Science 8 and 9 @ MMHS

1.  What organism is the basis of the aquatic (ocean) food in Antarctica?__________

2.  Name 5 animals living in Antarctica.__________________________________

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3.  Why is all the life concentrated around the coastline?_____________________

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4.  What is the relationship between a fumerole and an ice chimney?_____________

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5.  What is the ice covering the Antarctic continent called?___________________

6.  Where did it come from?_________________________________________

How are the Arctic and the Antarctic alike?

How are the Arctic and the Antarctic different?

WARMUP – 5/15 COPY AND ANSWER ON YOUR WARMUP PAPER 

1.  WHAT ARE KRILL?

2.  WHY ARE THEY IMPORTANT TO ANTARCTICA?

3.  WHO WERE THE FIRST 2 EXPLORERS TO REACH THE SOUTH POLE?

4. WHY IS THE ANTARCTIC CONVERGENCE IMPORTANT?

WARMUP – COPY AND ANSWER ON YOUR WARMUP PAPER

4. WHAT IS THE NAME OF ANTARCTICA’S STILL ACTIVE VOLCANO?

Warmup – copy and answer on your warmup paper.

How does an ice sheet form?

Where are ice sheets located?

How does an ice shelf form?

Are ice shelves made of fresh water or salt water?  How do you know?

WARMUP

(COPY AND ANSWER ON YOUR WARMUP PAPER)

WHAT DOES LIMA STAND FOR?

EXPLAIN HOW BLUE ICE IS FORMED.

EXPLAIN HOW GLACIERS ARE FORMED.

Monday 3/3/08

Pd. 1,5,6,7 – Warmup::  Do you believe that NASA landed a space craft on the moon in 1969?  Why or why not?

Moon Hoax is a hoax activity.  Finish for homework.

Pd.3 – Warmup:  Pretest on weather.  Check pretest.  Read 283-285 and draw diagrams on all 3 pages.  Complete for homework.

Tuesday  3/4/08

Pd. 1,5,6,7 – Warmup:: Which Apollo mission landed on the moon in July 1969?  What were the names of the 3 astronauts on that mission?  Check Homework.  View part of Too the Moon series – recreation of Apollo mission.

Pd.3 – Warmup:  Quiz on Homework  and pretest from Monday.  Big Ideas of Science – How and why do tornadoes form?  part of video on tornados.  Homework:  Explain how tornadoes form.  What is a funnel cloud.  Where do most tornados take place?

Wednesday  3/5/08

Pd. 1,5,6,7 – Warmup:: Explain why the moon has phases.  Why do we see different parts or all of the moon on different nights?  Lab on moon phases.  Homework:  Answer the warmup question again, based on your lab work, in a paragraph with diagrams. Counts as test grade – due Friday.

Pd. 3 – Warmup:  Explain how tornados form.   Lab on Tornadoes.  Homework:  Complete conclusion for lab.  Counts as a test grade – due Friday.

Thursday  3/6/08

Pd.1,5,6,7 –Warmup: What causes the seasons on the earth?                                    Big Ideas of Science  What causes the seasons

Homework:

Pd 3 – Warmup:  What is the difference between global warming and the greenhouse effect.  Project on Global warming and green house effect

Friday 3/7/08

Pd 1,5,6,7 Warmup:  Seasons lab

Monday – 2/25/08

Pd 1: Warm up – spy satellite article:   read 1^st two paragraphs of spy satellite article and answer 2 questions.  Complete Moon Madness and turn in worksheet.

 Pd 3:  Warm up – List the 3 types of clouds.Lesson on types of clouds.Observe, draw and name clouds outside. 

Pd 5-7:  Warm up-  Draw and label the 8 phases of the moon – start with the new moon.  Make flash cards of the phases of the moon – memorize for homework.

 Tuesday:  – 2/26/08

Pd 1 – Make flash cards of the phases of the moon – memorize.

Pd 5,6,7 – finish moon madness, quiz on phases of the moon – homework:  paper on seasons

Follow this link to take the moon phases quiz.   http://www.quia.com/quiz/1317449.html

Pd 3 – Warmup – chart on clouds – HW – do questions 5-10 on sheet 

Wednesday 2/27/08

Pd 1,5,6,7,:  Test Prep in Holt Book – video on seasons 

Pd 3 – Lab on Density of FluidsHomework:  Answer questions 

Thursday 2/28/08

Pd 1,5,6,7:  Warmup – why do we have different seasons?  Season cycler Pd 3:  Warm up: read rest of weather chapter – finish the questions on the question sheet 

Friday 2/29/08 

Pd 1,5,6,7:Continue with Season cycler 

Pd 3:  Warm up – what are warm fronts and cold fronts:   Chapter review.

Happy New Year!

Wednesday 1/2/08 – Today we will start the New Year out right by developing some Learning Goals.

Pd. 1,5,6,7  Create 3 Learning Goals and how you will attain them.  View first half of video about the Solar System and take notes.

Homework:  Get goal sheet signed.  Quiz on notes from video on Thursday.

Pd. 3.  Create 3 Learning Goals and how you will attain them.  View video Our Restless Atmosphere.

Homework:  Get goal sheet signed.

Thursday 1/3/08

Pd. 1,5,6,7 Turn in signed goal sheet.  Quiz on first half of video.  Finish video and notes.   Homework:  chart on comparing the planets.

Pd. 3 Turn in signed goal sheet.  Warm up on video Our Restless Atmosphere.

Vocabulary activity.  On the back, draw, label and color the cross section diagram of our atmosphere.  Quiz on today’s work on Friday.

Friday 1/4/08

Pd. 1,5,6,7  Check homework – chart on comparing planets.  Quiz on the rest of the video notes.  Space Monopoly.

Pd. 3  Finish cross section diagram of atmosphere.  Quiz on voc. and diagram of atmosphere.

Make sure to check out the results of our EarthKAM Fall 2007 mission at http://mmhsearthkam.wikispaces.com/, we have some great research, conclusions and annotated images there. All of the images were taken by students using a camera mounted in a view port of the International Space Station. – WE WON in the category of most original presentation!!! Check us out: http://mmhsearthkam.wikispaces.com/

Monday 12/10/07:

Pd 1,5,6,7 Warm up on voc; learn about planets formed. Quiz on reading Tuesday.

Pd 3: Learn how planets formed; work on photostory.

Tuesday 12/11/07

Pd 1,5,6,7 Quiz on reading; use sketchy to illustrate 5 voc words. How did earth gain its atmosphere

Pd. 3 How did earth gain its atmosphere, finish photostory project.

Wednesday 12/12/07

Pd 1,5,6,7 Compare 3 texts, finish voc sketchy. Beam to Mrs. H

Pd 3. Share photostory projects.

Thursday 12/13/07

Pd 1,5,6,7 Hubble telescope – galaxies

Pd 3 – ActivBooks – layers of the atmosphere

Friday 12/14/ 07

PD 1,5,6,7 Complete Hubble telescope – galaxies

Pd 3 – complete ActivBooks – layers of the atmosphere