Mon

1. Identify search strategies of at least 6 WWW search engines or portals.
2. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of the different engines.
3. Answer selected geological focus questions in answering the above.
4. Establish network pw/username and folders.
5. Place selected url's into the Global Science Research subfolder.

Tue

1. List the 3 main types of stress.
2. Describe the different types of faults.
3. Describe an anticline and syncline.
4. Explain how a plateau is formed.
5. Describe the formation of a dome mountain.
6. Understand the importance of field notes and how to collect them.

1. Outline plans for the field trip.
2. Review the Field Notes 2.0 exercise.
3. Discussion on stress in the Earth's crust, types of stress, and fault lines.

Wed

1. Identify a number of geological features including faults, deformation, volcanic activity.
2. Identify selected types of rocks found in the Earth's crust including igneous, sedimentary, and metaphoric

Thur

1. Same as in Lesson 22

1. Complete a short report on the field trip using the field notes as a foundation.
2. Review images collected during field trip and relate to content of the text.
3. Discuss & identify research topics/projects

Mon

1. Be able to construct concept maps
2. Describe how the Earth’s crust is deformed.
3. List the 3 main types of stress
4. Describe the different types of faults
5. Describe an anticline & syncline
6. Explain how a plateau is formed.
7. Describe the formation of a dome and dome mountain.

1. Discussion on concept maps using 10.1 material.
2. Identify research topic areas for fall semester.
3. Discussion on 10.1
4. Work on HW 2.4 assignment

Tue

The floating crust (10.2)

1. Describe the Earth's mantle.

2. Define isostasy.

2. Discussion on stress on the Earth's crust

3. Group activity on concept maps

Wed

2. Work on HW 10.2. Read pp. 332-340 (rest of chapter). Construct a concept map for all of Chap 10. Answer all questions of Sections 10.1/10.2 reviews.

Thur

Mon

1. Work on research project worksheet
2. Work on notebooks to be turned in Tuesday at beginning of class.
3. Can use computer lab to complete 5 min presentations on Tuesday.

Tue

Wed

Thur

1. Explain the cause of most earthquakes.
2. Compare the 3 major types of seismic waves.
3. Explain how a seismograph works.
4. Describe how scientists predict earthquakes.

Mon

1. Describe how earthquakes are formed.
2. Describe how damage occurs with seismic wave action.
3. Describe how earthquakes are detected.
4. Using real-time data, locate earthquakes around the globe and identity patterns of occurrence.

1. Review of Chap 10 quiz and other grades.
2. Classroom activity: Compare & contrast seismic waves  detected following an earthquake and key terms in 11.1
3. Class discussion on the formation processes of earthquakes.
4.  

Tue

1. Access real-time data of locations of earthquakes observed around the globe.
2. Plot a segment of database in teams.
3. Transfer team data to large global map to determine patterns of formation of EQs.
4. Analyze observed patterns.

Wed

1. Turn in EQ exercise.

Thur

1. Complete makeup quiz on Chap 10
2. Go to computer lab for PowerPoint Tutorial
3. HW (graded): Complete 11.2; draw a concept map, answer questions1-5, p. 363.

Mon

1. Discuss the nature of volcanoes
2. Compare the formation process of volcanoes.
3. Describe the three types of volcanoes.
4. Relate the observations taken on volcanoes with the predictability of volcanoes
5. Identify locations where volcanoes form.

1. Inquiry learning exercise in lab 2.

Tue

Wed

1. Inquiry learning presentation due (PowerPoint).
2. Presentations in class (pending computer lab schedule)
3. Video: NGK Volcano!-
4. Wrap up of Chap 11
5. Review for quiz

Thur

1. Complete presentations
2. Review Discussion on Volcanoes
3. Review next week's schedule
4. Video on Volcano!
5. HW: Read Chap 12.1. Answer all questions. NO CONCEPT MAP

Mon

1. Turn in HW 12.1
2. Review class notes on volcanoes
3. View NGS's In the Shadow of Vesuvius
4. Complete focus questions--this will be on the quiz.
5. HW 12.2 and 12.3. Answer all questions at end of sections

Tue

1. Describe the theory of continental drift and how the scientific method was applied in Wegener's formation the plate tectonic theory.
2. Describe ocean-floor spreading and how it relates to continental drift.
3. Identify the major plates and the three major plate movements

1. Class discussion on Continental drift & plate tectonics
2. HW--study for quiz

Wed

Thur

Mon

1. Narrow research project 1 scope by identifying 3 questions
2. Locate at least 10 references for your topic.
3. Refine or revise your research project by the questions formed.

