ostromearthscience Mrs. Ostrom
Varina High School Earth Science Teacher
http://www.henrico.k12.va.us/hs/varinahs
 
Mar 5 & 6
Geologic Provinces take home quiz

Mar 1 & 4

Feb 27 & 28
32, 33, 34 test - honors

Feb 25 & 26
BB minerals part 1 & 2
webmineral ws
mineral ID quiz
HW:  13-3 sr's
HW:  32, 33, 34 test

Feb 21 & 22
minerals LAB
BB minerals, what is a mineral - academic
geologic review - honors
geologic map of va - honors
ch 32, 33, 34 test review - hnors... test 2/27/02
33, 34 topics - honors

Feb 19 & 20
ch 34 using fossils - honors Geology of VA (library)
work on geologic provinces project
HW:  13-1,2 sr's

Feb 18 Student Holiday

Feb 14 & 15
ch 9, 10, 11 test - honors
rock layers - honors
rock x-section - honors
rock history - honors
James River Profile - academics
ch 19/20 t est - academics
hw:  32 topics - honors
HW:  geologic provinces take home quiz...due 3-5/6-02

Feb 12 & 13
ch 33 brachiopods - honors
ch 33 rock correlation - honors
ch 19 quiz - academics
ch 19/20 test review - academics
ch 20 quiz review - academics
Geologic Map of VA - academics
hw:  study for ch 19/20 test - academics

Feb 8  &  11
geologic time scale chart - honors
ch 33/34 outline - honors
creating a rock sequence - academics
making a time line - academics
ch 1 9 quiz review - academics
ch 9, 10, 11 test review ... test 2/14/02 - honors
hw:  rock cross section - academics
hw:  ch 19 quiz review - academics

Feb 6 & 7
Absolute/Relative Time Quiz
Dinosaur Project - academic due Feb 21 & 22
BB geologic time scale
Geologic time scale (ch 20) - academics
Rock relationships - academics
HW- rock layers - academic
geologic sequencing lab - honors
half-life lab - honors
interpreting geologic history - honors

Feb 4 & 5
fossil tracks - academics
absolute time
hw:  ch 19 chapter review - academics
hw:  study for ab/rel time quiz
relative time - honors
arc view project due - honors
BB fossils - honors 3rd
interpreting geologic history  - honors 7th

Jan 31 & Feb 1
arc view project - honors
half-life lab - academic
relative time  lab - academic
clas s registration for next year
HW:  rock layers - academic
HW:  ch 12 topics - honors

Jan 29 & 30
semester letter
BB fossils/history in rock & fossils - aca demic
relative time lines - academic
arc view project - honors (due mon)
HW:  19.1,2 sr's - academi c
HW:  ch 11 topics

Jan 25
PER 5 EXAM

Jan 24
PER 6 & 7 EXAM

Jan 23
PER 3 & 4 EXAM

Jan 22
PER 1 & 2 EXAM

Jan 17 & 18
e xam review
hw:  ch 12 topics - ho nors

Jan 15 & 16
mapping test - honors
exam review
hw:  ch 11 topics - honors

Jan 11 & 14
issu e investigation due - honors
arc voyager - academics
glacial rebound - honors
beach erosion - honors
hw:  ch 10 topics - honors

Jan 9 & 10
Article Summary du e - academics
arc view - academics
water gaps ws - honors
11/12 ws - h onors

Jan 7 & 8
Make you r own topo map due - academics
mapping test - academics
arc view - academics
make your own topo map - honors
hw:  ch 7 (part 2) topics - honors

Jan 3 & 4
3D to po maps - honors
topo clay lab
make your own topo map - honors due Ja n 9
when rain hits the l and lab - academics
building nations around the chesapeake - academic
a description of virginia - academic
Chesapeake Bay Proj ect due - honors
Issue Investigation - honor s ... due Jan 11
HW:  ch 7 topics ( part 2) honors
HW:  study for topo quiz - acade mics

Dec 14 & Jan 2
reading maps
time zones
3D topos - academics
topo profiles due - honors
vhs topo map - honors
latitude/l ongitude ws - honors

Dec 12 & 13
Int erims d ue signed
Contour lines - honors
topo profiles - honors
topo map symbols - honor s
VHS topo map - academics
Make your own topo map...due Jan 7/8 - academics
River facts due - academics
Article Summary - academ ics ... due Jan 9 & 10

Dec 10 & 11
eca lpon i sland - academics
contour line ws - academics
latitude/longitude - honors
va map - honors
HW:  ch 9 topics 1-7 - honors
HW:  ch 8,4 sr's - academics

Dec 6 & 7
finish globe - academics
va map - academics
globe - honors
hw: 8:2 sr's - academics
conti nenta l divide - honors
hw:  ch 7 topics 1-5 - honors

Dec 4 & 5
Ch 17,18,19 test - honors
ch 9 water budget ws -honors
latitude/longitude - academics
mapping 1-4 - academics
globe lab - academics
HW:  8:1,3 sr's - academics

Nov 30 & Dec 3
oceans motion & tide s - honors
chesapeake bay map - honors
VA watershed m ap - honors
hw:  study for 17,18,19 test
fresh water labs - academics
tides elearning - academics
ch 6 & 7 test - academic
VA watershed map - academics

Nov 28 & 29
ch 17, 18, 19 test review - hono rs
c hesapeake bay project - honors ... due Jan 3
hard/soft water lab - academics
river facts - academics ... due Dec 12 & 13
ch 7 water budget ws - academics
ch 6 & 7 test review - academics
hw: study for ch 6,7 test - academics
hw - 17,18,19 test Tuesday - h onors
ocean floor quiz - honors
hw: ch 19 topics - honors
BB oceanography - honors

Nov 26 & 27
Chesapeake Bay Maps - academics
Oceans motion elearning - academics
19/world ocean currents - honors
density current lab - honors
hw:  half of 18 topics - hono rs
hw:  study for ocean floor quiz - honors

Nov 2 0 & 21
finish watching twister
ch 7 chapt review (mc/tf/concept mastery) - academics
18/ocean floor map - honors
sea floor analysis - honors
hw:   half of 18 topics - honors
hw:  ch 7 sr's - academics

No v 16 & 19
BB oceanography - academics
17/interpre ting salinity profile - honors
salt water density lab quiz - honors
ocean floor mapping motion detector lab - honors
hw:  half of ch 17 topics - honors

Nov  14 & 15
ocean floor quiz - academics
ocean floor sonar lab - academics
turbidity current lab - ac ademics
ch 30/31 tes t - honors
salt water density lab quiz - academics
tsunami reading assignment - academic
sea water/fresh water density lab - honors
h w -ch 17 topics (half) - honors
hw:  6-5,6 sr's

Nov  12 & 13
beyond books "Radiate energy and climat e zones" - honors
h w:  study for ch 30/31 test
understanding oceans - honors
salt water density lab - academics
ch 6 wave notes - academics
hw:  study for ocean floor quiz - academics
hw:  6-3,4 sr's

No v 8 & 9
Understanding Oceans video - academic
ocean graphing - academi cs
ch 31/world climate ws - honors
climate zone lab - honors
ch 30/31 test review - honors
hw :  31 topics - honors
hw:  ch 6 mc/tf - academics

Nov 5 & 7
go over ch 6 outline p1- acade mi cs
work on ch 6 outline p2 - academics
hurricane andrew/forecastin g storms - honors
hurricane/tornado web search - honors
hw:ch 30 topics - honors
hw:  6:1,2 sr's - academics

Nov 1 & 2
ch 17/18 test - academics
ch 6 outline - academics
ch 29 quiz - hon ors
ch 30 ws/reading weather maps - honors
hw:  beyond books - type s of storms - honors
hw:  finish ch 6 outline - academics

Oct 30 & 31
Weather map ws - honors
weather map quiz - honors
weather data/g raphs project due - honors
beyond books "climate zone s" - academics
ch 17/18 test review - academic s
hw:  study for ch 17/18 test - academics
hw:  ch 29 quiz review - honors

Oct 26 & 29
hurricane/tornado web search - academics
tornado lab - academics
bi ome chart - academics
hw:  18 sr's - academics
datastr eme #2 - honors
daily weather map - honors
h w: ch 29 topics

Oct 24 & 25
ch 16 test - academics
ch 17 outline - academics
average weather data - academics
hw:  17 sr's - academics
weather patterns - honors
ch 28 quiz - honors

Oct 22 & 23
cloud projects due - academics
isotherm/bar extra credit due - academics
data streme ws due - academics
daily weather map - academics
datastreme #2 - academics
ch 16 test review - academics
hw:  study for ch 16 test - academics
fronts & symbols - honors
ch 29 ws - honors
hw:  ch 28 quiz review - honors

