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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
- Erosion: Landslide
- We watched the movie Erosion: Landslide, answered the questions (Erosion- Landslide Video Worksheet.doc), and made a list of the types of mass movements. These included:
- Slumps - the most economically devestating type of mass movement
- Landslide - the most physically devestating type of mass movement
- Avalanche - doesn't really count as it is made of snow, rather than dirt; still caused by gravity and water though
- Debris flows
- Lahars - volcanic mudslides
- Rock slides
- Homework:
- Finish 12.2 Fossil Notes (Fossils.xls) - due Wednesday
- Lab Report - due Monday, October 19
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Monday - Wednesday, September 21-22, 2009
I haven't been able to get everything posted this week. We watched Splendid Stones and did a mineral identification lab (Mineral Identification Lab.xls and Helpful Mineral Hints.doc).
Friday, September 18, 2009 - Day 13
- It's Elementary
- This is the last day to work on these in class.
- Everyone who had started their page had a comment waiting for them at the beginning of class.
- Here are some more helpful tips:
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- Tables:
- Put your cursor where you want your table.
- Click on the table button (right next to the link button)
- Choose the number of rows and columns you want.
- I usually select 1 row and 1 column. This works well for framing pictures or making an area for text that is different from the rest of the page.
- You could try 1 row and 2 columns if you want to put two pictures of similar size (one in each cell)
- Choose the alignment you want.
- Click okay.
- Your table will be on your screen with a faint gray border and a white background. It may be hard for you to see.
- Ctrl + Click on the table.
- Select Cell from the menu followed by Cell Properties from the next menu.
- Select the background color you like.
- You can also select a border color. The border is very narrow and will not show up well.
- Click okay.
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- Making additions to your table:
- Adding a picture:
- Upload your picture as detailed on yesterday's agenda.
- Click on the table so your see your cursor in it.
- Click on the name of your picture.
- Resize your picture and your table until you are happy with it.
- Adding text:
- Click on the table so you see your cursor in it.
- Type.
- Change the color and size of the text as you wish.
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- Subscript (AKA the Little Number - lower level):
- Click on the source button
- Find the place you want to put your subscript.
- Type or paste in the following:
- The blank should be filled in with the number you want to be in subscript.
- Click on source again
- Look at your page to make sure the number is in the right place
- Don't forget to save your page
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- Find where Located on Bells and Whistles:
- Changing the background color
- Adding a background picture (difficult)
- Changing all of the font to a fancier font
- Adding an attractive border
- Link to an example page
Thursday, September 17, 2009 - Day 12
- It's Elementary
- Here are some hints for working on your pages:
- Links:
- To add a link using the actual text of the webpage address:
- Paste the address of the page you want to make into a link
- Highlight it
- Click on the little button with the earth and a paperclip
- Select URL from the "Link Type" menu
- Paste in your URL again
- Click okay
- Try out your link after saving the page
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- To add a link using other text than the webpage address:
- Type the word or phrase you want to turn into a link
- Highlight it
- Click on the little button with the Earth and a paperclip
- Select the URL from the "Link Type" menu
- Paste or type in the URL you want to make the link to
- Click okay
- Try out your link after saving the page
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- To add a link to a wiki page:
- Type the name of the page, a word, or a phrase that you want to turn into a link
- Highlight it.
- Click the little button with the Earth and a paperclip
- Select PBWorks page from the "Link Type" menu (should be the one it comes up)
- Select the page you want to link to from the list. You're probably looking for It's Elementary this time around
- Click okay
- Try out your link after saving the page
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- Adding Pictures
- Control click on the picture you want.
- Select "Save Image As..."
- RENAME your image with a name appropriate to what it is an image of - BE SURE NOT TO DELETE THE .JPEG OR .GIF OR .JPG OR ANYTHING ELSE OFF THE NAME. That is an extension and without it you WILL NOT be able to use the picture!
- Save the picture to the desktop (so it is easy to find)
- When you are editing your page, click Images and Files (to the right hand side of the screen toward the middle)
- Click upload files (almost right below your last click)
- Find the picture you saved on your desktop.
- Click select.
- Wait for it to upload.
