Varney

=2014-2015= A5,B6,D4
 * Students in class: Sara Graves (Simmons), Talia Logan (Hemdal), Rhiannon True (Mace) Maisey True (Simmons) Dale Savoie (504)**

__**6/4/15**__ Atmosphere Quiz next Tuesday!! They received a study guide at the end of class today. They need to complete it to study with.


 * __5/29/15__** For Monday: Students should finish the first 6 questions for the Coriolis Effect Lab done in class Friday


 * __5/19/15__** Students can be working on their Layers of the Atmosphere diagram


 * __5/15/15__** Quiz on Monday!! Geology and Water Properties Quiz


 * __5/13/15__** Lab is due Friday and there will be a quiz next week - study guides will be handed out Friday


 * __5/13/15__** Students are working on The Effect of Water's Properties on the Surface of the Earth Lab - it's due Friday


 * __5/6/15__** Students should finish the Properties of Water Lab as well as the Properties of Water Summary for Thursday's class


 * __4/29/15__** Students should complete and turn in their Nepal writing prompt, the Rockin and Rollin packet as well as Determining How Fast Some Crustal Plates Move.


 * __4/17/15__** Students should finish Rockin' and Rollin' in the USA packet over vacation if they didn't finish it during class.

__**4/16/14**__ Students should have passed in their Sea Floor Spreading Lab. Also finish pre-lab questions 1-7 in Rockin' and Rollin' in the USA packet for tomorrow.

__**4/14/15**__ Students should be working on their graphs from the lab we did in class. They should have 1,2 and 3 completed for next class.


 * __4/8/15__** We watched a video on earthquakes and took notes


 * __4/6/15__** TEST TOMORROW for this section! We went over the study guide in class today!! Study!!!!


 * __4/2/15__** Students started Plate Tectonics Notes in class. He would like them to continue the notes and fill in the 6 pieces of evidence of Plate Tectonics. He suggested using Google to find maps of the earth to help with this. **There is an Earth Formation Test 1 Study Guide on Google Classroom. Most students also took a paper copy of it yesterday. He has not said when the test will be yet.**


 * __4/1/15__** Students started a worksheet using Earth Viewer Interactive (on their ipads) in class today. They should be working on completing it for next class.


 * __3/23/15__** Students should finish their diagram of the Earth's layers

__**3****/23/15**__ Students should finish the Density of the Earth Lab for today's class

__**3/16/15**__ Students should finish their Impact Crater Experimental Design Lab for next class


 * __3/4/15__** Students should finish the front side of the Impact Crater Model graphic organizer


 * __3/3/15__** If they haven't turned in their graphs from yesterday they should. They should also complete the Background Reading Questions for Impact Craters. (link is on Google Classroom)


 * __3/2/15__** Students should finish their x,y scatter graph and the conclusion paragraph, addressing whether or not their hypothesis is supported by their graph.


 * __2/23/15__** Students should have finished the worksheet from the movie "Back to the Beginning" and the "Classified Stars" worksheet from today. Finish for homework if not passed in yet


 * __2/11/15__** Students should finish the Life Cycle of a Star packet if they didn't pass it in today at the end of class.


 * __2/10/15__** Students should finish the graphic organizer portion of the Life Cycle of a Star assignment. (phase 1-5)


 * __2/6/15__** See below. Also, if they haven't finished the Doppler Effect Simulations worksheet they should. Eric said he would put the videos (Audi Formula One and Doppler Effect Simulator) on Google Classroom. Maisey was absent when this worksheet was handed out. Students should also work on "Red Shift, Blue Shift" worksheet.


 * __2/4/15__** If they haven't passed it in already, students should finish Light Spectra + Evidence of Universe Formation Lab for homework. (vocab, spectra coloring of elements and identifying elements in the mystery spectrum)


 * __1/29/15__** Students should finish the "Big Ideas" section and 1, 2 and 3 pieces of evidence that support the Big Bang Theory in Energy: Electromagnetic Radiation Spectrum packet AND finish 9 vocab definitions for Light Spectra and Evidence of Universe Formation Lab


 * 1/26:** Homework is go online to National Geographic site and find **Energy: Electromagnetic Radiation Spectrum.** Answer the questions on the back of the first page of the packet handed out today in class due next class.

__**1/14/15**__ Students should finish Wealth of Water activity (parts I, II and III) (last grade to go into IC for this quarter) and STUDY for midterm! All students have a study guide and it can be accessed via Google Classroom


 * __1/12/15__** Ecology Final Exam Review was handed out today and we started to go over it - Sara and Rhiannon were out - I have theirs - students should complete the data table in "Wealth and Water" we completed part II of the activity today

__**Ecology midterm study guide is available on Google Classroom**__
 * __1/09/15__** Students should finish the first 4 questions on "The Wealth of Water" activity
 * ALL LATE WORK SHOULD BE TURNED IN BY THURSDAY 1/15**

__**1/8/15**__ Students should be working on their Human Population Dynamics activity due Friday (Exploring Human Population Growth with GapMinder is the rough draft activity of this)

__**1/5/15**__ Students should finish the discussion questions for the "Mark-Recapture" Lab if they didn't finish them in class today

