01/09/07
Classwork: Class notes:
1. Adhesion
a) law of electro statics
b) Atomic structure
c) Diatom water molecule
2. Cohesion a) Hydrogen bonding
Homework: finish reading chapeter 1
Collect: none
Handouts: none

01/10/07
Classwork: Computer lab: www.prenhall.com/thurman
My email for assignments is www.mrtekay@yahoo.com 
Viewed several media videos
Homework: Email due Sunday 1/14/07:
Chapter 1: Underdstanding Concepts; Fill-in-the-blank; Visualizing Oceanography; Web essays #1,#2,#4
Due Monday 1/15: Ocean issues: Sonar - print out media and listen; analyze; answer Questions.
Collect: none
Handouts: none

01/12/07
Classwork: video: There is No Place Like Earth; completed a time-line and several handouts
Homework: none
Collect: none
Handouts: in class

01/16/07
Classwork: Discuss handout Ch 2 and Ch 3 Power point project
Talk about the media analysis - sonar project.
Homework: Handout ch 2 and ch 3 power point project- due Feb 2, Friday
Collect: none
Handouts: Class handout Ch 2 and Ch 3 Power point project
Registration papers to Juniors/Soph

01/17/07
Classwork: Discuss Ch 2 Paleogeographic Map Animations Plate Tectonics; See destinations Scotish and UC Berkeley
Homework: Computer lab project due Feb 2
Collect: none
Handouts: none

01/19/07
Classwork: Background notes Paleomagnetism
Work on handout: Magnetic Polarity and Sea Floor Age worksheet and packet Homework: Due Monday: Finish Magnetic Polarity and Sea Floor Age worksheet and packet Read Chapter 2
Collect: none
Handouts: magnetic Polarity and Sea Floor Age worksheet and packet

01/22/07
Classwork: Discuss the Magnetic Polarity and Sea Floor Age Worksheet
View video on plate tectonics
Homework: Period 3: Plate Tectonics worksheet (earthquakes and phlate tectonics); Questions 1-5
Collect: none
Handouts: plate tectonics worksheet

01/23/07
Classwork: Period 2: Collect Paleomagnetism - Magnetic Plarity and Sea Floor Age Worksheet
Period 3: Discuss the plate Tectonics Worksheet in class (Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics)
Homework: Chapter 2 Online
Due Monday: Visualizing Oceanography; Essay Questions 1 and 3
Sea Floor Features Handout: use Atlas to complete the packet by Friday. Collect: Period 2: collect Paleomagnetism-Magnetic Polarity and Sea Floor Age Worksheet.
Handouts: none

01/24/07
Classwork: Discuss Plate Tectonics Power point
Homework: due Friday: Sea Floor Features worksheet; due Monday: CH 2 VO and Essay 1 and 3; due Friday 2/2: Power Point Project
Collect: none
Handouts: none

01/26/07
Classwork: Continue discussion of Plate Tectonics Power Point
Homework: none
Collect: none
Handouts: none

01/29/07
Classwork: Complete Plate Tectonics Power Point; Show animations and coral reef development
Homework: Read Chapter 3
Remind that Ch 2 VO and Essay questions 1 and 3 due midnight tonight; Power Point Project due Fri; Sea Floor features project is now late. Collect: none
Handouts: none

01/30/07
Classwork: Reef Development and Sea mount/Table mount; animations plate tectonics; vertical seismic profiling
Homework: none
Collect: none
Handouts: none

01/31/07
Classwork: Geography of Oceans
Homework: Complete A of Geolgraphy of Oceans by Monday
Do the following Pressure Problem - Submercible Given: At surface of water, air pressure is 14.7#/in2; 10 m below the surface it is 14.7#/in2 more; and for every 10m it increases 14.7#/in2. Build Artesian Diver Model If a submercible is 2,222m below the surface, what is the pressure per square inch in pounds/in2 and tons/in2?
Collect: none
Handouts: Geography of the Oceans A & B

FEBRUARY 2007

02/02/07
Classwork: Demonstrate Sonar Reflection technology using Ranger/TI and overhead with 3D Topgraphic model.
Explain the process for the handout
Homework: Finish the Ex 4 Project for Monday
Collect: Power Point Projects
Handouts: Ex6 Seisic Reflection Profiling Background and Problems

02/05/07
Classwork: Complet Ex 6 on overhead in class
Show some examples of vertical seismic profiles
Start to review geography of oceans Ex4
Homework:work on review of geography of oceans Ex 4
Collect: Ex 6
Handouts:none

02/06/07
Classwork: Discuss Marine Province, Turbidity; Density Currents; Demo Flocculation of clays and turbidity current; graded bedding
Show video clips - no handouts required for them. Homework: Do Chapter 3 Visualizing Oceanography (Do not email-just prepare for a quiz on Wednesday (2/7) over Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 - Visualizing Oceanography only
Collect:none
Handouts:none

02/07/07
Classwork: Quiz V.O. Chapter 2 and Chapter 3  Student Information Form - complete and collect.
Homework: due Friday (2/9): Chapter 3 Figures and Tables Worksheet
Collect: Student Information Form
Handouts: Chapter 3 Figures and Tables Worksheet

02/09/07
Classwork: Discuss Electromagnetic Radiation, Albedo, Remote Sensing
Homework: nothing more
Collect: Chapter 3 Figures and Tables
Handouts: Remote Sensing

02/12/07
Classwork: Class notes: Deep Sea Sedimentation; Law of Uniformitarianism: weathering erosion; deposition; sorting; rounding; (use overheads and whiteboard)
Homework: none
Collect: none
Handouts: Deep Sea Sediments

02/13/07
Classwork: Discuss Power Point Chapeter 4. Finish all but 5 slides.
Homework: none
Collect: none
Handouts: none

02/14/07
Classwork: Have a prelab discussion
Continue to do the lab during class. It requires examining samples and answering questions based on observations and Chapter 4 text research.
Homework: none
Collect: none
Handouts: Oceans Sediment and Rock Lab

02/16/07
Classwork: Continue working on the Ocean Sediment and Rock Lab. Answer questions in the book.
Homework: Due Tuesday: Ocean Sediment and Rock Lab
Collect: none
Handouts: none

02/20/07
Classwork: Finish the Chapter 4 Power Point Slides
Reviewed all of the Ocean Sediment Labs
Homework: none
Collect: Ocean Sediment Labs
Handouts: none

2/21/07
Classwork: Return graded papers. Left-overs are in your class period "graded" folder. Go over the VO, FI UC for Chapter 4 on-line and finish the chapter 4 power point.
Homework: Read chapter 4.
Collect: Period 2 collect: the sea floor sediments lab. Handouts: None

2/22/07
Help/make-up day, Sediment Lab

2/23/07:
Classwork: Distribute the handout and do the percent by weight for each sediment faction, and create the histograms.
Homework: The activity will be collected Monday. The Unit 1 test over chapters 1-4 is Monday 3/5/07. I'll provide you with study guides.
Collect: None
Handout - Exercise 6 Ocean Sediments.

2/26/07:
Classwork: Computer lab time to work on the Unit One study guide. Use your book.
Homework: Due Monday: Complete Unit One Study Guide.
Collect: none
Handout - Unit One Review Packet, due Monday, Mar 5,
Unit 1 test Monday March 5

2/27/07
Classwork: Finish Exercise 6- analysis, graphing, turbidity, current velocity
Homework: Due tomorrow: Exercise 6
Collect: none
Handouts: none

3/05/07
Classwork:Reviewed the Unit 1 study guide all period
Homework: Unit 1 Test will be Tuesday, the study guide is due on Tuesday, test day.study the publishers on-line questions: UC, FI, VO for chapters 1-4
Collect:nothing today
Handouts: nothing new

3/06/07
Classwork: Students began the Unit 1 Test, most finished, a few need to finish tomorrow
Homework:none assigned
Collect:Unit 1 Study guide was collected
Handouts:  The students were told about the Internet Site: http://highschoolscience.tripod.com

3/07/07
Classwork:Finish the Unit 1 Test if unfinished from Tuesday; prelab explanation then do the Parts Per Million Serial Dilution Lab
Homework: Get the grade reports signed by a parent and returned signed by Friday 3/9/07, finish answering the questions from the lab today we'll discuss the lab on Friday and collect it.
Collect: nothing today
Handouts: Parts Per Million Lab; Grade Reports

