Thursday, December 18, 2009

THANK YOU PARENTS FOR MAKING/BUYING ALL THE FOOD FOR OUR POTLUCK!

Math - pg. 446 #1-19 all
pg. 470 #1-8 all

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

- don't forget to bring your dish to school before 1st period tomorrow!

Math - pg. 454-455 #1-31 all

- Quiz #7 tomorrow (covers Holt 9-1 to 9-6)
Concepts to know:

• rays (make sure you know how to write the symbol)
  
• lines (make sure you know how to write the symbol)
• line segments (make sure you know how to write the symbol)
• planes (make sure you know how to write the symbol)
• points
• classification of acute, obtuse, and right angles
• vertical vs. adjacent angles
• complementary vs. supplementary angles
• polygon
• "regular" polygon
• classification of triangles: by length of sides --- scalene, isosceles, equilateral AND by measure of angles --- acute, obtuse, right
  

Science - If you didn't bring your food web/mini-essay, you definitely need to tomorrow!!!

- Chapter 16 Quiz tomorrow
Concepts to know:

• weather vs. climate
• characteristics (amount of rainfall, location, type of plants) of each of the six biomes: grassland, desert, tundra, taiga, rainforest, temperate deciduous forest
• the relationship between the latitude of a location and how much solar radiation it gets
• difference of summer and winter temperatures of an inland city vs. a city near the ocean (think Minneapolis vs. Portland)
• reasons for why deserts are formed (atmospheric pressure) as well as the difference between a rainshadow desert and a fog desert
  
• benefits of a rainforest
• tundra as a "carbon-sink" for carbon dioxide
  
• relative humidity

Short Answer Question: Explain how land biomes near the water have more regulated temperatures than biomes with no water.

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

- consult your parent(s) about what dish you're bringing to the potluck on Thursday!

Math - pg. 450-451 #1-21, 23-24 all

Science - Presentation/poster due tomorrow if you did not present today! Make sure you come tomorrow with your speech well-MEMORIZED!!!
- Mini-Essay & Food Web (Inspiration) due tomorrow!!!

Monday, December 15, 2008

- consult your parent(s) about what dish you're bringing to the potluck on Thursday!

Math - pg. 442-443 #1-9 all, 12-26 even

Science - Presentation/poster due tomorrow! Make sure you come tomorrow with your speech well-MEMORIZED!!!
- Mini-Essay & Food Web (Inspiration) due this Wednesday

Deadlines for the Biome Project:
Monday 12/15 - Poster & Oral Presentation
Wednesday 12/17 - Mini-Essay & Food Web (Inspiration)

Friday, December 12, 2008

Math - NEW BOOK (access through my.hrw.com) pg. 438-439 #1-19 all, 21-29 odd

Science - print Chapter 16 Guided Notes for Section 4
- continue to do research for your mini-essay and group power outline
Poster due Monday! Make sure you come Monday with your speech MEMORIZED!!!

Deadlines for the Biome Project:
Monday 12/15 - Poster & Oral Presentation
Wednesday 12/17 - Mini-Essay & Food Web (Inspiration)

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Math - NEW BOOK (access through my.hrw.com) pg. 434-435 #1-23 odd, 27-29 all, 31-35 odd, 40-41 all

Science - print Chapter 16 Guided Notes for Section 4
- continue to do research for your mini-essay and group power outline
Power Outline due tomorrow!

Deadlines for the Biome Project:
Monday 12/15 - Poster & Oral Presentation
Wednesday 12/17 - Mini-Essay & Food Web (Inspiration)

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Math - NEW BOOK (access through my.hrw.com) pg. 430 #1-14, 21-26 all

Science - print Chapter 16 Guided Notes for Section 4
- continue to do research for your mini-essay and group power outline

Deadlines for the Biome Project:
Friday 12/12 - Power Outline
Monday 12/15 - Poster & Oral Presentation
Wednesday 12/17 - Mini-Essay & Food Web (Inspiration)

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Math - pg. 246-247 #1-14 all

*** If your username and password does not let you login to my.hrw.com --- you must notify Ms. Sun immediately through e-mail!