Tue

Wed

Thur

1. Turn in Research Project 1 Questions & References
2. Turn in Notebooks for check & grade

Mon

1. Describe some of the Earth's vital statistics, such as its diameter & equator. (5.1)
2. Discuss the 3 main spheres of the Earth system. (5.1)
3. Describe the composition of the Earth's atmosphere.(5.2)
4. Explain how chemical reactions in the atm. produced nitrogen, hydrogen, & carbon dioxide.(5.2)
5. Describe the formation of the ozone layer.
6. Describe the major layers of the atmosphere.(5.3)
7. Explain the importance of ozone to human activity.
8. Describe the magnetosphere & how it influences human activity.

1. Return graded papers and discuss results.
2. Introduce new unit.
3. HW 5.1 & 5.2: read pp. 189; answer all questions.

Tue

1. Grade HW 5.1 & 5.2.
2. Lecture on development of Earth's atm.
3. HW 5.3_4: read pp. 191-201; answer questions 1-3,5
4. p. 198 & # 2. p.210.

Wed

1. Grade/review HW 5.3_4.
2. Lecture on layers of the atmosphere.
3. Review for Chap 5 quiz

Thur

1. Complete Chap 5 quiz
2. Introduction to the troposphere, weather analysis & forecasting-comp. lab..
3. Work on Project 1.

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thur

Mon

1. Conduct weather briefing
2. Lecture review on radiation & heat transfer processes
3. Hand out Temperature Chapter
4. HW: Read pp. 49-58 (to "World distribution..."). Answer questions in HW Temp 1

Tue

1. Weather briefing
2. Work on HW Temp 1.
3. Demos on convection circulation & heating of land & water surfaces.
4.  

Wed

1. Video on Greenhouse Effect.
2. Complete focus questions
3. Continue work on research papers

Thur

1. Conduct lab on temperature
2. Lab exercise: Analyzing temperatures on weather charts.

Mon

1. Selection of IGS students, spring semester.
2. Grade HW Temp 1.
3. Demos on convection circulation & heating of land & water surfaces.
4. Complete lab exercise on differential heating.
5. Lecture on Factors Controlling Temperatures (factors)

Tue

1. Complete Lab 3: Comparisons of global temperatures

Wed

1. Research day or begin Temperature control lab using city-pairs

Thur

1. Review format for research paper and PowerPoint presentations.
2. Progress report on projects.

1. Guest speaker-Ms. Rissie Young. Discussion on Ozone.
2. Start Temperature control lab or
3. Research day.

Mon

10 Jan

1. Receive Chap 4: Atm Moisture Text Supplement.
2. Review Temp HW assignment.
3. Complete/review City-pair lab.
4. Lecture on analyzing temperature fields.
5. Complete CR temp 1.
6. Start Lab 1: temp analysis.

Tue

1. Complete Lab 1.
2. Complete upper air temperature analysis-lab 2.
3. Study for quiz or continue research work.

Wed

1. Complete quiz
2. Research projects
3. HW 4.1. Read pp. 74-79 (to "how relative humidity changes". Answer questions 1-5 & problems 1a-1d, p. 100

Thur

1. Grade HW 4.1.
2. CR 4.1: Make complete sentences using selected (on board) key words, p. 101
3. HW 4.2 read pp. 79-86 (to "adiabatic.."). Answer questions   & problems 6-10 & problem 2, p. 100.

