Friday, October 16, 2009

A short day

but a busy one at that!

Due to the delayed opening we did not have much class time. We reviewed how to find the distance of an epicenter and our homework Can You Read A Quake?

Also, parent permission slips have been sent home regarding our class demonstration of a search and rescue dog. You must have this paper signed in order to participate. Please return by 10/23!

Thursday, October 15, 2009

HA HA SO!

No, I am not laughing at you :) HA HA SO is a way to assist you with faced by a bully.

Science was on hold today so we could continue the schoolwide discussion on bullying. The lesson today focused on strategies to handle various situations. The strategies discussed were: Help, Assert, Humor, Avoid, Self-Talk and Own It.

We will pick back up our lesson on epicenters tomorrow.

Reminder ~ Tomorrow is a Delayed Opening for students!

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Plotting epicenters

Today we completed Inquiry 12.3 and practiced finding the epicenter by putting all the info together.

You will not be responsible for plotting the stations on a map. HOWEVER, you will need to be able to explain the process.

Homework ~ Read and complete questions Magnitude & Intensity

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Finding the epicenter

Some math is involved when trying to locate the epicenter. Today our focus was on calculating the "lag time" of the P and S-waves. We then used this info to find the distance on the time-distance graph.

Homework tonight! Complete Parts 1 and 2 on the Time Travel worksheet. I will help you with Part 3 in class.

Also trip money/slip was due today. If you did not turn it in and would like to go with us on 10/20 please see me!!!

Monday, October 12, 2009

Reading a Sesimogram

We looked at a seismogram from the Great Alaska Earthquake of 1964. We used the seismogram to determine the arrival time of the P-waves and the number of aftershocks.

Homework tonight! Complete Can You Read a Quake?

Also trip money due for our science trip to the Palmyra Cove.