Thursday April 12th and Friday April 13th, 2018

Today's Quote:

'...everywhere I look I see myself. There I go: that bald man, this angry child, that fearful cat, that cool stone, that bubbling brook, that worm struggling for its life, that bird desperate to feed her hungry babies, that one trapped in his rage, this one anxious but fearful of finding out why. Hardly strangers! Empathy is the life of the soul, I think, because the soul that allows us to see the one in the other is the soul that finds joy.'
~ Claudia Michele

RECAP:

In all subject areas we reviewed our quizzes and went over new material.

Entry Task/ Brain Bender:

What is the third hand on a clock or a watch called?

General Information:

ACT Test PREP Resources:

ACT for Dummies

Barron's ACT Test Prep

Up Your ACT Score 2018-2019

ACT Vocabulary Quizlet

  Make sure you know your MCPS student user name and password! 4th nine weeks! Step up your game!...Check the blog daily! ...Career survey this week!

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9th Grade  Earth Space Science:

 Class Information and Syllabus

yearly list of prefixes, roots, and suffixes.

Unit Essential Question: What do we know about the stars, galaxies, and beyond in the universe? 

Key Learning Statement: Technology has increased our knowledge of the characteristics of stars, life cycles of stars, and information on other objects in the universe. 

Vocabulary to Know:

 chromosphere

  solar flare

  corona

  fission 

 solar wind 

 fusion 

 auroras 

 Doppler Effect

  binary 

 stellar evolution 

 main sequence 

 nebula 

 magnitude 

 protostar 

 luminosity 

 pulsar 

 apparent magnitude

  supernova 

 Hertzsprung Russell 

 black hole 

 constellation 

 black dwarf 

 sunspot   

Agenda: Our Solar System 

 

Textbook Reading: Chapter 29 Stars

Study Guide/Homework for Chapter 29 Stars

Power Point: The Sun
Homework: Our Solar System Study Guide
Text Book Chapter: Our Solar System

TODAY:  Power Point Notes

WATCH: The First Earth   

Discovery Channel Stars

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HS Intensive English

 Class Information and Syllabus

Agenda: 

Quiz over Predicates

Writing prompt 3: Writing a poem. 

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10th Grade Biology 1

 Class Information and Syllabus

the yearly list of prefixes, roots, and suffixes.

Unit Essential Question:  How are plant organs related to their functions? 

 How do organisms use energy?

Key Learning Statement: In autotrophs, photosynthesis transforms sunlight into food energy; cellular respiration releases the energy.  Heterotrophic organisms process food energy either through cellular respiration or fermentation.  Both processes produce usable energy in the form of ATP. 

Agenda: 

Begin End of Year Review!  Biology EOC Coach- Section 1 The Nature of Science- Due Monday

Vocabulary to Know:

dermal tissue

 ground tissue

 guard cell

 meristematic

 tissue

 phloem 

root hairs

seed 

pistil 

petals

 egg 

filament 

style 

stomata 

transpiration

 vascular tissue

 xylem 

cambium

 root

 cap

 stamen 

ovary 

sperm 

sepal 

anther 

stigma 

Agenda:

Watch the Video and take notes.

Homework: Quizlet over plants - Due TODAY!

POWER POINT NOTES: Plant Anatomy and Structure

Textbook Reading: Chapter 21 Plants

Storm Updates:

No storms pose a risk to the US currently

Check out the Global currents map!

Science Current Events:

Dog possess Episodic and Declarative memory

Ravens Are Evolving, But Not in the Way You Expect

Apps and Programs to Help You be Successful:

The 10 best note-taking apps

Video Links/ Other Resources over this topic

The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows