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 Sunday, February 05, 2012
Sunday, February 05, 2012 3:25:35 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00) ( 6th grade | erosion | farming | Links to Video Clips | river | meanders | oxbow lake )

River Channel with large meanders, erosion and deposition along river curves (inside the curve vs. outside the curve), formation of oxbow lake & floodplain...
     http://serc.carleton.edu/details/files/19077.html

Grand River - photo sequence from 1939-1996 showing the re-formation of a meander in the Grand River....
     http://serc.carleton.edu/details/files/19164.html

 

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Sunday, February 05, 2012 3:15:44 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00) ( 6th grade | GIS | land use maps | mapping )

 

symbols on map represents this type of land use or habitat color / pattern to shade
UU  UB urban black
UA     UA___ agriculture black & white stripes /////
POW     PUB    R1UB     R2UB fresh open water bue & white stripes \\\\\
PEM      PEM___ fresh marsh orange

 

Link to explanations of the various types of land use, colors to shade & map symbols:

Habitat Slides (can click on each habitat to find out more)

List of all the symbols and land uses.

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 Sunday, January 22, 2012
Sunday, January 22, 2012 9:51:56 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00) ( 6th grade | bilingual diagrams | deep sea vents | ELD | plate boundaries | volcanoes )

Link to geology diagrams labeled in both Chinese (Cantonese?) and English.

http://hkss.cedd.gov.hk/hkss/eng/education/gs/eng/hkg/chapter2.htm

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Sunday, January 22, 2012 6:58:03 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00) ( 6th grade | Atmosphere | interactive | Links to Video Clips | Moible Laptop Assignments | volcanoes | animations | volcano ash )

Has animations showing the movement of volcanic ash after a volcano puffs out the ash.  (Has Mt. St. Helen's half way down the page)

http://puff.images.alaska.edu/Google_Earth2.shtml

 

Information on the Redoudt 1989 eruption - an airplane flew into the ash cloud in/near Alaska; all  4 engines stopped.  Had to descend, where engines restarted, and made an emergency landing in Alaska.    http://puff.images.alaska.edu/Redoubt_webpage/Puff_redoubt_ash.shtml

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 Sunday, January 08, 2012
Sunday, January 08, 2012 11:13:48 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00) ( 6th grade | plate boundaries | volcanoes )

After putting together the pages of the volcano tab booklet in order, complete the following things....

p. 0 --> cover (no tab)

student's title for the booklet goes below the boxes,
student's name and class period goes below the title,
in the three boxes .... name & draw the 3 locations where volcanoes occur... (one picture must show subduction of the older, denser plate, and the volcano forming on the plate that floats)

p. 1, 2, 3 --> 3 Types, Others, Landforms&Features tabs

  • 2 details for each underlined term AND
  • an illustration for each underlined term

p. 4 --> Warning Signs tab

make a list of the warning signs that scientists use to predict eruptions (I include the monitoring volcanic activity section with this; include some detail for each)

p. 5 --> Volcano Hazards effect humans & habitats

record the 5 hazards (volcanic ash, landslides/lahars, gases, pyroclastic flows, lava flows) AND
define each hazard (no pictures required)

 

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 Monday, December 05, 2011
Monday, December 05, 2011 11:33:32 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00) ( 6th grade | final )

6th grade Calendar:

Monday,
12/5
Tuesday,
12/6
Wednesday,
12/7
Thursday
12/8
Friday,
12/9
Make a flow map on how to find the epicenter of an earthquake (describe steps & illustrate) finish classwork

Review ch 6 and 5.

(work on note plate)

Computer Activity Link

Review ch 4 and ch 2 lessons 1 and 2.

(work on note plate)

* last day to turn in work for Science

HW: Review ch 1.

(work on note plate)

Lunar Eclipse on Saturday morning; 3:34 am unti 9:30 am ... wake up early around 6:30 am and look for it!  It will be in the "greatest eclipse" and should look sort of orange colored; keep checking the moon until 7am when you'll see a sliver of it appear...  click here for more lunar eclipse info)

Monday,
12/12
Tuesday,
12/13
Wednesday,
12/14

Thursday
12/15

Friday,
12/16

Note plate due tomorrow

(work on note plate)

Study for finals!

Finals 1°, 6°

dismissal @ 12:20

Finals 2°, 3°

dismissal @ 12:20

Finals 4°, 5°

dismissal @ 12:20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(note: I stated the incorrect dimissal time to first period; 12:20 is the correct dismissal time for finals.)

Details regarding note plate for the final:  Write or type any information you onto your note plate for the final (will be distributed on Wed. 12/7),  These are the notes you may use during the final to assist you in case you forget a term or detail.  You are limited to the amount of surface area on each side of the plate.  You may use both sides.  No flip pages nor paper hanging off allowed; any attached item must be completely secured down to the plate.  If I am able to get under the attached item, or if it is hanging off of the plate, I will tear/cut off as much of the attached item as possible.  The plate must be turned in by Tuesday, 12/13 if you wish to use it during the final.    (I will go over these expectations in class when the plate is distribued.)  .... if you lose your plate, but wish to have notes, you may use a 4x6 card instead (it is a little smaller than the note plate)

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 Monday, August 29, 2011
Monday, August 29, 2011 10:11:02 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00) ( 6th grade | 7th grade | Back to School Night | Beginning of the Year )

Homework for all periods:

Monday night Tuesday night Wednesday night do this Thursday night for Friday
Friday night

all classes:  Read textbook (TB) p. 34-37.  Reminder: lab donation

 

 

 

 all classes: Read textbook (TB) p. 38-41.  Reminder: lab donation

 

 

 

all classes: Finish classwork & Send parent to school for Back to School Night (tonight - starts @ 6:30 in first period classes)

Parents & Guardians: Unable to attend Back to School Night?  Check link for a copy of my parent handout: 6.7.B2SNHandout2011.pdf (125.01 KB)

6th graders: Bring in a map

7th graders: Bring in something to go under microscope

 

 

all classes: Finish classwork

7th graders: shading to identify the parts of the microscope

6th graders: think about what the contour lines would look like on a topographic map for the places you find yourself this weekend .... steep slopes have close contour lines; flat or gradual slopes have contour lines that are far apart.  No writing required.

