Week of Feb 14-24, 2012
Foldable on Air masses, Fronts and storms ( See pages 348-355 of text book)
1. Fold your first page of the booklet in half like a hamburger overlapping about 1 1/2 inch on the end.
2. Next fold your second page over your first page overlapping about another inch.
3. Place your third page under your entire foldable and staple it together.
Write your answers in complete sentences . Use colorful illustrations
Follow the directions in class to set up your foldable.
Write your Name, date and period on the top front.
Page 1 of your foldable is the cover: Label it Air Masses, Fronts, and Storms.
Page 2 of your foldable: Label Air Masses (Next to it, Draw a small picture in the corner to identify with it.)
- What are Air Masses?
- See page 348. What are the six main air masses that affect the United States?
- Draw and label the map displaying the 6 major air masses on page 348.
Page 3 of your foldable: Label Pressure Systems (Next to it, Draw a small picture in the corner to identify with it.)
- What are Pressure Systems?
- What is a High pressure system?
- What is another name for High pressure system?
- Draw a picture describing the direction in which high pressure systems flow.
- Draw the symbol of High pressure system.
- What is a Low pressure system?
- What is another name for Low pressure System?
- Draw a picture describing the direction in which Low pressure systems flow.
- Draw the symbol of Low pressure system.
Page 4 of your foldable: Label Fronts (Next to it, Draw a small picture in the corner to identify with it.)
- What are Fronts?
- Using the chart on page 349. What are the four fronts?
- Using Page 350. Draw a picture of all 4 fronts. Write a description below each picture.
- Draw a picture of the symbol that goes with each front.
Page 5 of your foldable: Label Storms (Next to it, Draw a small picture in the corner to identify with it.)
- What are 3 main types of storms? (351-354)
- What is a Thunderstorm?
- Draw a picture of a Thunderstorm.(351)
- What is a Tornado?(352)
- Draw a picture of a Tornado.
- What is a Hurricane?(354)
- Draw a picture of a Hurricane
FUN FACTS (ABOVE AND BEYOND) (Next to it, Draw a small picture in the corner to identify with it.)
- Include any information, Pictures or diagrams that you found interesting that we did not cover in class.
- This Information can come from books, Magazines, the Internet etc…
REMEMBER TO USE COMPLETE SENTENCES (ADD COLORFUL ILLUSTRATIONS)
RUBRIC ____10 Cover / Title ____50 Definitions and facts ____30 Pictures/ Diagrams____10 Neatness
Week of March 30- April 3
Week of March 30- April 3
Week of March 30- April 3
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Created 2/23/2009 3:59:08 PM by John Esposito
Modified 2/1/2012 3:15:16 PM by John Esposito
Feb 3, 2012
Write your Name, date and period.
Feb 3, 2012Write your Name, date and period.
Feb 3, 2012Write your Name, date and period.
Page 1 of your foldable: Label Exosphere
1. How many kilometers above the earth is this layer? See page 314.
2. See page 315. What would you find in this layer?
3. Using the chart on page 317. What temperatures would you find in this layer?
4. Using your notes from the promethean screen, what atmospheric gases are in this layer?
5. Is the atmospheric pressure strongest in this layer, or weakest?
6. Draw a picture of something you would see in this layer.
Page 2 of your foldable: Label Thermosphere
1. How many kilometers above the earth is this layer? See page 314.
2. Using the chart on page 317. What temperatures would you find in this layer?
3. Using your notes from the promethean screen, what atmospheric gases are in this layer?
4. Draw a picture of something you would see in this layer.
Page 3 of your foldable: Label Mesosphere
1. How many kilometers above the earth is this layer? See page 314.
2. Using the chart on page 317. What temperatures would you find in this layer?
3. Using your notes from the promethean screen, what atmospheric gases are in this layer?
4. Draw a picture of something you would see in this layer.
Page 4 of your foldable: Label Stratosphere
1. How many kilometers above the earth is this layer? See page 314.
2. Using the chart on page 317. What temperatures would you find in this layer?
3. Using your notes from the promethean screen, what atmospheric gases are in this layer?
Page 5 of your foldable: Label Troposphere
1. How many kilometers above the earth is this layer? See page 314.
2. Using the chart on page 317. What temperatures would you find in this layer?
3. Using your notes from the promethean screen, what atmospheric gases are in this layer?
4. Is the atmospheric pressure strongest or weakest in this layer?
5. Draw a picture of something you would see in this layer.
Page 6 of your foldable: Label Earth’s Atmosphere
RUBRIC ____10 Cover / Title ____50 Definitions and facts ____30 Pictures/ Diagram____10 Neatness
Sep 2011
WHAT IS LIFE? BOOKLET
1. COVER Make a colorful cover that has the words “What Is Life?” Make sure you make your title page colorful. Write your name, date, and period on the cover.
2. CHARACTERISTICS
Read in your book on pages 14-17.
