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1st Quarter
9/8-9/11     expectations/measurments/what is?

9/14-9/19    L#1Tootse Lab/Quiz ch/Excel work

9/21-9/25     Density work/ Test #1/Pretest


9/29-10/3        Earth's shape/ Quiz#3

10/5-10/9       L#2 Earth Spheres/ L#3 atmosphere
                       L#4 Basic Map Skills/ 

10/13-10/16    Test #2 Earth Dimensions / L#4 Basic Map Skills

10/19-10/23     Field maps


10/26 - 10/30        Topo.practice/ Home Sweet Home

11/3 - 11/7    Topo Test/ Island Map, L#6 Polaris Lab

11/10 - 11/13   Seasons work, L#7Reason for Season/ cumulative review   


2nd Quarter

11/16 -11/20      Lab check, L#8 Sun's size Lab

11/23 -12/4     Planetary Orbits,L#9 Ellipses/ Kepler's Laws


12/7 -12/11            Stars, Astro Test

12/15 - 12/23          Stellar Evolution/ Energy Transfer/ L#11Radiation
                               andTemperature/ L#12 Intensity

1/5 -1/9                  L#13 Ice to Steam/Clouds/  Lab#14 Station Models

1/12 - 1/16               Lab#15 Dew Point, Relative Humidity, 

1/20 - 1/23               L#16 Weather Maps  L#17 Hurricane Katrina 

1/28                          Midterm 8:00 am in West Commons

 
3rd Quarter
2/1-2/5  L#18 Planetary/Climate Patterns              

2/8-2/12   L#19 Climographs/Climate Test         

2/23-2/27   L#20 Minerals

3/1-3/5  Rock Cycle/Rock types/

3/16-3/20             Rock Story/ Test Rocks  and minerals


3/23-3/27             Rock Wall Lab

3/30-4/3              Lab Stream Table/Test wea,ero,dep

4/5-4/8              P and S waves/ Epicenters

4th Quarter
4/11-4/15          EQ Lab/ Plate Boundaries/ Lab Hawaiian Hot Spot
                       

4/18-4/22          Lab Plate Puzzle/ Test EQ and Tectonics

5/2-5/6              Lab Volcanoes/ Start Geologic  Relative time

5/9-5/13            Lab Bedrock Correllation/ Absolute Time