 

 

 

 

As of Monday night, your student should have homework for the entire week written into their planner.  This way, if there is an event going on one night, or if they do not have a lot of homework one night, they can get ahead for another night, allowing students to students plan accordingly & demonstrate increased responsibility.  I will try to continue posting the homework for the entire week on Monday, but this is not always possible.

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 Monday, August 22, 2011
Monday, August 22, 2011 10:57:00 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00) ( 6th grade | 7th grade )

Homework for all periods:

Monday night Tuesday night Wednesday night Thursday night Friday night

all classes:  Finish classwork on p. 4 of composition book (listed below by grade level) AND
Read Bronco Handbook (from 5°), sign and return the bottom of the blue cover page to 5th period teacher.

6th graders: finish the thinking map by writing in the tools that are used to measure length, mass and volume in the large circle)

7th graders: finish the metric prefixes, symbols and meanings using textbook page 571 to help.  Also finish the thinking map by writing in all the names of metric units by combining the base untis with the prefixes.  (You should have 36 answers in the large circle.  May write at the top of page 4 in the upper margin if you run out of room.)

 all classes: Measurement Skills and Measurement Code 

Did you hear about the Earthquake in Virginia?  click here to link to information on why they had an earthquake even though the nearest plate boundary is in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

all classes: More tools, temperature & ruler practice ... hint, hint.

 

 

 

 

all classes: Lab donation & study for quiz (on tools & metric ruler)

 

 

 

all classes: Parent signs planner tonight once all papers are organized and tidy in folders, binders and the backpack.

x_______

Absent on Monday? 

6th grade: Click link for today's notes: Notes8.22.11.zip (358.95 KB) please copy them into your composition book, pages 1, 3 and 4.  (Note: the link will download a zip file which must be unzipped; there should be 4 .jpg files inside of today's notes).  Fifth period teachers should be giving out the Bronco Handbook (return the bottom of the blue cover page to 5th period teacher) and info on Make Up pictuers which will be taken on Wednesday.

7th grade: Click link for today's notes: 7.Notes8.22.11.zip (425.9 KB)  please copy them into your composition book, pages 1, 3 and 4.  (Note: the link will download a zip file which must be unzipped; there should be 5 .jpg files inside of today's notes). Fifth period teachers should be giving out the Bronco Handbook (return the bottom of the blue cover page to 5th period teacher) and info on Make Up pictuers which will be taken on Wednesday.

 

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 Sunday, August 14, 2011
Sunday, August 14, 2011 7:38:32 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00) ( 6th grade | 7th grade | Beginning of the Year )

Please add onto the list of required supplies: a composition book (with at least 100 sheets; might be labeled as having 200 pages; lines that are college or wide ruled, either is fine.  These are usualy a little smaller than normal pieces of binder paper.  Although composition books are a little more expensive than a regular notebook, these usually hold up better and students are less likely to pull pages from the composition book when out of binder paper).  Click here for a printable shopping list of supplies for Mrs. Fischer's class.

6th grade homework (1°, 2°, 3°) ... 
  (T.B.A. means "to be announced")

Monday night Tuesday night Wednesday night Thursday night Friday night

 Read & sign green papers.  Due Wednesday.

Science Lab Safety Homework AND Read & sign green papers.  Due Wednesday. Finish 2 pages (both sides) from class.  (skip the Advanced learner thinking map) Finish classwork (the Advanced learner thinking map)   Leave textbook at home (Science textbooks go home today) Number the pages in composition book (1-200; in lower outside corner of each page, number both front and back of each sheet.)

7th grade homework (5°, 6°) ...   (T.B.A. means "to be announced")

Monday night Tuesday night Wednesday night Thursday night Friday night

 Read & sign green papers.  Due Wednesday.

Science Lab Safety Homework AND Read & sign green papers.  Due Wednesday. Finish 2 pages (both sides) from class.  (skip the Advanced learner thinking map) Finish classwork (the Advanced learner Brace style map AND the Cause and Effect Thinking map- should be on p. 5 of your composition book)   Leave textbook at home (Science textbooks go home today)

Number the pages in composition book (1-200; in lower outside corner of each page, number both front and back of each sheet.)

Click below to follow links for ... 

The files below are the 3 green staple pages which were distributed on the first day of class...

Tuesday's homework "Science Lab Safety Homework": TMLabSafetyDay1HW.pdf (199.53 KB)

 

 

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 Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Wednesday, November 05, 2008 6:51:55 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00) ( 6th grade | Links to Video Clips | minerals, rocks, rock cycle )

Mineral Information Link 

To help you study for Friday's test, here are some links that we will be watching in class about the rock cycle and types of rocks......

How Sediments are Deposited

Formation of Clastic Sedimentary Rocks
Formation of Metamorphic Rocks

Rock Cycle

 

Enjoy! 

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