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FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 2017, TEST: WEATHER AND CLIMATE
Students will be evaluated upon our unit of Weather and Climate that focuses upon Severe Weather, What Is Climate?, and Changes in Climate. What to study? What to study? What to study? 1) Students are very highly recommended to study … Continue reading
Reinforcement: Biome Business
Students will examine and interpret a given data in a climatograph, as well as identify the biome for each climatograph. This process will be carried out through data analysis based on precipitation and temperature patterns of each given biome. In … Continue reading
Attention Everyone!
As many of you know, young Lukas Brown has been missing for a few days. Please find below the release attachment from Dearborn Police Department. Any help is immensely appreciated! 17-16114 Missing Juvenile-Lukas Brown Press Release
Chapter 3, Section 4: Changes in Climate
Students will have an opportunity to learn about changes in climate, in terms of the four different theories that have been put forth by the scientific community, to explain how our Planet has changed based on the ice age, interglacial … Continue reading
Scientist Choice
Students will have an opportunity to explore and learn about African-American scientists. Each student will choose a scientist and elaborate upon his/her scientific contributions, educational background, and present at least three (3) interesting facts about that scientist. Students will utilize … Continue reading
Parent Talk Classes!
https://docs.google.com/a/dearbornschools.org/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfFO8pmFxOPaaVrmGRj4W4nAWD1qqq1uPvlgYrkQ6Ko7E33Pw/viewform “Good morning! I’m providing an opportunity for working parents to attend evening Parent Talk Classes. The first class is Thursday March 16th, 6:00-7:30 pm. March 22,29, 30th are the other three dates. One more day may be added if … Continue reading
Mini-Project: Earth’s Biomes
Students will have an opportunity to explore and learn about our biomes on Earth. Students will become familiar and knowledgeable about these biomes in terms of their types of climate, temperature ranges, annual precipitation amounts, and their living communities in … Continue reading
Chapter 3, Section 1: What Is Climate?
Students will have an opportunity to explore and learn about the five factors that determine a climate, as well as the world’s three climate zones. As the classroom teacher approaches the topic outside the normal comfort zone, individual students will … Continue reading
TEST, MONDAY, MARCH 13TH, 2017, CHAPTER 2, SECTION 3: SEVERE WEATHER
Students will have a short test on severe weather that focuses on thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, and floods. Students are advised to study their created Cornell notes along with the teacher-supplemented notes, their Frayer models, as well as the review questions … Continue reading
Depth of Knowledge (DOK) Question Stems
We will undertake a new format in note-taking later on this week by using a series of DOK question stems to elaborate on our new acquired science material, as it will be demonstrated by the classroom teacher. Please familiarize yourself … Continue reading