Test link

Click the link below to go to the login for the test

http://www.schoolobjects.com/Aware/OnlineTesting?org=JAR-16063957-3F1

I will give you the password tomorrow in class.

Tuesday December 17, 2013

Today we played a review game going over the review that I handed the students yesterday.

FOR EXTRA CREDIT GET YOUR PARENT TO SIGN THE FRONT OF YOUR STUDY GUIDE AND GIVE TO ME BEFORE THE TEST TOMORROW.

Monday December 16, 2013

Today the students recieved their mid-term review.  Tomorrow we will be playing a review game to go over it and study for their mid-term that will be either coming up Wednesday or Thursday

CLICK HERE to get the review answer guide

Friday December 13, 2013

Today we took a short quiz over the formation of coal and oil.  Those grades will be added tio the grade that they recieved on their coal and oil project presentations.

Thursday December 12, 2013

Today the students went into the computer lab and continued their work on the oil/coal formation project.  The project was due at the end of the class period and tomorrow we will have a quiz that will test them over the material that they should have included in their presentations.

Wednesday December 11, 2013

Today the students did the hour of code with is a mini course on computer coding.  If they want to they are more than welcome to go to the link provided in the previous post and sign up and continue the courses.

Hour of Code

Tomorrow we will be doing the hour of code.

Check out the website below to get a preview.

http://csedweek.org/

Tuesday December 10, 2103

Today we were in the computer lab for the last time to work on the oil and coal formation prezis.

Monday December 9, 2013

I wasn't here today in class.  They were in the computer lab  working on their coal and oil formation projects though.

Friday December 6, 2013

Today the students took their vocabulary quizzes which I will try and have entered into the grade book as soon as possible.

Afterwards the students started working on a new project:
Create a prezi or slideshow showing both the formation of coal, oil and natural gas. 
Needs to show formation of coal
Needs to show formation of oil and natural gas 
Have an introduction page 
Have a page or slide showing the main differences between the two formations 
Needs to show the individual steps that lead to coal and oil formation
Needs at least 10 slides 

Due next Tuesday!!!!!!!

We will be working on this next Monday and Tuesday in class, but the students can work on it anytime outside of school if they like.

The link below is an animation of the formation of both coal and oil.

http://www.hk-phy.org/energy/power/source_phy/flash/formation_e.html

Thursday December 5, 2013

Today the students played a vocabulary game going over the words for the quiz tomorrow.

QUIZLET ROCK VOCABULARY

Wednesday December 4, 2013

Students watched a video over weathering, erosion and deposition.  They then drew examples of those and turned it in for me to check for understanding.

Tuesday December 3, 2013

The students worked on their vocabulary and translating them into a creative story of their choice.  If they didn't finish in class it was given as homework.

Here is the assignment they were given with the requirements:

Using the following vocabulary words:

Deposition

Erosion

Fossil Fuels

Landforms

Mass Movement

Natural Gas

Natural Resources

Non renewable Resources

Renewable Resources

Weathering

Define each in journal and draw a picture representing each

    * title that page "rock vocabulary"

Write a story that uses all 10 words in their correct form.

      *must include the term in its correct form.

      * each term needs to be underlined

      * must be at least a notebook page length (front only)

Video HomeWork

Watch the video below and use the note taking guide to complete your homework.

Sedimentary Rocks and Fossil Fuels Vocab

Click HERE to get to the quizlet over the vocabulary for the quiz on Friday this week.