Fundraiser information went home today.  Please support RMS!  At least a portion of the funds raised will go to the care of our garden.  Stay tuned for another garden work day in the near future (especially since the weather has been so mild!).

Resources from this week:


Layers of Earth's Atmosphere
Wind
Wind mini-assessment

The following powerpoint files contain the questions from today's review.  Thanks to Mr. Fisher at OMS for creating them!

Earth's Waters
Earth's Oceans

Study Guide

Hydrology Study Guide

Trying something new

In order to increase parent communication, I am attempting to start a newsletter.  This will hopefully keep everyone better informed and allow me to save time by not writing similar emails over and over.  Please visit this link to join the Science Scoop newsletter.  More subscribers will increase my effort to get out more frequent newsletters.  I hope to include what we are studying, exciting things in class, and general information.

There is also a tab at the top of the blog that will link directly to the sign up page.  Please let me know if you have questions.

Water Resources

Ocean zones follow notes
Hydrology Scavenger Hunt: Waves, Currents, and Tides

Check out the ocean zones powerpoint to brush up on what we learned Monday and Tuesday.

New year, new rules

As we head toward 2012, I want you all to remember... there will be no more late passes.  Students wishing to turn in ANY assignment late must first serve a detention.  Nothing will be accepted more than one day late.  Any sort of replacement grade will more than likely be an essay - and this essay will have to be typed.  It is your responsibility to write down homework assignments in your agenda - homework is ALWAYS posted on the board.

Weekly study charts will continue, but I will alter the format so it only requires ONE signature from your parents.

If you would like to get a head start on this semester, we'll be studying hydrology (water), meteorology (weather) and astronomy (space).  Those are our major units!