Tuesday Novemebr 27, 2012

Today the students and I finished up the notes over alternative enrgy resources.  I then went over a review for their exam on Thursday. 

You can finds the exam review here with answers: Fossil fuels and Alternative Energy resources exam review

11/26-11/30 Science class Weekly Schedule

Monday- Alternative Energy Resources Notes  ( You can find the powerpoint a couple of posts below this one)
Tuesday- Alternative Energy Resources Notes Continued...
Wednesday- Review for Exam over fossil fuels and Alternative energy resources
Thursday- Exam over fossil fuels and Alternative energy resources
Friday- Test Corrections and introduction of new unit vocabulary.

Monday November 26, 2012

Today the students and I started the alternative energy resources notes.  We discussed the advantages and disadvantages of each.  We also discussed the exam that we will have on Thursday.

Monday November 19, 2012

Today the students took the previously mentioned crossword vocabulary puzzle.  After the quiz we finished up the video over alternative fuels from Friday. 

Tomorrow we will be starting notes over Alternative Fuels.  You can download and/or view the powerpoint at this link: Alternative Energy Resources

Friday November 16, 2012

Today the students and I viewed a vidoe that discussed alternative fuels and the advantages and disadvantages of them.  We took notes together over the information.  Monday there will be a vocabulary quiz where the students will have to complete the following crossword puzzle.

Thursday November 15, 2012

Today the students completed p. F118 Questions 1-8 out of their textbooks.  They also completed some vocabulary over alternative energy.  Those words will be part of a vocabulary quiz next monday.  The words are: solar energy, fusion energy, biomass, nuclear energy, geothermal energy, chemical bonds, hydroelectric energy, and tidal energy.

Wednesday November 14, 2012

The students and I were able to finish up the coal and oil formation diagrams and descriptions.  Tomorrow we will be covering compaction vs. cementation and alternative fuels to end the week on Friday.

Tuesday November 13, 2012

Today the students and continued to go over the oil and coal formation diagrams and information.  We finished up coal and started on oil formation. I pointed out several similarities between the two along with several differences. We will be finishing it tomorrow.

Monday November 12, 2012

Today the students and I will be going over Coal and oil Formation which may take 1 or more days to do.  The students took notes and drew diagrams showcasing how coal and oil are formed. 

We did this activity from this animation of the process: Coal and Oil Formation Animation

Important news for the week

We  are beginning a new 6 weeks and the students are rrequired to bring in a new spiral for science.  We will be using this new spiral for the next 12 weeks in class.

Here is a schedule of what we will be doing this week:

Monday- Going over coal formation
Tuesday- Going over Oil formation
Wednesday- Cementation vs. Compaction activity
Thursday-Alternative fuels notes
Friday-alternative fuels mobile