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yeah, yeah……I chose these as the best.  But who is this?

Eat………………..a lot!

I gave back test scores yesterday, but we have not yet finished going over the test results.  We’ll do that today.  We’ll also review the anticipation/reaction guide results.

Today we discussed Global Winds, Sea Breezes, and Land Breezes. Everyone had a chance to draw Land Breezes as well. Here is a diagram from the internet that shows these two breezes, followed by a few pictures that were student created:

We CAN learn by watching old, cheesy cartoons.  See for yourself………

Today we discussed the concepts of convection and conduction, two of the ways that heat is transfered on (and above) Earth.  Conduction is the direct transfer of heat from one substance to another (think hot sand heating your feet), while convection is the heating, rising, cooling, and sinking of fluids (think hot air rising, cooling, and sinking).  The lesson was pretty straightforward, and we’ll be creating 3 vocabulary cards regarding these words during CE next week.

Well, we spent much of today’s class reviewing the seasons diagrams that you all did.  The review went well, and I hope that you all got the overall important part of the message:

READ DIRECTIONS!

FCAs are there for a reason.  Please read them and double-check your work.

That said, the diagrams were fantastic overall.  I’m quite pleased with your drawing, reading, and writing efforts this year.  Now, if you could just improve on following directions…………………………………….

directions…………………….di……………..re………………..c…………………….tio………………..n…………..s………….

……………only to discover that many of you did not write your FCAs on the front of your paper.  This cost you 10 points.  You really should know by now that you have to do this!  Also, you must put the point value of each FCA, not just write the FCA.  To make things easier, you can shorten your FCAs, as long as they are readable.  For example:

6+ Sentences (15)

3+  Topics HL (60)

3+ Vocab UL (15)

Neat (10)

This isn’t so bad, right?

I’m very proud of the work that most of you did.  They were (overall) great summaries and very detailed.  Nice work!

Here’s an example:

Guys and Gals,

There are still people using this site that are using last names, and even some people that are using inappropriate comments on occasion.  Therefore, everyone who uses this site must post who you are in the comment section here.  In other words, I don’t want to see a screen name that does not identify who you are anymore.  I need everyone to know who is posting what, period.

If you use a screen name that does not identify you and you have not posted who you are, you will be banned.

If you use any statement that is inappropriate, mean, hurtful, or refers to anything other than what is being posted, you will be banned.

Sorry, but some kids just don’t get it.

Use the site as it was intended, for education and fun.

That is all.

Mr. B

We’ve been talking about the sun lately. A LOT! My primary focus is that each of you understand the importance of the sun as an energy source for our planet Earth. We’ve discussed the different aspects of the electromagnetic spectrum, including radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, x-rays, and gamma rays. We’ve discussed how only the “visible light” part of the spectrum can be seen, but the sun emits all of these.

We’ve just begun to focus on seasons. Now that we have established what it is that comes out of the sun, it is time to talk about what happens to all of the heat that the Earth receives from all of this solar radiation. In fact, tonight’s homework is to ask at least one adult the following questions:

“Why do we have seasons?”

You must then record the response(s) and bring it in to be checked tomorrow.

Post it here…………..

Today we began exploring the importance of the sun as the prime energy source on Earth.  Thus, we have begun unit 3.  We barely scratched the surface today, as we filled out an “anticipation guide” and took a few notes about he layers of the sun.  Here is a diagram (just in case you forgot):

Source:  http://www.astronomycast.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/sundiagramnasa.jpg