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CP Daily Journal ~ complete everyday: if you are absent you need to call a friend from class and get filled in on what you missed. 


Write a 1 page double spaced paper (typed), explaining what the Gaia hypothesis is. 
  • Explain the analogy that the authors are trying to make between the earth and a living organism
    • how does the earth behave like a living organism
  • what purpose would / could this hypothesis serve
  • how does this hypothesis relate to biogeochemical cycles






week of 12/12/11
Tuesday- 
Big Bang Review day  Assignment Due: 
Wednesday-
Earth Structure PT Review
  Assignment Due:
 
Thursday- 
Atmosphere Review
 Assignment Due:
  
Friday- 
Monday- Climate Change water Crisis Review
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Unit title
list and describe vocab you can't recite from memory
list the key points of chapter
draw out two picture or diagrams to help you illustrate the notes from this section
how do the concepts in this unit relate to other units covered in this class. 





due Dec 12th


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Class assignment for Tues Dec 6th

Due Thursday Dec 8th







DUE MONDAY









SMashing Pumpkins 

On a piece of paper type out

how you calculated how far the pumkin actually flew
 make a diagram
window to ground = 770 cm
building to sidewalk= 670 cm
flight distance = ________
then what was the acceleration due to gravity: _________________

What was our calculated flight time:______________
how did we calculate it.

the class average was 1.27 secs

what was the class average experimental error %:_______________
how do / did you calculate experimental error

We remeasured after class the distance from the building to the actual impact zone and it came out to 507 cm. 
what should the theoretical flight time be :_____________
what is our new class experimental value error?________________
show your calculation 
was are predicted time too short or too long?______________

 explain possible sources of error































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Video for one of the questions
Due Dec 10th
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Due Thursday Dec 8th


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review assignment <------   CP







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Fact Checking Climate change   Due Monday 11-15



You need to select four facts from the following videos and fact check them. Meaning you need to research and see if the speaker is telling anything that isn't exactly true.





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CP only

Create a 11 page powerpoint presentation
Slides 1-10
must be numbered
have a picture of one of the following cloud types
Slide 11
Should have your answer key and link to where you got the picture

Clouds types to pick from, you will need to repeat three of these. If there is more than one cloud type in your picture insert an arrow to highlight which type you are going for. They don't need to be in this order and I encourage you to shuffle their order. 
  1. Cirrocumulus
  2. Cirrostratus
  3. Stratocumulus
  4. Cumulonimbus
  5. stratus
  6. cirrus
  7. cumulus 































READING ASSIGNMENT DUE WEDS 12/16
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dFJCenJpSWhfVmstMUJ4Z2JVMmpOTHc6MA














  • What are the effects of extreme dehydration?
  • What happened to the Mayan civilization?
  • Summarize the Water Cycle?
  • How much of the Earth’s water is salt water  / fresh water ?
  • What can happen to when you draw more water from the water table then is being replenished
  • What is the conundrum with water rights is New Mexico
  • How is this water cycle issue related to plate tectonics?
  • How does deforestation hurt the water cycle
  • How do dams hurt the process?
  • Name the ways in which we are altering the water cycle
  • POLITICS
  • What are the authors issue with the World Trade Organization  /  World Bank?





Due Fri 11/6
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dDhaOFRqLTZHdmpoUFhUZ1pxVWNqQlE6MA