Pers. 6, 1 & 2:
Homework tonight: answer Text-Based Questions for"It's Not the Heat, It's the Humidity"

A. Reflection (“The Design Process”): You just went through a process of 

 designing and building your structure. 

Draw a picture of your structure.  In the writing that goes with it, be sure to answer:

1.How did you originally choose to design your structure to resist the wind?

2.How did the structure you built differ from your design?

             3. (After testing) What parts of your design seemed to resist wind?

B. If you have not already done so, you still must finish homework from earlier this week:
You've had 4 days to do this homework.  Make sure that this is done before lab starts next week:
1) We are preparing for a lab activity in which you will point a heat source light at two plastic trays containing water or sand, and record the temperature every few minutes. Prepare for our lab activity by writing a(n):
     a) hypothesis (prediction: What do you think will happen in the activity?); 
     b) procedures-(steps you will follow during the lab); and
     c) data table - a place to record information you get from this activity.

Make an effort and show me that you did your homework. It doesn't matter if its right or wrong, it only matters if you tried to do it. No prep, no lab.

2) (ALL CLASSES) Record Daily Weather Data. Yours may or may not be checked tomorrow but will be due on Monday. Use the fourth Link for today's weather:                                                     
 http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=41.053430,-73.538734&MR=                                                  and for yesterday's weather, use the ninth link:                                                                http://www.weather.com/weather/pastweather/USCT0218

Hi Nick - write "I predict the _______ will warm up faster."

Homework for tonight looks like last night's homework because you've had 3 days to do this homework.  Make sure that this is done before lab starts on Friday or Monday :
1) We are preparing for a lab activity in which you will point a heat source light at two plastic trays containing water or sand, and record the temperature every few minutes. Prepare for our lab activity by writing a(n):
     a) hypothesis (prediction: What do you think will happen in the activity?); 
     b) procedures-(steps you will follow during the lab); and
     c) data table - a place to record information you get from this activity.

Make an effort and show me that you did your homework. It doesn't matter if its right or wrong, it only matters if you tried to do it. No prep, no lab.

2) (ALL CLASSES) Record Daily Weather Data. Yours may or may not be checked tomorrow but will be due on Monday. Use the fourth Link for today's weather:                                                      
 http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=41.053430,-73.538734&MR=1                                                           and for yesterday's weather, use the ninth link:                                                                http://www.weather.com/weather/pastweather/USCT0218

Homework for tonight is :
1) We are preparing for a lab activity in which you will point a heat source light at two plastic trays containing water or sand, and record the temperature every few minutes. Prepare for our lab activity by writing a(n):
     a) hypothesis (prediction: What do you think will happen in the activity?);
     b) procedures-(steps you will follow during the lab); and
     c) data table - a place to record information you get from this activity.

Make an effort and show me that you did your homework. It doesn't matter if its right or wrong, it only matters if you tried to do it. No prep, no lab.

2) (ALL CLASSES) Record Daily Weather Data. Yours may or may not be checked tomorrow but will be due on Monday. Use the fourth Link for today's weather:                                                      
 http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=41.053430,-73.538734&MR=1                                                           and for yesterday's weather, use the ninth link:                                                                http://www.weather.com/weather/pastweather/USCT0218

9/19/13 - 
Homework for tonight is :
1) (ALL CLASSES) Daily Weather for Day 9. Yours may or may not be checked tomorrow but will be due on Monday. Use the fourth Link for today's weather:                                                      
 http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=41.053430,-73.538734&MR=1  and for yesterday's weather, use the ninth link: http://www.weather.com/weather/pastweather/USCT0218
     and

2) Write a Reflection on what you learned in class today. Minimum 3 GOOD sentences.

9/18/2013 -
Teachers meeting just ended a few minutes ago.  In the future, do not expect that the blog will be updated before 4 p.m. on any school day, because sometimes that's the earliest that I can get to it.

Homework for tonight is :
1) (ALL CLASSES) Daily Weather for Day 8. Yours may or may not be checked tomorrow but will be due on Friday. Use the fourth Link for today's weather:                                                      
 http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=41.053430,-73.538734&MR=1  and for yesterday's weather, use the ninth link: http://www.weather.com/weather/pastweather/USCT0218

AND

2) (PERIOD 5) Write 5 STAR note questions in the fat column of today's notes in your science notebook;
3) (PERIODS 6 & 1) Label your map with continents and oceans according to the list (para. 5) on p. E-25 of your book. You can access the e-book using the link to the right or  http://ebooks.lab-aids.com/student-resources.

4) (PERIOD 2) re-count and re-calculate percentages of land and water on the map.

9/17/13 - Homework for tonight:
1) Daily Weather for Day 7. Yours may or may not be checked tomorrow but will be due on Friday. Use the fourth Link for today's weather:                                                      
 http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=41.053430,-73.538734&MR=1  and for yesterday's weather, use the ninth link: http://www.weather.com/weather/pastweather/USCT0218
and
2) Answer Analysis Questions 1-4 on p. E-22 on an SPP (Separate Piece of Paper). Use the SEPUP link on my blog or type in the URL from your Resources sheet. http://ebooks.lab-aids.com/student-resources   Due tomorrow at entry to class. 

9/12/13 - Sixth Graders - Homework for tonight is to finish your weather graphs (Periods 2 & 6) and your Measurement homework (Periods 1, 5 & 6). 

Tonight's assignment: write 5 Star Note Questions.  What are Star Note Questions and how do you write them? —How: 
How?

• start with one of the 5 W words (“who, what,  when, where, why --- or how”)
• —Ends with a question mark ? —

—What : ask a question that was answered in your notes.  Ex: What is a meteorologist? 

—Where: skinny column

—Why: to help you learn how to review what you’ve learned

Who?  You!

9/3/13 - Sixth graders:  Complete Analysis Questions for activity 50 "Weather Effects" on a separate sheet of paper to be turned in.