Week of 11/14

I apologize for the lack of updates. Here are some points to catch you up.

• Recovery Packet scores have been entered.
• Trash projects were due last Friday (11/11/11). We are accepting late projects at the cost of 10 points per day after the due date.
• Progress reports were distributed last Friday as well. Counting this week, we have 5 weeks remaining before the end of the semester. Be sure your student is attending recovery sessions to bring their grade up to passing before December 7.

Recovery Schedule:

• Afternoons
• Monday 3:30 - 4:15
• Tuesday 3:30 - 4:15
• Morning
• Wednesday 8:00 - 8:30

Current Work: We are now studying nonrenewable energy resources. This will include:

• Notes on fossil fuels and nuclear energy
• Viewing an award winning documentary, Gasland, about controversial methods of natural gas drilling
• Deciding upon and defending a stance on nuclear energy after reading about past and current events

I hope everyone has a restful and happy Thanksgiving break next week.

Week of 10/17

This week, we are studying climate and climate change. We will discuss global warming and conduct a student-designed lab to model the effect of greenhouse gases. On that note, WE NEED YOU to send your students in with empty milk jugs or 2 liter bottles. CLEAR is best, but we can work with green or white too.

We will also discuss el nino and la nina. We will compare these events to normal climatic patterns.

IMPORTANT ALERT!
On Monday 10/17, we passed out a recovery packet which will serve to recover low test grades (Chapters 15, 14, and 11) and replace low or missing classwork grades from the same chapters. The recovery packet can also be viewed on google docs by following the link above or clicking here. The recovery packet is due Wednesday 10/26