You will need to create a separate page for each of the 5 characteristics that make up a living thing.
Page 1: Living Things are organized.
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Give the definition of a cell.
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Give 2 facts about things having cells. For example multi cell and single cell organisms.
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Draw or download a picture of a cell and color it.
Page 2: Living Things Respond.
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Provide the definition of a stimulus. Give an example.
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Provide the definition of response. Give an Example.
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Draw or download a picture of an animal reacting to a stimulus.
Page 3: Living Things Use Energy
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Explain where plants get their energy from.
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What is an Autotroph?
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Explain where animals get their energy from.
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What is a Heterotroph?
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Draw or download a picture showing how an animal gets its energy and how a plant gets its energy.
Page 4: Living Things Grow and Develop
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Provide the definition of growth.
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Provide the definition of development.
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Draw or download a picture of growth and development.
Page 5: Living Thing Reproduce
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Provide the definition of reproduction.
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What is Asexual reproduction?
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What is Sexual reproduction?
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Explain why reproduction is important.
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Draw or download an animal with her babies.
RUBRIC
_______/ 10 points ……cover (Name , Period, Title, Colorful)
_______/50 points……Definitions and facts.
_______/30 points……Pictures
_______/10 points…....Neatness
Week of Oct 10 -12
Vascular and Nonvascular Plant Venn Diagram/ Foldable
Create a Venn diagram foldable comparing and contrasting Vascular and non vascular plants.
Vascular plants
Tab 1 Outside
Write the title Vascular plants.
Make it colorful.
Tab 1 inside
Answer the questions in complete sentences.
1. Provide the definition of a vascular plant. 2. Give 2 examples of vascular plant. 3. How high do they grow and why? 4. How does Xylem transport water? 5. How does Phloem transport food? 6. Draw a picture or diagram of how vascular plants absorb water. 7. Draw a picture of something in the real world that works similar to a vascular plant. ___________________________________________________________________________
Tab 2
Write the title both.
Make it colorful
Tab 2 inside
1. Write down the question. What do vascular and nonvascular plants have in common. 2. Provide 2 examples of what they have in common. 3. Draw a picture of what they have in common. ___________________________________________________________________________
Tab 3
Write the Title Nonvascular
Make it colorful.
Tab 3 inside
1. Provide the definition of a Non vascular plant. 2. How high do they grow and why? 3. Give 2 examples of nonvascular plants. 4. Draw a picture or a diagram of how nonvascular plants absorb water.
5. Draw a picture of something in the real world that works similar to a nonvascular plant.
Gymnosperm and angiosperm Foldable
You will create a foldable on gymnosperms and angiosperms.
Fold your paper in half like a hamburger. The answers are on pages 84-86.
Write in complete sentences!!
Title Page or Cover Page
Write the title: Types of Vascular Seed Plant.
Write your name, date, and period.
Draw and color a picture of a plant or tree on your cover page.
Left Inside Cover
1. Write the Title: Gymnosperms
2. Give the definition of a gymnosperm.
3. What does gymnosperm mean?
4. Leaves of most gymnosperms are ____________or______________.
5. What are most gymnosperms called?
6.
Do gymnosperms contain flowers?
7. Name the four divisions of gymnosperms. 8. Give three examples of trees that are in the division conifers. 9. Name the reproduction system of conifer. 10. What type of cone do the seeds develop on? 11. Draw a picture of a conifer tree and color it.
Right Inside Cover
1. Write the title: Angiosperms 2. Give the definition of an angiosperm. 3. Where do angiosperms go? 4. To what division do the angiosperms belong? 5. Some flower parts develop into a ______________? 6. What do most fruits contain? 7. What two groups are angiosperms divided into? 8. Are all fruits juicy and sweet? 9. Describe the fruit of the vanilla orchid. (two words) 10. Define monocot. Give an example of a plant that is a monocot. 11. Define dicot. Give an example of a plant that is a dicot. 12. Draw a picture of a monocot. 13. Draw a picture of a monocot’s vascular bundles. 14. Draw a picture of a dicot. 15. Draw a picture of a dicot’s vascular bundles.
RUBRIC
_______/ 10 points ……cover (Name , Period, Title, Colorful)
_______/50 points……Definitions and facts.
_______/30 points……Pictures
_______/10 points…....Neatness
If you run out of room, you can use the back of your foldable to finish writing.
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Week of September 22 -2011
Week of March 30- April 3
Week of March 30- April 3 Foldable on Conservation of Energy ( See pages 402-413 of text book)
1. Fold your first page of the booklet in half like a hamburger overlapping about 1 1/2 inch on the end.
2. Next fold your second page over your first page overlapping about another inch.
3. Next fold your third page over your second page overlapping about another inch.
3. Place your fourth page under your entire foldable and staple it together.
Write your answers in complete sentences. Use colorful illustrations
Follow the directions in class to set up your foldable.