- Put your cursor where you want your picture to end up
- Select your image from the Images and Files list (it should be at the top) by clicking its name
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- Degree sign
- Click on the source button
- Find the place you want to put your degree sign
- Type or paste in the following:
- Click on source again
- Look at your page to make sure the degree sign is in the right place
- Don't forget to save your page
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- Superscript (AKA the Little Number - upper level)
- Follow the directions above EXCEPT put a three in where there is an oh in the above code.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 - Day 11
- Homework Check
- We checked off and charted the Isotope Practice (Isotope Practice.xls) on the last page of your packets.
- Online Textbook
- We went online to check out the textbook. I already registered everyone, but students went on and changed their passwords.
- Wiki Registration / It's Elementary
- We worked on registering everyone for the wiki. All students should be registered to change the wiki at this point.
- We started the It's Elementary Project (It’s Elementary.doc). All students selected an element randomly from a pumkin. Here are the assignments:
- Dalton C. - Astatine
- Myles G. - Titanium
- Jason S. - Strontium
- Travis R. - Selenium
- Hannah P. - Xenon
- Dean T. - Yttirum
- Sam R. - Radon
- Laura P. - Erbium
- Seamus M. - Lead
- Attasha R. - Mercury
- Derrick H. - Radium
- Sayre L. - Zirconium
- Wade M. - Cerium
- Rachel L. - Helium
- Jordan T. - Beryllium
- Chelsey HM. - Ytterbium
- Abigayl E. - Silver
- Connor S. - Manganese
- Kevlin D. - Cadmium
- Garrett U. - Samarium
- Katie M. - Hafnium
- Ashley L. - Vanadium
- Nicole S. - Osnium
- Rick S. - Holmium
- Tyler C. - Uranium
- Megan R. - Tin
- Mitch J. - Palladium
- Austin S. - Dysprosium
- Hannah H. - Gallium
- Keith - Potassium
- Shannon S. - Krypton
- Sam C. - Cesium
- Bailey D. - Boron
- Tom E. - Protactinium
- Shawn W. - Neon
- Tyler P. - Rubidium
- Breanna M. - Terbium
- Victoria M. - Polonium
- Page building should beging tomorrow!
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009 - Day 10
Atoms.ppt
Oops...I didn't update this yesterday...we went over a powerpoint.
Monday, September 14, 2009 - Day 9
- Grades
- I handed back the Chapter 1 and Metrics Test
- Students who want to retake this test can do so AFTER they meet with me.
- Atomic Structure
- Atomic Structure Notes.doc
- Find the name of all atomic symbols
- Chapter 2.1 Notes
- Atoms Notes
- Identifying Minerals (2.3).xls
- Definition of a mineral
- Cross out the formation section
- There are other pages in this packet that are not up yet because we haven't had to do anything on them yet.
- Homework:
- Professional G-mail address - due Tuesday
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Friday, September 11, 2009 - Day 8
- Test
- We took our Chapter 1 and Metrics Test today.
- Homework:
- Professional G-mail address - due Tuesday
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Thursday, September 10, 2009 - Day 7
| STUDY FOR TOMORROW'S TEST! |
- Homework Check
- We checked off and charted the Earth's Structure homework (15 points).
- Review
- We reviewed for tomorrow's test (Chapter 1 and Metrics Study Guide.xls).
- Highlights include:
- Mass: Amount of material in an object
- Volume: Amount of space an object takes up
- Density: Amount of material in a give space
- Base Units:
- Grams - measure mass
- Liters - measure volume
- Meters - measure distance
- Seconds - measure time
- Prefixes:
- Kilo- 1000
- deci- 1/10 OR .1
- centi- 1/100 OR .01
- milli- 1/1000 OR .001
- We played jeopardy (Jeopardy (Intro).ppt). Feel free to check it out to help you study. Sorry...no answers included. :(
- Homework:
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| STUDY FOR TOMORROW'S TEST! |
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Wednesday, September 9, 2009 (9-9-09) - Day 6
- Homework Check
- We checked off and charted the Common Cents material list (5 points) and the Scientific Inquiry vocab (10 points)
- Common Cents Lab
- Mythbusters
- We went over the vocabulary on the Scientific Inquiry sheet and then watched Mythbusters (Jet Pack / Pyramid Power) to complete the back. This was handed in when completed for grading.