Tue

1. Hand in HW 4.1 & 4.2.
2. Complete Labs 1 and 2. Turn in for grades.
3. Review temperature analysis procedures.

Wed

Thur

1. Research day...typing or working on paper

Fri

1. Focus groups.
2. Research period.
3.  
4. Complete Lab 4.

Mon

1. Research papers due.
2. Review/finish focus groups.
3. Review key concepts of moisture.
4. Review HW 4.1 & 4.2 in class.
5. Observing RH/Td using psychrometers
6. Complete Lab 6

Tue

Wed

Thur

Mon

1. Review Classroom rules.
2. Review semester plan
3. Review grades on final.
4. New students to IGS: receive supplements Chap 3 and 4. Complete HW assignments for both chapters--due NLT Thursday at classtime.
5. Review key processes & principles.
6. Start HW Review.

Tue

1. Complete HW Review
2. Review isothermal analysis at the upper levels (Lab 2).
3. Complete Lab 4: analyzing dewpoints.

Wed

1. Critique dewpoint temperature analyses
2. Complete another Lab 4 for a grade.
3. Introduction to classification and clouds.
4. Begin work on Lab 9: Describing clouds.

Thur

1. Continue Lab 9.
2. Review for quiz.

Mon

1. Continue cloud project.

Tue

1. Complete cloud projects.
2.  
3.  

Wed

1. Field trip to Steamboat
2. Discuss HW Review
3. Review for quiz.
4. Hand out Chap. 6: Air Pressure & Winds

Thur

1. Present cloud classification/identification projects.
2. HW: study for quiz on Mon.

Mon

1. Complete quiz
2. HW 6.1: read pp. 136-140. answers on handout.

Tues

1. Grade HW
2. Review air pressure

Wed

1. Answer review questions.
2. Review key concepts.
3. Applications of air pressure.
4. Complete Lab 8: analyzing sea level pressures.

Thurs

1. Critique Pressure analysis.
2. Complete Lab 8 for today's data.
3. CW/HW 6.2: read pp. 140-147. Answer questions 5, 6, 8, p. 157.

Tues

1. Turn in CW/HW 6.2
2. Review key ideas of the factors that cause winds.

Wed

1. Complete CR 6.2
2. Review key concepts.
3. Complete Lab on Pressure-wind relationship.
4. HW 6.3. Read 152-156.

Thurs

1. Answer CR 6.2
2. Complete CR 6.3: vert motion & surface pressure patterns.
3. Review key concepts on vertical motion & press patterns.
4. Return papers.

Fri

1. Complete CR 6.3.
2. Review key concepts of vertical motion and surface lows.
3. Complete Lab 13.
4. Video on Lows.

Mon

1. Return papers; review answers.
2. Review lab on Thurs using current event.
3. Turn in CR/HW 6.3.
4. Answer focus questions on video, Lows.

Tue

1. Answer review questions on Chap 6.
2. Review for quiz.

Wed

1. Complete Chap 6 quiz

Thur

1. Assembly Chap 7.
2. Essay on Freshman trip
3. HW 7.1: Read pp. 161-167-be prepared for questions on Monday

Mon

1. Define a local wind in terms of time scale of occurrence and size of phenomena.
2. Identify the common factor that contributes to the generation of local winds.
3. Describe how the the sea-land breeze, mountain-valley breeze, & Chinook wind generates and the weather effects.
4. Identify the local winds that affect Grand County and the Front Range.

1. Return Chap 6 quizzes.
2. Discuss Freshman trip.
3. CR 7.1:local winds
4. HW 7.2: Global winds and Monsoon: read pp. 167-172

Tue

1. Explain how one element of the global ciruculation is a large convective circulation.
2. Describe the global wind belts.
3. Describe how the trade winds and westerlies form in terms of the PGF and Coriolis effect
4. Describe the formation of the Monsoon and effects it has on humans.

1. Review CR 7.1 & local winds
2. Answer CR 7.2: Global winds and the Monsoon.

Wed

1. Describe the wavy pattern observed at 500MB and how it relates to the jet stream.
2. Define jet stream.
3. Describe the influence the jet stream has over winter weather in Grand County.