3/09/07
Classwork: Discuss the Parts per Million Lab; notes residence time of dissolved solutes, steady state and hydrologic cycle.
Homework: Read Chapter 5, parent signed grade printouts
Collect: Parts per Million Lab, parent signed grade printouts
Handouts: Chapter 5 Power Point Notes

3/12/07
Classwork: Chapter 5 Power point
Homework: Read chapter 5
Collect: parent signed grade reports
Handouts: none

3/13-14/07
Classwork: presented the power point for chapter 5
Homework: finish reading chapter 5 (CSAP week)
Collect:none
Handouts:none

3/16/07
Classwork:Period 3 met today due to CSAP. In class we finished the chapter 5 power point, looked at overheads explaining how to use graphys to read the density if given the temperature and salinity. We talked about the current proposal to store Carbon Dioxide in the oceans from oil drilling and coal degassification; In class students did questions 15, 19, 22, 23,; 24 from the chapter review.
Homework: Finish reading chapter 5 by Monday.
Collect:Collected the chapter 5 review questions done in class today.
Handouts: none

3/19/07
Classwork:Finished Chapter 5 power point for period 2. In class students worked on the Chapter 5 "Significance of the Properties of Water" handout,and the chapter 5 review questions: 15, 19, 22, 23, 24.  Period 3 notes from chapter 6 overheads as an introduction
Homework: Finish the remaining questions on the handout and the chapter 5 review for Tuesday.
Collect: period 3 the chapter 5 Review questions 15-24 were collected.
Handouts; Significance of the Properties of Water 8 questions

3/20/07
Classwork: Discussed the homework significant properties of water handout using overheads and the NASA video loop on //mostinterestingblog.blogspot.com; physics/water droplet waves at zero gravity.
Homework: none
Collect:Collected homework - significance of properties of water questions 1-8 and questions chapter 5 review period 3.
Handouts: none

3/21/07
Classwork: Pre-lab, then work on the Buffering of Seawater Lab
Homework: Finish the questions and Graph for the lab tonight. Chapter 5 Visualizing Oceanography - due Monday 4/2/07; Read Chapter 6
Collect: nothing
Handouts: The Buffering Capacity of Seawater: An Investigation.

3/23/07
Classwork: Complete the Buffering of Seawater lab data gathering, graph the data 6 on one grid, answer the analysis questions: Build the hydrometer.
Homework: Read chapter 6, Do Chapter 5 Visualizing Oceanography and email to me by Monday 4/2/07; Complete the Seawater Bufferinig Lab graphs and analysis questions for Monday 4/2/07
Collect: the completed hydrometer
Handouts: Activity 6 Hydrometer Lab

4/02/07
Classwork:Finish the graphs and the analysis for lab 12, acid buffering;  returned papers.
Homework: chapter 5 visualizing oceanography, email to me. Read chapter 6 NOW.
Collect: Sea Water Buffering Lab 12, including graphs and analysis questions.
Handouts: none today

4/03/07
Classwork: Finished Hydrometer Lab, calibrated hydrometers, completed table 1 and 2;systematically observed egg in various saline concentrations.
Homework: Chapter 5 visualizing oceanography past due; Chapter 6 should be read.
Collect: Hydrometer Lab.
Handouts: Chapter 6 power point notes

4/04/07
Classwork: Chapter 6 power point discussion
Homework: Chapter 6 should now be read
Collect: nothing due, past due the chapter 5 Visualizing Oceanography
Handouts: nothing, we used the powerpoint handout for notes

4/06/07
Classwork:Chapter 6 power point discussion, nearly finished.
Homework:Read Chapter 7
Collect:nothing
Handouts: none

4/09/07
Classwork: Finished chapter 6 power point and reviewed it, then worked on the SOFAR and KYOTO handouts.
Homework: Finish the SOFAR and KYOTO handouts by tomorrow, Tuesday. Read chapter 7 this week.
Collected: nothing
Handouts: SOFAR Channel and Kyoto Protocol worksheets which require your book to complete, p 193 and p 189.

04/10/07
Handouts: Storm Fronts; period 3: Breezes
Collected: SOFAR Channel WS and Chapter 6 Global Warming and the Kyoto Protocol p 189 WS
Homework: nothing more than reading chapter 7
Classwork  Complete the Storm fronts handout from drawings on the overhead, the white board, and the computer animations from this site:http://learnearthscience.com/pages/Unit_Links/weather.htm" >http://learnearthscience.com/pages/Unit_Links/weather.htm  Classroom discussion about cold fronts, warm fronts, stationary fronts, and occluded fronts; Period 3 managed to do the sea and land breezes.

4/11/07
Handout: period 2 Breezes
Homework: period 2 complete the drawings on the handout and answer the questions, using the text and Google.Due Friday. Read chapter 7.
Collected: period 2 SOFAR Channel and Kyoto Protocol
Classwork: Interactive internet demos and animations and discussion around: Hurricane scales, development, surges, cloud base, currents, temperature and dew point, and breezes.

4/13/07
Handout: Global Winds and Ocean Currents and Global Winds, Pressure,and Currents
Collected: nothing
Homework: Don't forget to read all of chapter 7.
Classwork: Complete the Global Wind, Pressure, and Current Drawings and Labels. Complete the questions on the Global Winds and Ocean Currents handouts in class. View the interactive animations together in class and slide show on local winds: haboob, dust devil, chinook (Santa Anna).

4/16/07
Handouts none
Collected Global Winds and Ocean Currents and Global Winds Pressure and Circulation
Homework Read Chapter 7, the next assignment will be to complete the Chapter 7 Visualizing Oceanography Understanding Concepts and Fill-ins, due Monday.
Classwork Returned SOFAR Channel and Kyoto Protocol Papers and went over them in class today using the overhead. Power Point Deforestation.

 

4/17/07

Handout Chapter 7 Ocean circulation Power Point Notes

Collected only period 2, global winds, pressure, and currents and Global Winds and Ocean Currents, period 3 was collected Friday.

homework  chapter 6 Understanding concepts and Fill in the Blank, email to me by Friday.

Classwork  Completed chapter 6 Visualizing Oceanography, began the chapter 7 power point content discussion

 

4/18/07

Handouts  none

Collected nothing

Homework Chapter 6 UC, FI due Friday.

Classwork  Chapter 7 power point discussion, surface currents, upwellings, downwellings, convergence, divergence, western intensification, Ekman transport,

 

4/20/07

Handouts Exercise 17 El Nino packet and Ex 17 El Nino Worksheet

Collected nothing

Homework  El Nino Worksheet is due Monday plus the on-line Ch 6 UC and FI are due Friday at midnight.

Classwork  El Nino discussion using the computer animations of El Nino, La Nina and Normal available at http://esminfo.prenhall.com/science/geoanimations/animations/26_NinoNina.html

check ou the ocean surface temperatures for 25 years at my site under oceanography class here you can see it is dynamic forming all three conditions.  In addition we used the transparency for all three conditions as talking points. The rest of the period was spent working on the Exercise 17 Worksheet.

 

4/23/07

Handout  What Causes Deep-Sea Currents Lab

Collected  What Causes Deep-Sea Currents Lab

Homework  Nothing new added

Classwork  pre-lab discussion about water masses and global circulation while hypothesizing about the influx of water into the oceans if global warming should melt the glaciers and ice cap and Earth's actual record of ice-ages.  Students completed the lab today.

 

4/24/07

Handouts 3 Activity Density Detective packet includes questions, Density Driven Ocean Circulation packet for background information, Density Driven Lab Worksheets.

Homework quiz Friday on the Density Driven activity and background packet, STUDY.

Classwork completed the lab packet worksheets in class including the table, 3 graphs, vertical profile, activity questions.

Collected  nothing today.

 

4/25/07

Handoouts  none

Collected  nothing

Homework  Study for the quiz on Monday for the Activity Density Detective and the Density Driven Ocean Circulation packets, you will want to be prepared.

Classwork  shortened class period, we went over the answers to the Activity Density Detective.  Some of you haven't turned in your chapter 5 online VO or Chapter 6 UC or FI.

 

4/27/07

Handouts  none

Collected  nothing

Homework  Study for the quiz on Density Currents based on the Activity Density Detective and the Density Driven Ocean Circulation packets for Monday.

Classwork  El Nino/La Nina, Deep Water Currents and Density currents.  We finished up the chapter 7 Power Point concepts.  Read chapter 8 waves.

 

4/30/07

Handouts  Chapter 8 Power point notes  Density Current Quiz

Collected  Activity Density Detective Questions and Tables, Graphs and charts also the Quiz Density Currents

Homework  Read chapter 8  Do the Chapter 8 on-line UC and VO by friday.

Classwork  Density Current Quiz (20 questions)  Chapter 8 Power point on waves.

 

5/1/07

Handouts None

Collected Nothing

Homework  Do the online chapter 8 UC and VO by Friday

Classwork  Reviewed then Completed the chapter 8 powerpoint and began the chapter 9 powerpoint.

 

5/2/07

Handout  Oceanography from the Space Shuttle

Collected  nothing

Homework  Due Tuesday Create a poster from one of the 8 topics to show what can be learned from space. See handout of information uploaded on this website.

Classwork  Preactivity discussion then to the computer lab to do research on the topic to write questions, answers and print pictures. 

 

5/4/07

Handout  Poster Project Requirements and Poster Project Scoring Sheet

Collected  nothing

Homework  Poster project due Tuesday and the chapter 8 VO and UC is due Friday midnight.

Classwork  explained the project and scoring sheet  worked in the computer lab today.  If you have trouble getting the site  Google Oceanography Space Shuttle, click on first image and you will get the same site.

 

5/7/07

Handouts  nothing.

Collected  your chapter 8 VO and UC was due this past Friday, nothing new.

Homework  The poster project is due tomorrow, Tuesday. with the scoring sheet.

Classwork  Chapter 12 powerpoint - adaptations and marine habitats.

 

5/8/07

Handouts  Ex 15 Packet Distribution of Marine Life and Ex 15 Report Distribution of Marine Life

Collected  Oceanography from the Space Shuttle Poster Projects due today

Homework  Ex 15 Report Distribution of Marine Life due Friday

Classwork  Presentations of the Poster Projects, Class Time working on Ex 15 Report Distribution of Marine Life

 

5/9/07

Handouts  none

Collected  nothing

Homework  Exercise 15 Report Distribution of Marine Life due Friday

Classwork  Finished chapter 12 powerpoint marine habitats and adaptations to marine conditions, discussed osmosis  finished poster project presentations for late-absent students. 

 

5/11/07

Handouts  none

Collected  nothing

Homework  Power Point or MSWord Project Animal Adaptations and Environmental habitat life zone conditions  DUE WEDNESDAY.  Seniors will present on Wednesday and Junior-Sophomores will present on Monday during final exams for period 2 and Wednesday for period 3.  This is your final exam.  Turn in your book on Monday.  The project details and background are posted at the Oceanography handouts on this site.

Classwork  Computer Lab Start the work on the project.

 

5/14/07

Handout  Content requirements for this final project.

Collected  nothing today.

Homework  power point due Wednesday May 16 for seniors - to be presented in class.  Be sure you are up to date on your on-line assignments through chapter 8.

Classwork  Computer lab to work on your powerpoint project.

 

5/15/07

Handout  Scoring Sheet for the power point project

Collected  nothing

Homework  Seniors powerpoints are due tomorrow Wednesday.  Put it into the oceanography drop box for your class period  save it 2007YourNames.

Classwork  Worked on presentation in the computer lab.

 

5/16/07

Handout  nothing

Collected  seniors turned in books and seniors turned in power point projects into the oceanography period 2 or 3 class folder found in the groups folder and the score sheet.

Homework  Be sure all of your class on-line assignments are all up to date and your power points are saved in the group oceanography appropriate folder with the file named as your name and 2007.  Underclassmen presentations will be Monday or Wednesday depending on the class period.  Bring books if you haven't turned your book in yet.

 

Good Luck to everyone on your projects and Congradulations to our graduating seniors.

Classwork  Senior power point presentations.

 

5/18/07

Handout  none

Collected  senior power point projects

Homework  bring books and power points to class on exam day.

Classwork  viewed few remaining power point projects and viewed marine animal videos today.