1. Warm-up # 2

1. Where do volcanoes mostly occur?

2. Name a volcano that lies on a divergent boundary?

3. Name a volcano that lies on a convergent boundary?

4. What is an island arc?

 

2. Go over tests

 

3. 6.2 Notes

 

1. Warm-up # 3
Draw a volcano and label its parts.

Homework: Pg. 241-242 # 1-9 and 14-20 on Volcanoes
Parent Signature on Stampsheet Due!
Stampsheet Due!
Test on Friday

 

What's on Stampsheet

1. Family Letter Signed

2. 6.1 wksht

3. volcano vocab chart

4. volcano activity

5. 6.2 worksheet

6. Volcano Coloring

7. Pg. 241-242 #1-9, 14-20

8. Warm-ups #1-3

9. Parent Signature

Agenda for 5/20 and 5/21

Warm-up # 1

Agenda for 5/21/2010

 

1. Go over the Test

2. Volcanoes Notes

3. Pass out stampsheet

4. Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics Homework

 

Agenda for Monday 5/10/2010

 

1. Warm-up # 4

-What are the three types of plate boundaries?

-What are the three types of stress zones?

-What are the three types of faults?

 

2. Measuring Earthquake notes

 

Agenda for 5/4 and 5/5

 

1. Warm-up # 2

Warm-up # 1 for Earthquakes

 

--Describe a time when you were in an earthquake.  What was your response?  What were your emotions during the quake?

 

Agenda for 4/27 and 4/28

 

1. Stampsheet Due.

2. "I have" game

3. Plate Tectonics Test

4. Correct Test

 

 

 

Agenda for 4/22 and 4/23

1. Warm-up # 8

   - Describe the process of subduction

   -  Describe the process of sea floor spreading

 

2. Go over Homework

 

3. Plate Tectonics powerpoint notes

 

Homework: 

Agenda for 4/20 and 4/21

1. Sea floor spreading notes

2. Sea floor models

3. Pg. 157 #1-6

 

Finish Sea floor spreading Worksheet  Due Thurs./Fri.

Agenda for 4/15 and 4/16

 

1. Warm-up # 6

        - Draw and label the layers of the earth

2. Continental Drift notes

3. Continental drift activity

 

1. Warm-up # 5

Write a 3-4 sentence poem/story about your trip into the center of the earth.

2. Go over Quiz

3. Pie Slice of the Earth activity

4. Vocab chart

Homework:   -Study your study guide for quiz on layers of the earth. Due mon.

 

Agenda for 4/8 and 4/9

 

1. Warm-up#3

2. Go over homework

3. Journey to the Center of the Earth video

4. Convection in the mantle

1. Warm-up # 1  

2. Earth's Interior Notes

3. Color the Layers

4. Earth's Interior worksheet

1. 

2

2. 

-Finish 4.1 - 4.2 Vocabulary Chart

- Finish Layers of the Earth Worksheet

 

Agenda for 3/22/2010

 

1. Go over the test

2. Work on your weather report that is due on April 5th

       (Introduction should be done by the end of the day.)

 

 

What creates weather chart due today

1. Go over Stampsheet

2. Warm-up #6  a.) Name the tool used to measure wind direction. b.) What is density?

3. Read the weather

4. "I have" review game

5. Matamoscas Review game

6. White board Question Game

7. Air Pressure workbook pages 134-136

1. Pg. 266 #1-3

2. Air Pressure worksheet

3. Vocabulary chart

4. balloon lab (except for 5th period)

5. How to read a weather map worksheet

6. Wind Worksheet

7. Wind workbook pages 150-152

8. What creates weather chart

9.  Air pressure workbook pages 134-136

10. Warm-ups # 1-6

11. Parent Signature on stamp sheet

1. Warm-up#5

  a.) Describe the coriolis effect?

  b.) What type of weather is expected with a Low pressure system?

  c.) What type of weather is expected with a high pressure system?

2. Go over Wind Workbook pages 

3. Work on What Creates Weather poster

1. Warm-up # 4

    a.) What is the name of the instrument that measures wind speed? Wind direction?

    b.) Draw a box of cold air and a box of warm air molecules.  Label the High and low and draw an arrow to show wind flow.

    c.) Illustrate how a sea breeze forms.

2. Go over Wind Worksheet Handout

3. Read the weather and pressure for the day

4. Unchained Goddess video- take notes

5. Work on Workbook pages 149- 152

Homework: 

Agenda for 3/9 and 3/10

 

1. Seating Chart

2. Air Pressure Demos

3. Warm-up# 3

     a.) Draw a box with cold air molecules.  (Label two characteristics underneath)

     b.) Draw a box with warm air molecules. (Label two characteristics underneath)

     c.) What do you think wind is?

     d.) Take a guess on what you think causes wind?

4. Go over Homework -

5. How to color in H/L pressure and cold/warm fronts

6. Wind Notes

7. Work on Wind Worksheet

 

-Vocab Chart due today

-Balloon Lab Due Today

Agenda for 3/4 and 3/5

 

1. Warm-up # 1

1. What is density?

2. Write three things that are different between warm air and cold air?

3. What is air pressure?

4. Write the complete sentence:

 The lower the altitude, the _________ the air pressure.

The higher the altitude, the ________ the air pressure.

5. Why do divers have to be careful when scuba divers descend down the bottom of an ocean?

 

 

2. Go over Air Pressure Worksheet

3. Balloon Lab

 

Vocab Chart on Air pressure due Today

 

1. Correct Test

2. Air Pressure notes 

3. Reviewing Key Concepts Pg. 266 # 1-3

 

 

Agenda for 2/25 and 2/26

 

1. What's on the Test for Monday

a.  Layers of the Atmosphere with characteristics

b. Four main gases in dry air

c. How heat transfers

d. Radiation, Conduction, Convection

e. Electromagnetic Waves

            i.) ultraviolet

         ii.) visible (from longest wavelenght to shortest wavelength)

                   ROYGBIV

         iii.) infrared

 

2. Warm-up # 7

1. Work on Energy on the Move Lab

2. Finish Energy on the Move Lab and turn in at the end of the period.

3. Work on Vocabulary Chart

4. Work on Work book pages.

 

Agenda for 2/22/10

 

1. Warm-up # 6

2. Candle Demo

 

Agenda for 2/18 and 2/19

 

 

1. Warm-up # 5

a.) What are the three phases of matter? How do the molecules move in each?

b.) Describe heat by talking about molecules? 

c.) What are the three ways the atmosphere is heated?

d.) Describe radiation in your own words this time?

e.) (hard) Why would you get more sunburn on a sunny day in the snow than a sunny day at the beach?

2. Go over homework

3. Conduction/Convection notes

4. Hot is Hot! Lab

5. Finish Lab and heat transfer in the atmosphere worksheet

 

 

Agenda for 2/16 and 2/17

 

1. Warm-up #4

a.) What is radiation?

b.) What are the three main types of electromagnetic waves?

      i.) Which electromagnetic wave do we see?

c.) Which type of electromagnetic wave has the shortest wavelenght? (Look at homework)

d.) Describe the green house effect in your own words or draw a picture.

e.) (hard) - Why is the sky blue?

 

2. Go over Homework

3. Heat Transfer Notes

4. Particles in Motion Activity

 

1. Warm-up #3

a. What is the ozone layer

b. Draw an ozone molecule

c.) What are the seven layers of the atmosphere and give a characteristic for each.

2. Go over homework

3. Electromagnetic Waves Lecture

4. Work on homework

- The Air Around You Worksheet is Due Today!

 

Agenda for 2/8 and 2/9

 

1. Warm-up # 2

    a.) What are the six layers of the atmosphere starting from the bottom and going up.  (think of pneumonic)

    b.) What are the four main gases in the atmosphere; starting with the most abundant?

    c.) What are three things that the atmosphere does to help us?

    d.) What is the definition of the atmosphere?

 

2. Go over Air Around You Homework

 

3. Ozone Layer Notes

 

4. Ozone Video

 

5. Draw pictures of the six layers and color

 

Agenda for 2/4 and 2/5

1. Warm-up #1

      a.) What do you think the atmosphere is?  The atmosphere is...

      b.) What do you think is the most common gas in the atmosphere?

     c.) Why do you think it is colder in the mountains than in the city?

     

2. Notes on Atmosphere

3. Bill Nye Video

a.) What are the five types of mechanical weathering?

b.) What are the five types of chemical weathering?

c.) Pick one type of mechanical weathering and draw and describe it.

d.) Pick one type of chemical weathering and drawn and explain it. 

e.) How do weathering and erosion relate? How do they differ?

Agenda for February 1st

 

1. Warm-up # 7

2. Pass out broom passes

3. Seating chart

4. What's on Test

5. Review

 

 

Stampsheet:

1. Reading a Topographic Map

2. Interpreting a Topographic Map

3.Topographic Map Worksheet

4. Pg. 32 #1-5

5. Mechanical Weathering Worksheet

6. Chalk Lab

7. Rocks and Weathering Worksheet

8. Vocabulary Chart

9. Earth's Surface Worksheet

10. Warm-ups 1-7

11. Parent Signature on stampsheet

 

Agenda for 1/27/2010

 

1. Warm-up #6

a.) What are the 4 agents involved in causing erosion?

b.) What are the effects of weathering and erosion?

c.) What are the 5 types of mechanical weathering?

d.) What are the 5 types of chemical weathering?

 

2. Go over homework

3. River maker Lab

4. Finish River Maker Lab

 

Homework: Finish River Maker Lab

1. Warm-up #5

a.) Describe something you have seen that shows weathering.

b.) What are the five types of mechanical weathering?

c.) What are the five types of chemical weathering?

d.) How was weekend?

2. Notes on Erosion

3. Bill Nye Erosion Video

4. Work on Vocabulary chart and erosion worksheet

Agenda for 1/21/10

 

1. Warm-up #4

2. Go over Homework

3. Chalk Lab

4. Work on Chalk Lab Questions

5. Homework

 

 

Agenda for 01/19/10

 

1. Warm-up # 3

1.            What is rust?  What do you think causes rust?

2.            What do you think causes potholes or cracks in a sidewalk?

3.            From last week, how do you think both labs showed topography?

4.            What does each contour line in topography represent a change of?

5.            How was your three day weekend?

2. Go over the homework-Topographic Worksheet

3. Power point notes on Mechanical and Chemical Weathering

4. Work on Mechanical and Chemical Weathering Worksheet

 

Homework: Mechanical and Chemical Weathering Worksheet- Draw pictures different from powerpoint and textbook. Due Thurs/Fri 1/21 or 1/22.

Agenda for 1/14/2010

 

1. Warm-up#2

2. Topography Tanks

3. Topography Cut Outs

4. Topgraphic Map Worksheet

 

Homework: Topographic Map Worksheet Due Monday

 

Agenda:

1. Warm-up #1

1.                  Illustrate a 4,000 ft mountain with 1,000 ft. contour intervals?

2.                   How would the contour lines look if the mountain had a gradual incline?

3.                  What is the slope?

4.                  What is topography?

5.                  What is the relief?

2. Go over the homework worksheets

3. Lab- Topography Cut Outs

           Topography Tanks and answer pg. 32 questions

 

4. No homework

 

 

1. Powerpoint Notes on Topographic Maps

2. Homework: Reading a Topographic Map wksht.

                     Interpreting a Topographic Map wksht.

1. Work on Living wise scantrons and surveys

2. Turn in stampsheets 

3. Take Living Wise test

4. Write thank you letters to Living Wise.

5. Correct test

6. Read Silently

No homework over the weekend.

Agenda for 1/5/10 and 1/6/10

 

1. Warm-up # 5

2. What is on stampsheet and test

3. Conservation Reading

4. Conservation Posters

 

 

Stampsheet:

1. Home Survey

2. Activity A

3. Activity C

4. Activity D1

5. Activity E1

6. Activity H,I

7. Activity K

8. Home Survey at the End of the workbook

9. Mystery Picture/ Hidden Message Graph

10. Warm-ups #1-5

11. Parent Signature on Stampsheet

1. Warm-up # 4

2. Energy power point notes

3. Pass back Biome packet/tests

Agenda for 12/17/09

1. Warm-up

2. Go over homework

3. Notes on Natural Resources

Agenda for 12/15/09

-Activity A and C are due today

1. Warm-up # 2

Warm-up# 2

1.             Say whether the following is renewable or non-renewable.  Please write out each word and answer.

A.)           Oil      B.)           Water

C.)           Wind   D.)           Coal

E.)           Sunlight     F.)           Petroleum

2.             Silently read page 3 & 4 and answer the following questions:

What percentage of the water is in our oceans?

What is an aquifer?

What is the difference between potable and non-potable?

2. Go over homework

3. Power point notes on Freshwater

4. Work on Mystery picture

Due: Parent letter
        Home Survey
 
Agenda for 12/10 and 12/11
 
1. Correct Test
2. Pass out New Stampsheet
3. Warm-up
Warm-up #1

 

1.        What are some things we use oil for?

2.        What are some reasons for why we are trying to get away from using oil? 

3.        Why do you think it is better to use electric cars over gas powered cars? 


4. Pass out Booklets
5. Read Pg. 2 --> Take notes
6. Go over PPT - Take notes
        Brainstorm Renewable vs. Nonrenewable resources
7. Water Wise Intro Video - 15 min.
8. Go over Water Wise homework
9. Pass out kits
10.  Work on Mystery Picture and Hidden Message Graph
 
Homework:  Finish Activity A, B, C, Due Tuesday 12/15    Activity B is optional!
                  Go to Multi Purpose Room on Monday 12/14

Biome Packet Due Today w/ Practice Test

 

Agenda for 12/08/09

 

1. Collect Biome Packets

 

2. Review on White boards

 

3. Biome Test

 

4. Water Wise Intro

     -Pre-Survey

    - Pass out Booklet

 

Homework:  Parent Signature on Water Wise letter Due Thurs.

                  Home Survey in Booklet Due Thurs.

-Grasslands pic due

-Review and Reinforce WS Due

Agenda for 12/07/09

1. Biome Book

2. Rainforest Picture

3. Desert Picture

4. Tundra Picture

5. Deciduous Picture

6. Boreal Picture

7. Grasslands Picture

8. Vocabulary Chart

9. Review and Reinforce

10. Practice Test

11. Warm-ups #1-5

12. Extra Credit Assignment

-Tundra Picture Due Today

-Vocabulary 11.1 Chart Due Today

 

Agenda for 12/3 and 12/4

 

1. Warm-up# 5 - Compare and contrast the treeless biomes.   (Desert, Tundra, grasslands)

 

2. Show Birdscapes/Share Tundra Picture

 

3. Read pg. 442

 

4. Grassland Video/ Video Notes

 

5. Grassland Picture

 

1. Seating Chart

2. Warm-up # 4

     a.) Compare and Contrast the three forest biomes: tropical rain forest; deciduous forest; and boreal forest.

3. Notes on Tundra Biome

4. Video on Tundra Biome

2. Warm-up#3 11/30/09

-Hwk: Rainforest picture due today

 

Agenda for 11/23/09

 

1. Warm-up # 2  (look in pg. 440 if you need help)

          1. What is the climate like in a tropical rainforest biome?

          2.  Give the definition of a canopy.

         3.  Give the definition of an understory.

 

2. Notes on Deciduous vs. Conferous Forests

 

3.  Planet Earth Video on Deciduous and Coniferous

     (Take notes)

 

- Desert Picture due today

 

Agenda for 11/19 and 11/20/2009

 

1. Warm-up #1  (Look in notes or pg. 438 of book)

         a.) What is a biome?

         b.) What are the six major types of biomes?

         c.) What is a desert biome like in terms of climate?

 

2. Go over Desert Pics

3. Rainforest Notes

4. Rainforest Video

 

1. Go over Tests

2. Go over Water Cycle Lab

3. Read and take notes on Intro to Biomes pg. 438-439

4. Desert Biome Video

5. Work on Desert Picture with 5 organisms and 2 abiotic factors.

-STAMPSHEET W/ ASSIGNMENTS DUE TODAY!

 

 

1. Collect Stampsheets

2. Take Test

3. Correct Test

 

Homework: NO homework!

Nov 15 (Sun)

 

Parents please feel free to come out to help us spruce up our Butterfly Garden. It is in much need of some TLC!

Where: The Butterfly Garden by my classroom 327

 

When 10:00 am -1:00 pm

Come the whole time or just for a little bit.

 

Students may only attend with an accompaning adult!

Hope to see you!

Mr. Adamucci

- Cycles of Matter WS Due Today

 

Agenda for 11/13 and 11/13

 

2. Go over what will be on test and stampsheet

3. Go over Homework

4. Review Game

5. Posters or Water Cycle Lab

 

 

Stampsheet # 3

1. Energy Roles - Part A

2. Energy Roles - Part B

3. Energy Roles - Part C

4. Where do I get my Energy From?

5. Vocab Chart 10.3

6. Energy Flow in Ecosystem Wksht.

7. Water Cycle Wksht.

8. Cycles of Matter WS

9. Vocab Chart 10.5

10. Warm-ups #1-8

11. Parent Sig. on Stamp sheet

                

Agenda for 11/09

1. Warm-up#7

a.) What is a cycle?  (A cycle is ......)

b.) What are the three phases of matter?

Matching:  Evaporation, Precipitation, Transpiration, Accumulation, Condensation

    i.) the process by which gas changes into a liquid. (ex: water vapor to clouds)

   ii.) forms of water that fall from the clouds and reach earth's surface

  iii.) the collection of all the water on the earth to form oceans and lakes.

   iv.) process of which molecules changes from a liquid to a gas. (ex: boiling water)

    v.) evaporation of water from plants.