1. Answer review questions.
2. Complete questions and readings in text, 498-502. questions 1-5, p. 502

Thurs

1. Turn in Questions on 16.3.
2. Complete RR 16.3: global winds.
3. Review key concepts of the monsoon.
4. View video on Monsoons

Mon

1. Given selected weather charts, predict the cloud cover, precipitation, and minimum temperatures Winter Park and Granby.
2. Verify forecast the following day and determine which products were valuable in prediction.
3. air masses

1. Complete Forecast process exercise

Tue

1. Forecasting: same as above.
2.  

1. Discuss forecast process.
2. Complete forecast worksheet.

Wed

Global winds and Jet streams

1. Forecasting: same as above.

1. Verify forecast from previous day.
2. Discuss global winds & jet streams.
3. Complete forecast worksheet.

Thurs

1. Forecasting: same as above.

1. Verify forecast from day before.
2. Complete new forecast worksheet.

Mon

1. Assembly Chap 17: Weather Patterns & Severe Storms.
2. Read pp. 464-470 of Chap 17 (The Middle-Latitude Cyclone) handout. Answer questions on handout
3. Complete CR/HW 17.1.

Tue

1. 20% bonus question for Chap 7 quiz
2. Review key concepts for global winds, jet streams, fronts, and forecasting.
3. Review global satellite loops on showing global winds.

Wed

1. Complete CR/HW 7.2: Global winds & the monsoon.
2. Answer focus questions on video: Fronts

Thurs

1. Review for quiz
2. View movies on aircraft operations and weather factors.

Mon

Tue

1. Complete quiz.
2. tbd

Wed

Thurs

Mon

1. Grade M/C section of quiz.
2. Review schedule for rest of semester.
3. Assemble Chap 12.
4. View Video on Ocean Envirnoment-Answer questions.
5. HW 12.1.1 Outline pp. 324-328.

1. Introduction to the Oceans
2. CR/HW 12.1.2 (questions).
3. Return quizzes.

1. Turn in HW 12.1.2 (Ques).
2. Begin Ocean Exploration in iMAC Lab.
3.  

1. Complete

1. Complete CR/HW 12.2.1 and CR/HW 12.2.2.
2. Conduct research in iMac lab on Chapter 12 Knowledge Matrix
3.  

Mon

1. Identify search strategies of at least 6 WWW search engines or portals.
2. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of the different engines.
3. Answer selected geological focus questions in answering the above.
4. Establish network pw/username and folders.
5. Place selected url's into the Global Science Research subfolder.

Tue

1. List the 3 main types of stress.
2. Describe the different types of faults.
3. Describe an anticline and syncline.
4. Explain how a plateau is formed.
5. Describe the formation of a dome mountain.
6. Understand the importance of field notes and how to collect them.

1. Outline plans for the field trip.
2. Review the Field Notes 2.0 exercise.
3. Discussion on stress in the Earth's crust, types of stress, and fault lines.

Wed

1. Identify a number of geological features including faults, deformation, volcanic activity.
2. Identify selected types of rocks found in the Earth's crust including igneous, sedimentary, and metaphoric

Thur

1. Same as in Lesson 22

1. Complete a short report on the field trip using the field notes as a foundation.
2. Review images collected during field trip and relate to content of the text.
3. Discuss & identify research topics/projects

Mon

2. Complete m/c, t/f, & sent completion practice questions at end of Chap 10.

Tue

1. Complete quiz.
2. Begin exercise on the use of the WWW for research
3. Small group activity to identify search engines and questions to ask during search exercise.

Wed

1. Identify search strategies of at least 6 WWW search engines or portals.
2. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of the different engines.
3. Answer selected geological focus questions in answering the above.
4. Establish network pw/username and folders.

Thur

Mon

1. Explain what happens during a volcano.
2. Compare the different types of lava and volcanic particles.
3. Classify the three types of volcanoes.

1. View Raging Planet
2. Complete set of focus questions that can be answered from the video by each student. (see below).
3. Small group activity—groups of two or four. Individuals will share their answers and develop a consensus set of answers.
4. Time permitting, have selected groups or all share their answers. Assign each group a particular topic.

Tue

Wed

Thur

1. Plot real-time EQ data in computer lab.
2. Transfer data sets to large world map in classroom.
3. Observe the patterns of EQ
4. (Graded) Complete EQ & Volcano Worksheet
5. HW 11.1 (Graded-due Mon in class) complete Chap 11.1; construct a concept map; and answer section review questions 1.-5

Mon

1. Explain the cause of most earthquakes.
2. Compare the 3 major types of seismic waves.
3. Explain how a seismograph works.
4. Describe how scientists predict earthquakes.