- Homework:
- Common Cents (Common Cents Lab Sheet.doc) - due Thursday
- Analysis - questions 1 and 2
- Conclusion - question 1
- Earth's Structure (Earth's Structure.doc) - due Thursday
- Label all five layers of the diagram (part of step 1)
- Label the asthenosphere and the lithosphere (step two)
- Answer questions 5, 6, and 8
- Study for the test on Friday
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Tuesday, September 8, 2009 - Day 5
- Homework Check
- We checked off and charted our Metric Conversion homework (10 points).
- Metric Pop Quiz
- Hopefully, those students who have been patient get a great grade to put in the gradebook and it will inspire those of you who aren't great at metrics yet to seek improvement.
- Nebular Hypothesis
- Common Cents
- Homework:
- Read the Common Cents procedure (Common Cents Lab Sheet.doc) and write a list of the materials you will need to complete the lab - due Wednesday
- Complete the front side of the Scientific Inquiry Sheet (Mythbusters Lab.doc) - due Wednesday
- Study for the test on Friday
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September 4, 2009 - Day 4
- Gradesheet Update
- We checked off and charted the signatures, binder, and book cover (15 points).
- I handed back the Scavenger Hunts (20 points).
- Students figured out their grade on the scavenger hunt and were offered the opportunity (as with most work) to fix it if they were unhappy with their grades and they will earn half of the points they lost back.
- Origins: How Earth was Formed
- Homework:
- Metric System Measurement Conversions 1-33 (front side) (block 4 only) (not available on the wiki)- due Tuesday
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September 3, 2009 - Day 4
- Homework Check
- We checked off and charted our metric homework.
- I collected the Scavenger Hunts to grade (Grade Sheet.xls).
- 1.1 Notes
- Students filled in the 1.1 notes (not available on the wiki).
- We went over the notes (review of yesterday).
- Homework:
- Safety Signature (blue form) (Safety Letter.doc)
- Wiki Signature (salmon form) (Wiki Welcome.doc)
- Binder
- Book Cover
- Metric Conversions 1- 33 (front side) (block 3 only) (not available on the wiki) - due Friday
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September 2, 2009 - Day 3
- Scavenger Hunt
- Scavenger Hunt.doc
- Block 3 - We went over the scavenger hunt. I gave students the opportunity to bring this home and fix it up before I grade it.
- Block 4 - We went over the scavenger hunt after taking 10-15 minutes to work on it. I gave students the opportunity to bring this home and fix it up before I grade it.
- Introduction to Earth Science
- Intro and Metrics.ppt - This powerpoint will be available until our next test.
- We talked about what we will be covering in Earth Science.
- Metrics
- See above for powerpoint
- We started the metric system. The metric notesheet will not be available on the wiki.
- Bases:
- Meters - length
- Liters - volume
- Grams - mass
- Seconds - time
- Prefixes:
- Kilo- 1000
- Base Unit 1
- deci- .1
- centi- .01
- milli- .001
- Block 3 - We practiced the front side of the note sheet and went over it.
- Block 4 - We ran out of time.
- Homework:
- Block 3:
- 10-24 on the back side of the metric notesheet - due Thursday
- Block 4:
- Front side of the metric notesheet - due Thursday
- Both classes:
- Scavenger Hunt (Scavenger Hunt.doc) - due Thursday
- Parent Signature (safety form) (Safety Letter.doc) - due Friday
- Parent Signature (wiki form) (Wiki Welcome.doc) - due Friday
- Binder - due Friday
- Book Cover - due Friday
- IMPORTANT - All of the above things count as one assignment TOGETHER! You will not get credit unless you have all four parts.
- Optional - Parent Signature on honors form - ASAP
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September 1, 2009 - Day 2
- Welcome Letter and Safety Letter (blue paper)
- Wiki Welcome (salmon paper)
- Books
- Scavenger Hunt
- Scavenger Hunt.doc
- We worked on a scavenger hunt (block 4 didn't get much time to do this) using our books.
- Homework:
- Parent Signature (safety form) (Safety Letter.doc) - due Friday
- Parent Signature (wiki form) (Wiki Welcome.doc) - due Friday
- Binder - due Friday
- Book Cover - due Friday
- IMPORTANT - All of the above things count as one assignment TOGETHER! You will not get credit unless you have all four parts.
- Optional - Parent Signature on honors form - ASAP
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