2. Go over homework

3. Notes on Carbon and Oxygen Cycle

4. Water Cycle Activity or Carbon/Oxygen/Water posters

Agenda for 11/5/09 and 11/6/09

1. Warm-up #6

a.) Make an energy pyramid that has four levels.  Draw an arrow showing the flow of energy.  

b.) Which of these organisms would most likely be found at the top of an energy pyramid?  a.) rabbits   b.)sharks    c.) clams    d.) venus fly trap

2. Go over Energy Flow HW

3. States of Matter and Water Cycle Powerpoint Notes

4. Water Cycle Worksheet

-Vocab 10.3 Chart and Where do I get my Energy from Wksht due Today

 

Agenda for 11/3/09 and 11/4/09

 

1. Warm-up # 5

2. Go over homework

3. Notes on Energy Pyramids

4. Quiz/ Correct Quiz

5. Worksheet

 

-Part C on Energy Roles Worksheet Due

 

Agenda 11/2/09

1. Warm-up #4

2. Where do I get my Energy From?

3. Chapter 10.3 Vocab Chart (attached below)

 

 

 

 

 

-Agenda for 10/29 and 10/30

 

1. Warm-up#3

a.) Define the three terms: Producer, consumer decomposer.

b.. Give two examples of a producer? 

c.) T or F: Energy enters all ecosystems as sunlight. 

d.) Give two examples of a decomposer. 

 

2. Finish notes on herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores

 

3. Food Web poster

 

Agenda for 10/27/09 and 10/28/09

 

1. Warm-up #2

3. Read pages 404-405

4. Notes on Producers/consumers/decomposers

5. White Board practice with food chains

 

Homework:  Complete Part B of the Energy Roles Worksheet Due Thurs. 10/29 or Fri. 10/30

Agenda for 10/26/09

Warm-up#1

1. At the top of your paper, list the different types of food you ate last night.  

2. Under each item, write the name of the plant, animal, or other organism that was the source of that food.  

3. How was weekend?

 

-Pass out stampsheet

-Notes on Food chains ppt and video

 

Stampsheet Due Today!

 

Agenda for 10/22/09

1. Go over the predator/prey graph

2. Collect Stamp sheet

3. White board practice

4. Test on Chapter 10.3

 

Hwk: Finish bar graph on skittles lab - Due Monday 10/26

 

-Predator/Prey Graph Due Today

 

Agenda for 10/20 and 10/21

 

1. Warm-up#8  Vocab Matching:

 Mutualism _____

Commensalism _______

Parasitism _________

Predator/Prey __________

Competition ____________

2. Go over Predator/Prey Graph

3. Finish Symbiosis Video

4. Skittles Lab intro

 

Here are the assignments for the stamp sheet:

1. Observation vs. Inference

2. Bottle Demo Worksheet

3. Practice Bar/Line Graph

4. Lake Turtles/ Desert Survey

5. Limiting Factors / Population Worksheet.

6. Wolf Population Worksheet

7. Adaptations Worksheet

8. Vocab Chart 10.3/Interactions among Organisms

9. Predator/Prey Graph

10. Warm-ups #1-9

11. Parent Sig on Stampsheet

Vocab 10.3 Chart Due Today

Interactions Among Organisms Chart Due Today

 

Agenda for 10/19/09

 

1. Warm-up#7

2. Video on Symbiosis

 

Hwk: -Predator/Prey Graph Due Tues. 10/20 or Wed. 10/21

        - Test on Thursday 10/22 or Fri. 10/23

 

 

Agenda for 10/15 and 10/16

1. Warm-up#6

2. Go over Adaptations Homework

3.  Notes on animal relationships

4. Science Safety Quiz

 

Homework:

Agenda for 10/13 and 10/14

Wolf Population Worksheet due today

 

1. Warm-up#5  (1. Pick 3 organisms from the butterfly garden.  2. Give me an adaptation for each organism.  3. Tell how that adaptation helps the organism survive in the wild.)

2. Galapagos Island Video and Worksheet

3. Science Safety Rules

 

 

Agenda for 10/12/09

 

-Warm-up#4

     1.  What are the five limiting factors.  (Try to use without notes first)

     2.  What is the definition of a carrying capacity.

     3.  Pick a limiting factor and talk about how it limits a population. 

 

-Notes on Adapations

 

-Finish Wolf Population Wksht from last (Thurs./Fri.) 