1. Paired-learning exercise.
2. Discussion on earthquake formation, seismic waves, and observations.
3. Complete (graded) R&R 11.1

Tue

1. Prepare for field trip on Wednesday, Lesson 35.

Wed

Thur

2. Answer questions based on field notes collected during trip.

2. Turn in field notes plus questions.

3. Discussion on field trip.

Mon

1. Compare the different kinds of particles that are blown from a volcano.
2. Describe the three kinds of volcanoes

1. Review grades
2. Grade HW 11.2, except concept map.
3. Complete CR Activity 11 (graded): What causes an explosive volcano?
4. View NGS Volcano!

Tues

1. CR activity: key words and relationships between concepts.
2. Discussion on Formation of volcanoes.
3. CR RR 11.2
4. HW 11.3: Read pp. 363-364.

Wed

1. Paired-learning: key words
2. Grade HW 11.3
3. Review for Chap 11 quiz.
4. Video: NGS: Vesuvius

Thurs

1. Quiz on Chap 11.
2. Introduction to Tectonic plates
3. HW 12.1: read pp. 371-375; answer questions 1, 2 on p. 375

Mon

1. Describe the theory of continental drift and how the scientific method was applied in Wegener's formation the plate tectonic theory.

1. Collect HW 12.1
2. Review Chap 11 quiz.
3. Web-based group exercise on continental drift & natural disasters.
4. Computer lab exercise.
5. Discussion on Continental drift theory.
6. HW 12.2(graded): read pp. 376-380. Answer questions 1-3, p. 380

Tues

1. Describe ocean-floor spreading.
2. How does ocean-floor spreading relate to continental drift.

1. Grade HW 12.2 &return.
2. Review of continental drift.
3. Computer lab exercise.
4. Discussion on ocean-floor spreading.
5. HW (not graded): read 12.3; review questions for chap quiz.

Wed

Lab exercise on convection

1. Describe how convective currents relate to plate movement.
2. Identify the major plates and the three major plate movements

1. Conduct lab exercise on convective cells and ocean floor spreading
2. Discussion on plate tectonics
3. Review for Chap 12 quiz.

Thurs

1. Complete Chap 12 Quiz
2. Update Notebooks and turn in for review and grade

Mon

1. Describe some of the Earth's vital statistics, such as its diameter & equator.
2. Discuss the 3 main spheres of the Earth system.
3. Describe the composition of the Earth's atmosphere.
4. Explain how chemical reactions in the atm. produced nitrogen, hydrogen, & carbon dioxide.
5. Describe the formation of the ozone layer.
6. Describe the major layers of the atmosphere.
7. Explain the importance of ozone to human activity.
8. Describe the magnetosphere & how it influences human activity.

1. Conduct experiment 2.0: Oxygen content in the atmosphere.
2. Turn in lab sheet (graded)
3. HW 5.1: Read pp. 177-181. Answer questions 1-3, p. 181

Tue

1. Grade HW 5.1.
2. Review Experiment 2.0.
3. Discussion on Earth's atmosphere: past & present.
4. Plans for Wednesday

Wed

1. Set up Experiment 3.0.
2. HW 5.2 (graded): Read pp. 181-189; construct concept map; answer questions 1-4, p. 189

Thur

1. Complete Experiment 3.0
2. Discussion on Past & present atmosphere.

Mon

1. Return grades.
2. Review keys items from 5.1 and 5.2.
3. Conclude experiment 3.0.
4. Classwork 5.1a: Answer review questions on sections 5.1 and 5.2.
5. Complete RR 5.2.
6. HW 5.3: Read pp. 191-198; answer questions 1-4, p. 198

Tue

1. Review CW 5.1a.
2. Grade RR 5.2.
3. Lecture on layers of the atmosphere.
4. Classwork: RR 5.3.
5. HW 5.3: answer questions 1-4.

