanoes , Volcano Quiz , CA Project 9 Instructions , Evacuation Map Instructions , Journey to the Center of the Earth , CA Project 9 grading sheet , Geology Review , Geology Test , Test corrections , Motion Notes , Speed Problems , Motion Handout , Your Speed , Distance, Time, Speed Practice Problems , Motion Handout 2 , Motion Quiz , Motion activity part 1 , Motion activity part 2 )

May 20 - 24


Assignments are DUE on the day listed!
Date Assignment
Monday 5-20-19 Speed problems
Tuesday 5-21-19

Motion handout

Wednesday 5-22-19

None

Thursday 5-23-19

Your speed

Distance, Time, Speed Practice Problems

Friday 5-24-19

Motion handout part 2

Quiz


May 13 - 17


Assignments are DUE on the day listed!
Date Assignment
Monday 5-13-19 Study for the test
Tuesday 5-14-19

Study for the test

*Extra credit opportunity at night*

Wednesday 5-15-19 Test
Thursday 5-16-19

Journey to the center of the Earth

Friday 5-17-19

Test Corrections

Motion notes


May 6 - 10


Assignments are DUE on the day listed!
Date Assignment
Monday 5-6-19 Earthquake activity for CA Standard 9 Project

*Friday night science handout due*

Tuesday 5-7-19 California Standard 9 Review for CA Standard 9 Project
Wednesday 5-8-19 Summary for CA Standard 9 Project
Thursday 5-9-19 CA Standard 9 Project
Friday 5-10-19 Review

April 29 - May 3


Assignments are DUE on the day listed!
Date Assignment
Monday 4-29-19 Resources Collage for CA Standard 9 Project
Tuesday 4-30-19 Hazards pamphlet for CA Standard 9 Project
Wednesday 5-1-19 Evacuation Map for CA Standard 9 Project
Thursday 5-2-19 Map of CA for CA Standard 9 Project (This website may help.)
Friday 5-3-19

Geothermal crossword for CA Standard 9 Project

*Friday night science!*


April 15 - 19


Assignments are DUE on the day listed!
Date Assignment
Monday 4-15-19

Pacific Ring of Fire:

Using the internet, answer the following questions using complete sentences:

  1. Where is the Pacific Ring of Fire?
  2. What are all the countries on the Pacific Ring of Fire?
  3. How many volcanoes are located in each country? 
  4. Why do volcanoes occur along the Pacific Ring of Fire?
  5. Extra credit: List one volcano from each country listed in question 2.
Tuesday 4-16-19 Work on Mapping Earthquake and Volcanoes Lab
Wednesday 4-17-19

 

Quiz

 

Thursday 4-18-19

Report Cover for CA Standard 9 Project

Mapping Earthquake and Volcanoes Lab

Friday 4-19-19 Spring break!

April 8 - 12


Assignments are DUE on the day listed!
Date Assignment
Monday 4-8-19

Volcanic Hazards

Tuesday 4-9-19

Volcanoes Handout

Wednesday 4-10-19

Notebook check (Contents: Notebook Check , Rock Cycle Word search , Rock Cycle Roulette , Topographic Mapping Notes , Topographic Maps , Topographic Mapping , Topographic Map Practice , Topography Quiz , P. 300 #1-6 , Earthquake Notes , Earthquake Word Search , Richter Scale Lab , Volcano Notes , Earthquake Quiz , Volcano Chart , Volcanic Hazards , Volcanos Handout )

Makeup / Retake Test

Thursday 4-11-19 None
Friday 4-12-19 Long Valley Caldera handout using this PPT

April 1 - 5


Assignments are DUE on the day listed!
Date Assignment
Monday 4-1-19

None

Tuesday 4-2-19 Richter Scale Lab
Wednesday 4-3-19

Volcano Notes handout from volcano presentation

Earthquake Quiz

Thursday 4-4-19 None
Friday 4-5-19 Volcano Chart

March 25 - 29


Assignments are DUE on the day listed!
Date Assignment
Monday 3-25-19 Rock Cycle Roulette
Tuesday 3-26-19 Topographic Mapping Notes
Wednesday 3-27-19

Topographic map handouts (3 handouts!)