(See Mr. Adamucci if you were absent last week Thur./Fri.)

 

Agenda for 10/8 and 10/9

(No warm-up)

1. Notes on Limiting Factors (see ppt and pg. 402-403)

2. Wolf Population Game

3. Desert Survey/Lake Turtles

4. Limiting Factors Wksht

5. Desert Survey/Lake Turtles Wksht

 

 

Agenda for 10/6 and 10/7

 

1. Warm-up #3   (1. Try to develop your own hypothesis on something you want to test. Use an if/then statement.  2.  What is your experience with graphing?  Talk about what kinds of graphing you have done. Talk about why you think graphing might be useful for scientists.)

2. Go over the Obs. vs. Inference Wksht.

3. Bar Graphs/Practice Bar Graphs

4. Line Graphs/Practice Line Graphs

 

Agenda:

1. Warm-up

2. Pass out Stamp Sheet

3. Bottle Demo Lab

1. Warm-up 10/5/09

Give one qualitative observation.

Give one quantitative observation.  

AGENDA for 9/29/09 and 9/30/09

 

 

Here are the assignments on your stamp sheet.

 

1. Parent Sig. on Syllabus ( I have collected this already)

2. 3 Dividers for Science ( Stays in your binder )

3. Developing Hypothesis Worksheet

4. Collage ( I have collected already.)

5. Analyzing Ecosystem Wksht.

6. Living Things and the Environment Wksht.

7. Levels of Ecological Organization

8. Study Guide

9. Warm-ups #1-8

10. Parent Sig on Back of Stamp Sheet

 

Today's Agenda:

 

-Warm-up #9

 

1. Pick an ecosystem? Give me 2 abiotic and 2 biotic factors that go with it.

2. How was your weekend?

 

-Go over Study Guide

 

-Ecology 10.1 Quiz

 

-Collect Stamp sheet

 

- Observing vs. Inferring Notes

Agenda for 9/24 and 9/25

-Warm-up #8

1. Give the levels of ecological organization starting with the smallest unit?

2.  Give a brief definition to each level. 

-Go over Living Things in the Environment HW

-Work on Study Guide

-Work on Vocab Chart

-Study Guide Due Tues. 9/29 for Per. 1 and 5

Agenda for 9/22 and 9/23

-Warm-up#7

What is a community?

What is a population?

What is a species?

Put each in a sentence to show understanding.

-Study Skills Presentation

-Work on Ecological Organization Worksheet

Agenda for 9/21

Warm-up#6

1. What is a habitat?

2. What is an ecosystem?

3. What is an organism?

4.  Give an example for each 

Read Pg. 395 and 397

Communities and Populations Ppt

Agenda for 9/17 and 9/18:

 

Warm-Up # 5

1. ) What are the seven things all living things do?  (Try first without your notes)

 

2.  List 3 biotic and 3 abiotic factors from an ocean ecosystem?

 

Read Pg. 393 and pg. 396 from the book. 

 

Name 5 organisms and their habitat from the garden.

 

For 9/15 and 9/16

-Developing a Hypothesis Worksheet Due

 

A. Warm-Up #4 (done in class)

1. What are 7 things all living things do? (Look at ppt below)

a.    b.   c.  d.   e.   f.  g. 

2.  What do you think an ecosystem is?

 

B. Read pg. 393-394 on abiotic/biotic factos ( done in class)

 

C. List 10 Abiotic and Biotic factors from the butterfly garden.

 

D.  Collage Due Monday 9/21

Cut out at least 10 biotic factors and 10 abiotic factors from a magazine and glue to a sheet of paper.  One side should be biotic and the other side is abiotic. 

1.)   Parent Signature on Syllabus Due
2.)  3 Correctly labeled dividers in the science section of your notebook.

 

- Warm-up# 3 for 9/14/09 (done in class)

  Write down if you think the following is living or non-living. Write it all down.

-Warm-Up #2 for 9/10/09 and 9/11/09 (done in class)

1. What do you do if you were absent or did not write down the homework?

2. When can you meet with Mr. Adamucci?

3. Where does your stamp sheet go in your binder?

4. What supplies do you need to bring to Mr. Adamucci's class?

5. A possible explanation to a set of observations is a ___________.

a. ) scientific law                          b.) hypothesis

c.) theory                                    d. ) variable

 

- Killer Statements (in class)

 

-Developing a Hypothesis worksheet (in class)

1. Notes on Topographic Maps

2. Homework: Finish Reading a Topographic Map Worksheet Due Tues/Wed.