Oct 18 & 19
barometer ws - academics
ch 27 quiz - honors
weather map quiz, 16-2 quiz, relative humidity problems quiz - academics
intro to isobars - academics
corioli s effect
datastreme intro - academics
go over 28/prev ailing winds ws - honors
cloud scrapbooks d ue - honors
hw:  16-5,6 sr's

Oct 16 & 17
ch 27 quiz review - honors
ch 28 ws / prevailing winds ws - honors
weather data collection project-honors  START 10-19 END 10-29
highs, lows and winds - honors
HW:  cloud scrapbook due next class - honors
precipit ation symbol ws - academics
weather pattern ws - academics
16-2 notes - academics
relative humidity problems - academics
HW:  study for weather map quiz , 16-2 quiz and relative humidity problem quiz - academics

Oct 12 & 15
Twister Video
cloud in a bottle lab
dew point lab

Oct 10 & 11
fronts and symbols - academics
16-4,5 outline - academics
isobars ws - honors
isobar/isotherm practice - honors
dew point la b - honors
HW:  bring in a 2 L bottle for extra credit!
HW:  28 topics

Oct 8 & 9
ch 5/16.1 test - academics
16-5 ws - 5th period
Interim day - need to be signed and returned
27-2,3,4 topics - honors
relative humidity problems - academics
HW:  16-3,4 sr's - academics

Oct 4 & 5
(psychrometer) relative humidity lab - honors
ch 27 outline - honors
rich mond climate - honors
16:3 outline - academics
ch 5/16.1 test review - academics
HW:  27:1 topics - honors
HW:  16:1,2 sr's - academics

Oct 2 & 3
ch 26 test - honors
black/white lab
beyond books - air pressure - a cademics
16:1,2 outline - academics

Sep t 28 & Oct 1
isotherm quiz - honors
sand/soil/water lab
beyond books: atmosphere
e-learning layers of atmosphere
ch 26 test review - honors
beyond books- air pressure - honors
HW:  study for ch 26 test
ch 5 quiz - a cademics

Sept 26 & 27
CO2 Casio lab
ch 5 quiz review
HW - ch 5:3,4 sr's & study for ch 5 quiz -academics
HW - isotherm quiz - honors

Sept 24 & 25
Layers of the atmosphere - academics
CO2, O2, N cycles - academics
HW:  5:1,2 sr's - academics
ch 26 out lin e/graph - honors
ch 5 chapter review - 5th period
air temperature patterns - honors
26:3,4  topics - honors

Sept  20 & 21
ch 1 test
water droplet lab - per 5
hw: ch 5 outline - academics
hw: ch 26:1,2 topics - honors

Sept 18 & 19
metric ws
metric co nver sion quiz on quia
metric conversion/metric revie w
hw:  study for ch 1 test on metric/measurement/goma/safety

Sept 14 & 17
candle lab
measurement quiz
ch 1 sr's - academics
ch 1 topics - honors
hw: find metric conversion web sites

Sept 12 & 13
metric qui z
density worksheet
coke lab
gobst opper lab
co okie lab
HW:  measurement quiz

Sept 10 & 11
volume measurement - academics
GOMA quiz
fettucine lab - honors
M & M lab
metric lab
HW:  metric quiz

Sept 6 & 7
volume,temperature,mass ws
safety quiz
GOMA classw ork
graphing ws
measurement/metri c
HW:  GOMA quiz

Sept 4 & 5
Install ArcView  (registration # 708301183825)
Install NIH image (increase memory to 5000 min and   
     10000 preferred)
Make an Earth Science folder on your iBook desktop
Open iTools account at apple.com
Copy my public fol der at iTo ols
Make favorites/bookmarks for web sites.sswb
My Quia activities and quizzes
Metric Conversion Quiz: session metric conversion quiz
https://www.quia.com/quiz/524667.html
GOMA Quiz: session goma quiz
https://www.quia.com/quiz/527400.html
Air Pressure Quiz: session air pressure quiz
https://www.quia.com/quiz/527079.html
Honors Ocean Floor Quiz: session honors ocean floor quiz
https://www.quia.com/quiz/564358.html
Geologic Time Quiz
https://www.quia.com/quiz/230432.html
Useful links
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