Wed

Review for Chap 5 Quiz

1. Grade HW 5.3.
2. Lecture on layers of the atmosphere.
3. Game on Chap 5.
4. Review for Chap 5 quiz.

Thur

Introduction to weather analysis & forecasting--action in the troposphere.

1. Quiz on Chapter 5.
2. Introduction to current weather--comput lab
3. Weather discussion & introduction to Chap 16.

Mon

1. Describe the reasons for Earth's seasons.

1. Return Chap 5 quiz.
2. Focus group session.
3.  

Tue

Wed

Thur

Mon

1. Weather brief: computer lab access
2. Conduct experiment on sun angle and seasons.
3. Classroom exercise: section 16.1
4. Review lecture distribution of solar radiation in the atmosphere & heat transfer processes.
5. HW 16.1: read the Greenhouse effect  temperature variation in Section 16.1.

Tue

1. Compare & contrast temperature and heat
2. Given observed temperatures, analyze the temperature field using isotherms.
3. Identify strong and weak temperature gradients using the temperature analysis.
4. Describe the mechanisms that control temperature in the Earth-atmosphere system.
5. Using temperature records from selected global sites, identify which temperature control mechanism (s) account for the observations.
6. Describe the factors that control temperatures that are observed in Grand County

1. Weather brief: availability of lab
2. Review heat transfer mechanisms.
3. Conduct lab on heating characteristics of different substances.

Wed

Thur

1. Video on the Greenhouse effect

Mon

1. Discuss classroom management and IGS.
2. Discussion on temperature controls and analysis methods.
3. CR 16.1a: plotting temperatures on a weather map.
4. HW 16.1a: read pp. 491-492. Answer all questions on p. 492 & complete an temp analysis 19Z 30 Dec.

Tue

1. Turn in HW 16.1a.
2. Complete 2nd part of HW 1.6.1a (questions from book.
3. Review previous hw assignments.
4. Conduct computer lab (lab 16.2)on surface temperature analysis.
5. Discussion on gradients.

Wed

1. Given an upper air chart, draw isotherms at various levels of the atmosphere.
2. Describe how temperatures are obtained at the upper levels.
3.  

1. Plot temperatures for Grand County & explain the differences in observed values.
2. Analyze upper air charts.
3. Lecture on temperature controls.
4. Introduction to pressure & winds.
5. HW 16.2 read pp. 493-495. draw concept map and answer questions 1-4, p.495

Thur

1. Quiz on temperatures

Mon

1. Grade Quiz
2. Focus group questions on moisture and clouds.
3. HW 16.4a: read pp. 503-504 (to "clouds"). Answer questions 1-2, p. 508

Tue

1. Turn in HW 16.4a
2. HW 16.4b: read pp. 504-508. answer questions 3-5, p. 508.
3. Turn in HW 16.4b.

Wed

1. Complete and turn in RR 16.4
2. Worktime for Global Science Notebooks.
3. Study time-any subject.

Thur

1. Review Atmospheric moisture.
2. Lab 4: Analyze dewpoint temperatures on weather chart.
3. Turn in notebooks-last grading period for notebooks.

Tue

1. Return papers & notebooks.
2. Review moisture concepts.
3. Complete Lab 4

Wed

1. Team weather briefing
2. Complete Lab 6.
3. Review for the Chap 16.4 quiz.

Thur

1. Complete Lab 6.
2. Review for Chap 16.4 quiz.
3. Video on weather & flight planning.

Fri

1. Review key points on moisture.
2. Quiz on Chap 16.4.
3. Video on weather for flight operations.
4. HW 16.2: answer questions 1-4, p. 495.

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thur

Mon

1. Review classroom guidelines.
2. Discuss key concepts of temperatures, moisture, and air pressure.
3. Begin work on HW: Review.

Tue

1. Complete HW: Review (appox. 15 min).
2. Review questions from HW.
3. Review key ideas about surface pressure.
4. Complete Lab 8: analyzing surface pressures.
5. HW: 16.3. pp. 496-498 (to doldrums). Answer questions 1-2, p. 502.

Wed

Factors that causes winds and local winds.