Quiz

Thursday 3-28-19

Read 12.1

Answer P. 300 #1-6 in your notebook

Friday 3-29-19

Earthquake notes (only the underlined)

Earthquake Word Search


March 18 - 22


Assignments are DUE on the day listed!
Date Assignment
Monday 3-18-19 None
Tuesday 3-19-19 Who dunnit?
Wednesday 3-20-19

Law of superposition

Anticlines & Synclines

Thursday 3-21-19

Rock Cycle Handout

Notebook check (Contents: Notebook check , Paleomagnetic banding , Sea floor spreading activitiy - paleomagnetics , Pie slice of the Earth , Earth's interior lab , Continental drift notes , Sea floor spreading & paleomagnetics crossword , Pangaea , Plate tectonics notes , Plate boundaries map , Plate tectonics review , Continental drift and plate tectonics quiz , P. 254 #2-4, 6 , Who dunnit , Law of superposition , Anticlines & snyclines , Rock cycle handout )

Friday 3-22-19 Rock Cycle Word Search

March 11 - 15


Assignments are DUE on the day listed!
Date Assignment
Monday 3-11-19 Pangaea
Tuesday 3-12-19

Plate Tectonics Notes

Wednesday 3-13-19 Tectonic Plate Boundaries Map
Thursday 3-14-19 Quiz

Plate Tectonics Review

Friday 3-15-19

Read 10.2

Answer P. 254 #2-4, 6


March 4 - 8


Assignments are DUE on the day listed!
Date Assignment
Monday 3-4-19 Paleomagnetic banding
Tuesday 3-5-19 Sea floor spreading activity - paleomagnetics
Wednesday 3-6-19 Pie slice of the Earth
Thursday 3-7-19 Earth's Interior Lab
Friday 3-8-19

Copy underlined portion of Continental Drift Notes

Seafloor spreading and paleomagnetics crossword


February 25 - March 1


Assignments are DUE on the day listed!
Date Assignment
Monday 2-25-19 Astronomy Review
Tuesday 2-26-19 Astronomy Test
Wednesday 2-27-19 Work on notebook
Thursday 2-28-19

Notebook check (Contents: Notebook check , Quiz (Astronomy parts 5-7) , Astronomy Unit Questions part 4 , P. 760 #1-10, P. 764 #1-7 , Emission Spectra , H-R graphing , Astronomy Unit Questions part 8 , Stellar evolution notes , Quiz (Astronomy parts 4 & 8) , Astronomy crossword , Astronomy review , Astronomy test , Test corrections )

Test corrections

Makeup / Retake Test

Friday 3-1-19

Read Chapter 19


February 18 - 22


Assignments are DUE on the day listed!
Date Assignment
Monday 2-18-19 No school
Tuesday 2-19-19 Work on your stellar evolution project
Wednesday 2-20-19

Work on your stellar evolution project

Thursday 2-21-19

Quiz

Stellar evolution project Due!

Friday 2-22-19 Astronomy Crossword

Start working on Astronomy Review


February 11 - 15


Assignments are DUE on the day listed!
Date Assignment
Monday 2-11-19 No school
Tuesday 2-12-19

P. 760 # 1-10 and P. 764 #1-7

Wednesday 2-13-19

Emission spectra

Thursday 2-14-19 H-R graphing
Friday 2-15-19

Astronomy Unit Questions part 8

Stellar evolution notes


February 4 - 8


Assignments are DUE on the day listed!

Date Assignment
Monday 2-4-19 Astronomy Unit Questions part 5
Tuesday 2-5-19

Astronomy Unit Questions part 7

Notebook Check! (Contents: Constellation detective , Making a constellation , Constellation graphing , Distances of the solar system , Astronomy unit questions , Astronomy unit questions part 1 , Astronomy unit questions part 2 , Cosmos episode 1 , Astronomy unit questions part 3 , Cosmos episode 3 , Parts 1-3 Quiz , Astronomy unit questions part 6 , Astronomy unit questions part 5 , Astronomy unit questions part 7 )

Wednesday 2-6-19 Work on Astronomy Unit Questions part 4
Thursday 2-7-19 Quiz (Astronomy parts 5-7)
Friday 2-8-19 Astronomy Unit Questions part 4

January 28 - February 1


Assignments are DUE on the day listed!
Date Assignment
Monday 1-28-19 Astronomy Unit Questions part 2
Tuesday 1-29-19

Cosmos Episode 1

Wednesday 1-30-19 Astronomy Unit Questions part 3
Thursday 1-31-19

Cosmos Episode 3

Quiz

Friday 2-1-19

Astronomy Unit Questions part 6


January 21 - 25


Assignments are DUE on the day listed!
Date Assignment
Monday 1-21-19 No school
Tuesday 1-22-19

Constellation Graphing Activity

Wednesday 1-23-19 Work on Distances of the solar system
Thursday 1-24-19 Work on Distances of the solar system
Friday 1-25-19

Distances of the solar system

Astronomy Unit Questions parts 1


January 14 - 18


Assignments are DUE on the day listed!
Date Assignment
Monday 1-14-19 No school
Tuesday 1-15-19 No school
Wednesday 1-16-19 Bring your notebook
Thursday 1-17-19 Constellation detective
Friday 1-18-19 Making a constellation

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