Fall Break - Mon 29th of Sept to Fri Oct 3rd

No classes this week

Thursday and Friday Sept 25th and 26th Day 27, 28

OBJECTIVES:
Given a Compare Contrast article, students will be able to annotate the article identifying its Key Details, Major Quotes, Vocabulary, and General Concepts with 100% accuracy

Today's activities will be using a Comparison Contrast article about the Tropical Rainforest and the Tropical Savanna. The article will serve as a template for future annotation activities. I will annotate the article and students will write-in the annotations in the margin provided.

Once we have finished the lesson, students will apply the new formatting process to an article provided in the next class period.

Tuesday and Wed Sept 23rd and 24th Day 25, 26

Today's Objectives are to make progress on the vegetation chart, start the activities of Lat and Long, and work on the Time Zone project.



OBJECTIVES:
Given a list with 24 separate locations, students will be able to plot their respective clock times with 100% accuracy on a pinwheel chart.

Given a detailed vegetation presentation/resource, students will be able to list appropriate details within pre-determined categories spreadsheet for the various climates around the world, with 100% accuracy.

Resources for today:

Time Zone Project - Time Zone Project

Lat/Long Activities  - Act 1,      Act 2,        Act 3,        Act 4,         Act 5,         Act 6

Biomes/Vegetation presentation - Chart info

Biomes/Vegetation presentation - Seasons

Monday Sept 22nd Day 24

Today is the first Day of Fall (officially the Autumnal Equinox)



Today we will introduce the 4 seasons our world experiences, and the relationship the lines of Latitude have in those events.

OBJECTIVES:
Given a blank globe, students will be able to identify the major lines of Latitude and the role they play in the changing of seasons.
Given a blank globe, students will be able to identify and list the major lines of latitude, the dates at which the direct rays of the sun hit those lines, and the seasons that begin/end on those dates in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, with 100% accuracy.

Thursday Friday Sept 18th,19th Day 24-25

Today's Objective:

SWBAT:  format and input data into a spread sheet to accommodate the climate zones presentation.

How to format a spreadsheet using Drive - (Making a spreadsheet)

Print out these maps - Maps.   The keys to the maps only need to be viewed and do not need to be printed-out.  Vegetation Key and this one  Rainfall Key and this one Temperature Key

HW/Classwork - Biomes Chapter in your Google Classroom acct - write up answers and submit to classroom. Biomes Chapter Read and Questions

Tuesday-Wed Sept 16th 17th Day 22 & 23

The Unit we are starting will cover a few related topics and will involve a Biomes project. We will cover Latitude and Longitude, Seasons, and Biomes.

Here are the Instructional Objectives:
SWBAT (Know and Do):

Latitude/Longitude section:

* The student, when requested, will identify at least 10 places on a blank world map using the given latitude and longitude points to the nearest minute degree with.

* The student, when requested, will identify the latitude and longitude points, as well as hemisphere designation of at least 10 places on a blank world map to the nearest minute degree.

* The student will be able to show evidence of the ability to identify the major lines of latitude (by name and degree) on a blank world map.

* The student will be able to identify the correct time of any city on the earth if given the correct starting time of any other city.

Seasons Section:

* Students will be able to list the dates and lines of latitude the direct rays of the sun is hitting at the beginning of each season for both Northern and Souther Hemisphere's

* Students will be able to explain the "Longest day of the year" and the 

Shortest Day of the year"

Biomes Section:

* Identify the nine different biomes by name and characteristics
* Show evidence of knowledge of the various plants that grow within each biome
* Identify the climate of each biome including the rainfall averages and temperature fluctuations throughout the year
* Show evidence of the ability to read a climograph
* List various countries along low attitude, mid latitude, high latitude, and mountainous biomes.
* Describe characteristics (Climate, vegetation, human use, products,etc) that are developed or cultivated from each biome.
* Understand the relationship between the environmental factors and the plants and animals within a biome.

How to format a spreadsheet using Drive - (Making a spreadsheet)

Print out these maps - Maps as well as these keys Vegetation Key and this one  Rainfall Key and this one Temperature Key

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Resources for this unit are listed below

Calif Hist and Geog site ( resource site )

Biomes site -(types of biomes)

World Climates (World Climates )

How to build a climograph - ( build climograph )

Biomes resource site - (PBS interactive)

Great resource that can be used for the Biomes Project - (What makes a good Poster )

How to conduct research - ( How to do research )

How to cite a source -(citing research)
another link for citing - ( Cited sources - how )
evaluation and citing - ( Eval and Citing )

How to create a decision Matrix - ( How to make a group decision )

Presentation Rubric - (Multimedia Rubric)

Project idea site - (Project Ideas )

On-line book resource - (source)

For Monday Sept 14th Day 21

Below are the class codes for Google Classroom.

Make sure you put in the right code for the class you are in

Zero Period = pm5j0b

1st Period = ycuor1s 

2nd Period = 0b7qf2p 

3rd Period = bo8wqxi

5th Period = q3f8k4

Go to www.google.com/classroom

click the "Join Classroom" button and put in the appropriate class code