1. Turn in HW
2. Review Lab 8 from Tue.
3. Complete Lab 8 for today's data.
4. Discuss causes of winds.
5. Video on basic weather elements (AOPA)
6. Review for quiz.

Thurs

1. Complete quiz.
2. Read remainder of 16.3, pp. 498-502.
3. Complete land-sea breeze worksheet.
4. Complete Global Winds worksheet.

Mon

1. Return quizzes and papers.
2. Review convective circulations.
3. Review global & local winds.
4. Complete Pressure-winds relationship lab && answer questions 2 & 3, p. 502.
5.  

Tue

1. Complete isobaric analysis.
2. Complete isobaric analysis 2.
3. Review wind-pressure relationships.
4. View local sea breeze
5. Discuss global wind patterns.
6. HW 16.5. read pp. 509-512 (to storms). Answer questions 1-3, 5 p.516.

Wed

1. Turn in HW 16.5.
2. Complete RR 16.3.
3. Review local and global winds.
4. Discuss airmasses & fronts.
5. Focus questions on Videos: Fronts and Lows

Thurs

1. Complete videos on lows and fronts.
2. Review for Quiz.

Mon

1. Given, selected weather charts, predict the cloud cover and precipitation for Granby & Fraser.
2. Verify forecast the following day and determine which products were valuable in prediction.

1. Quiz
2. Classroom/HW 16.6.Read pp. 517-522. Answer questions 1-5, p. 522.

Tue

1. Describe how a geostationary satellite orbits.
2. Describe how the GOES satellite senses IR radiation from the ground, ocean, & cloud targets.
3. Identify targets & their approx temperature using an IR image.

1. Introduction to forecasting the weather in Grand County.
2. Introduction to remote sensing.
3. Complete Lab 11: Analyzing IR data

Wed

1. Review Remote sensing lab and key concepts.
2. Complete Forecasting Lab.

Thurs

1. Review Forecast Lab.
2. Review pressure-wind relationships and how to analyze for fronts.
3. Complete Lab 10: analyzing fronts.
4. View videos on weather affects on flying.

Tues

1. Return papers, review quiz results.
2. Complete Lab 12

Wed

Thur

Fri

1. Define a Monsoon.
2. Describe the process and effects of the Monsoon.

Mon

1. Review Chap 16 concepts.
2. Complete review at end of Chap 16.
3. HW 16.7. Read section in Chap 16.6 on weather modification

Tue

1. Review for Chap 16 quiz.
2. Discuss weather modification process and uses.
3. View video on Weather modification

Wed

1. Complete quiz on Chap 16

Thur

1. Video on USS Ike
2. Complete Freshman Trip essay

Mon

1. Return papers.
2. Discuss Freshman trip.
3. HW 17.1 read pp. 529-535. complete questions 1-4, p. 536

Tue

1. Review key ideas on what causes climate.
2. CR 17.1a
3. Complete RR 17.1.

Wed

1. Review key concepts
2. CR/HW 17.2, Climate zones: read pp. 536-540. Answer questions 1-4, p. 540.

Thurs

1. Answer review questions on climate zones.
2. Complete RR 17.2

Mon

1. Answer review questions on board
2. Complete 17.2a: World climate zones.
3. Begin CR/HW 17.3: Climate changes. read pp. 541-548. answer questions 1-5,p. 548

Tue

1. Review climate changes.
2. Complete Climate graphing lab.
3. Complete RR 17.3.
4. Video on Global warming.

Wed

1. Review changes in climate factors
2. Review for Chap 17 quiz.
3.  

Thurs

1. Complete Chap 17 quiz.
2. Complete CR/HW 6.1. read pp. 207-209. Anwer questions 1-4, p. 209.
3. Complete RR 6.1.

Mon

1. Complete CR/HW 6.2. read pp. 210-214. Answer question 1-5, p. 214.
2. Complete the worksheet on "Composition of Sea Water: Constructing a Graphic Model"

Tue

1. Return papers and quizzes.
2. Review key concepts from 6.1 and 6.2.
3. Answer review questions.
4. Complete Profile of a tropical ocean"

Wed

1. Complete RR 6.2.
2. Complete "Ocean & continental profiles."