Write your Name, date and period on the top front.
Page 1 of your foldable is the cover: Energy.
Pag e 2 of your foldable: Label Chemical Energy (Next to it, Draw a small picture in the corner to identify with it.)
1. What is Chemical Energy? 2. Provide 2 examples of Chemical Energy?(page 402) 3. Draw and label your two examples displaying chemical energy.
Page 3 of your foldable: Label Heat Energy (Next to it, Draw a small picture in the corner to identify with it.)
1. What is heat energy? 2. What is another name for heat energy?(page 404) 3. Provide 2 examples of heat energy? 4. Draw a picture describing how heat energy works.
Page 4 of your foldable: Label Electrical Energy (Next to it, Draw a small picture in the corner to identify with it.)
1. What is electrical energy? 2. Provide 2 examples of how electrical energy works?(406) 3. Draw a picture label how electrical energy works.
Page 5 of your foldable: Label Mechanical Energy (Next to it, Draw a small picture in the corner to identify with it.)
1. What is Mechanical Energy? (Notes) 2. What are the two forms of Mechanical energy? (page 406) 3. What is Potential Energy? 4. Provide 1 example of Potential energy. 5. Draw a Diagram and label how potential energy works. 6. What is kinetic energy? 7. Provide 1 example of Kinetic energy. 8. Draw a Diagram and label how Kinetic energy works.
Page 6 of your foldable: Label Solar Energy (Next to it, Draw a small picture in the corner to identify with it.)
1. What is solar energy (Notes) 2. What is another name for solar energy.(Notes) 3. Provide 2 examples of Solar Energy. 4. Draw a picture of something that uses solar energy and label it.
Page 7 of your foldable: Conservation of Energy (Next to it, Draw a small picture in the corner to identify with it.)
1. What is The law of Conservation of Energy? (Page 408) 2. Provide an example of Conservation of energy. (Page 408) 3. Draw a Diagram displaying how the Law of Conservation works.
Page 8 of your foldable: Energy Transformation (Next to it, Draw a small picture in the corner to identify with it.)
1. What is Transformation of energy?( Notes) 2. Provide an example of Transformation of Energy. (Page 411) 3. Draw a Diagram displaying how Transformation of energy works.
REMEMBER TO USE COMPLETE SENTENCES
RUBRIC ____10 Cover / Title ____50 Definitions and facts ____30 Pictures/ Diagrams____10 Neatness
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Week of Feb 7-18
Foldable on Air masses, Fronts and storms ( See pages 348-355 of text book)
1. Fold your first page of the booklet in half like a hamburger overlapping about 1 1/2 inch on the end.
2. Next fold your second page over your first page overlapping about another inch.
3. Place your third page under your entire foldable and staple it together.
Write your answers in complete sentences . Use colorful illustrations
Follow the directions in class to set up your foldable.
Write your Name, date and period on the top front.
Page 1 of your foldable is the cover: Label it Air Masses, Fronts, and Storms.
Page 2 of your foldable: Label Air Masses (Next to it, Draw a small picture in the corner to identify with it.)
- What are Air Masses?
- See page 348. What are the six main air masses that affect the United States?
- Draw and label the map displaying the 6 major air masses on page 348.
Page 3 of your foldable: Label Pressure Systems (Next to it, Draw a small picture in the corner to identify with it.)
- What are Pressure Systems?
- What is a High pressure system?
- What is another name for High pressure system?
- Draw a picture describing the direction in which high pressure systems flow.
- Draw the symbol of High pressure system.
- What is a Low pressure system?
- What is another name for Low pressure System?
- Draw a picture describing the direction in which Low pressure systems flow.
- Draw the symbol of Low pressure system.
Page 4 of your foldable: Label Fronts (Next to it, Draw a small picture in the corner to identify with it.)
- What are Fronts?
- Using the chart on page 349. What are the four fronts?
- Using Page 350. Draw a picture of all 4 fronts. Write a description below each picture.
- Draw a picture of the symbol that goes with each front.
Page 5 of your foldable: Label Storms (Next to it, Draw a small picture in the corner to identify with it.)
- What are 3 main types of storms? (351-354)
- What is a Thunderstorm?
- Draw a picture of a Thunderstorm.(351)
- What is a Tornado?(352)
- Draw a picture of a Tornado.
- What is a Hurricane?(354)
- Draw a picture of a Hurricane
FUN FACTS (ABOVE AND BEYOND) (Next to it, Draw a small picture in the corner to identify with it.)
- Include any information, Pictures or diagrams that you found interesting that we did not cover in class.
- This Information can come from books, Magazines, the Internet etc…
REMEMBER TO USE COMPLETE SENTENCES (ADD COLORFUL ILLUSTRATIONS)
RUBRIC ____10 Cover / Title ____50 Definitions and facts ____30 Pictures/ Diagrams____10 Neatness