Science - print Chapter 16 Guided Notes for Section 3, and Section 4
- continue to do research for your mini-essay and group power outline

Deadlines for the Biome Project:
Friday 12/12 - Power Outline
Monday 12/15 - Poster & Oral Presentation
Wednesday 12/17 - Mini-Essay & Food Web (Inspiration)

Monday, December 8, 2008

BRING BIG BLANKETS FOR THE CODE RED DRILL TOMORROW!

Math - pg. 245 #1-25 all

*** If your username and password does not let you login to my.hrw.com --- you must notify Ms. Sun immediately through e-mail!

- Chapter 6 Test tomorrow!

Science - print Chapter 16 Guided Notes for Section 3, and Section 4
- continue to do research for your mini-essay and group power outline

Deadlines for the Biome Project:
Friday 12/12 - Power Outline
Monday 12/15 - Poster & Oral Presentation
Wednesday 12/17 - Mini-Essay & Food Web (Inspiration)

Friday, December 5, 2008

BRING BIG BLANKETS FOR THE CODE RED SIMULATIONS ON MONDAY!

Math - pg. 239 #2-30 even

- Chapter 6 Test next Tuesday!

Science - Biomes Online Scavenger Hunt due Monday 12/8
- print Chapter 16 Guided Notes for Section 1, Section 2, Section 3, and Section 4
- continue to do research for your mini-essay and group power outline

Deadlines for the Biome Project:
Friday 12/12 - Power Outline
Monday 12/15 - Poster & Oral Presentation
Wednesday 12/17 - Mini-Essay & Food Web (Inspiration)

Thursday, December 4, 2008

DECEMBER BOOK ORDERS DUE TOMORROW!

Math - pg. 239 #1-31 odd

- Chapter 6 Test next Tuesday!

Science - Skill/Practice Sheet "Ecosystem Interactions" due tomorrow!
- Biomes Online Scavenger Hunt due Monday 12/8
- continue to do research for your mini-essay and group power outline

Deadlines for the Biome Project:
Friday 12/12 - Power Outline
Monday 12/15 - Poster & Oral Presentation
Wednesday 12/17 - Mini-Essay & Food Web (Inspiration)

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Math - pg. 237 #1-31 odd

- Chapter 6 Test next Tuesday!

Science - food web chart due tomorrow!!!
- Skill/Practice Sheet "Ecosystem Interactions" due Friday 12/5
- Biomes Online Scavenger Hunt due Monday 12/8
- continue to do research for your mini-essay and group power outline

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Math - pg. 231-232 #2-26 even, 28-33 all
pg. 235 #2-12 even, 14-16 all

- Chapter 6 Test next Tuesday!

Science - food web chart due Thursday 12/4
- Skill/Practice Sheet "Ecosystem Interactions" due Friday 12/5
- Biomes Online Scavenger Hunt due Monday 12/8
- continue to do research for your mini-essay and group power outline

Monday, December 1, 2008

Math - pg. 231-232 #1-27 odd, pg. 235 #1-13 odd

- Chapter 6 Test next Tuesday!

Science - finish Acid Rain/Sediment Lab Questions (click on the link)
- finish the Food Chain Diagram on pg. 81 of notebook (fill-in-the-blank and color nicely!)
- finish the reflection question on pg. 80 of notebook: Who do you think is to blame for all the dead fish in Gray Bay? Why? What have you learned about human actions/activities as they relate to the acid rain/sediment problem as well as general pollution to the environment?

All of the above will be stamped TOMORROW!!!

- Skill/Practice Sheet "Ecosystem Interactions" due Friday 12/5
- Biomes Online Scavenger Hunt due Monday 12/8