__**12/18/14**__ Students should have finished their Human Population and Growth Worksheet as well as the Duckweed Lab


 * __12/8/14__** Students should finish graph and questions for "The Lesson of the Kaibub"


 * __12/4/14__** Students should finish the graph for "The Lesson of the Kaibub" packet... Rhiannon needs to finish and submit the Milk Lab - she has detailed information on a post-it telling her what she has left to complete


 * __12/3/14__** Started Population Growth and Carrying Capacity Lab - students should have both pre-lab questions completed - Rhiannon still needs to complete Bacterial Succession Lab (started on her ipad) and take the exam from Monday


 * __12/1/14__** Took exam today - Rhiannon needs to make it up (absent)

__**11/25/14**__ TEST on Monday after break! All students have a study guide - Rhiannon was dismissed early

__**11/21/14**__ Students were given a study guide for the next test which will be after Thanksgiving Break. Rhiannon was absent today.

__**11/20/14**__ Students need to submit their Bacterial Succession Lab at some point Friday via Google Classroom - Sara has submitted hers and Talia has completed hers - Rhiannon got a decent start on hers today - If they've finished their lab they can watch the Succession video (on Google Classroom) and answer the questions

__**11/19/14**__ Bacterial Succession Lab is now due FRIDAY - Both Talia and Sara have a good start on it - Rhiannon was absent today

__**11/14/14**__ Bacterial Succession Lab is due Wednesday - Rhiannon needs to finish her Lynx - Hare Complex

__**11/12/14**__ Students can continue to work on their Ecological Succession Lab questions. Class meets again on Friday.

__**11/6/14**__ Students need to work on their Ecological Succession Lab questions. All three students supported have paper copies and have started their labs on their ipads.


 * __10/31/14__** Students should finish the analysis questions for the Lynx-Hare Complex over the weekend...Rhiannon was out today


 * __10/30/14__** Students should have both graphs completed for the Lynx-Hare Complex for class Friday... Rhiannon was out today


 * __10/27/14__** Biome projects are due tomorrow! Talia has finished hers just needs to submit for a grade...Sara has not started hers...Rhiannon was out today

__**10/24/14**__ Students should be working on their World Biomes and Zones project... Sara needs to retake her quiz...I gave her everything she needs to study with today in class

__**10/21/14**__ Took a quiz today...Rhiannon was absent, Talia and Sara need to finish theirs - Eric is available after school on Thursday of this week

__**10/20/14**__ TEST tomorrow!!!! (Tuesday) We went over everything that will be on the test in class today...Mr. Varney followed the study guide word for word...Study!!!

__10/16/14__ TEST on TUESDAY 10/21 Students were given a sheet explaining what will be on the test, their homework assignment is to create their own study guide and bring it to class Monday

__**10/14/14**__ Homework was not assigned for tonight, however there was a lot of classwork done today. Rhiannon was absent today. Sara has not turned in her LOCAL Garden lab report, due last week.

__**10/10/14**__ Rhiannon and Sara have not finished their lab reports. Rhiannon worked on hers with me last class. Sara was very unproductive and doesn't have much of hers completed. Class meets again Tuesday.

__**10/7/14**__ Finish lab report for homework! Sara got very little done in class today...she has a lot to do... Rhiannon needs some help using pages but she started hers in class today. Talia has a pretty good start on hers as well.


 * __10/6/14__** L.O.C.A.L Garden Lab Report is DUE WEDNESDAY 10/8. Follow the rubric that is in your notebook. Remember NO personal pronouns. Mr. Varney will go over the graph in class tomorrow.

__**9/29/14**__ Students need to complete #s 4 and 5 on the Trophic Level Energy Loss worksheet for next class **Rhiannon** also needs to finish questions 6 and 7 from the Food Web BIOFAX lab we just did could also remind Rhiannon that she needs to complete the ipad form so that she can have her ipad...I reminded her today...


 * __9/25/14__** Students need to finish Food Web BIOFAX questions (1-7 on the back) Either on their ipad or on paper

__**9/23/14**__ Students should finish reading BioFax "How a Food Web Is Formed" and fill in vocabulary definitions. They can use notes from the previous class to fill in the definitions.

__**9/22/14**__ Students finished a quiz yesterday in class. Rhiannon needs to complete Planet Earth: Pole to Pole worksheet (Biomes) and read and sign her classroom expectations form. Talia and Sara need to complete the Order of the Universe assignment if they haven't already (from class yesterday)


 * __9/18/14__** Study for quiz Friday! All three students should have completed study guides - Rhiannon will not be taking the quiz Friday. She should still be studying all the material on the study guide (except for what she missed when she was sick) She will take the quiz sometime next week.

__**9/15/14**__ **RHIANNON -** (absent yesterday) needs to turn in signed syllabus, needs to finish and turn in BioFax Life Characteristics Lab, and complete the venn diagram from the movie questions (Planet Earth) **Sara and Talia** can make sure they've completed the homework from the last post on the 10th


 * __9/10/14__** - Density Lab -finish calculating the volume and density for each block weighed in Data Table 1 and complete questions 5, 6 and 7

__**9/8/14**__ - finish Life Characteristics reading and four life characteristics with explanation worksheet for homework = = =2013 - 2014=


 * F1 - Students in class: Killian Blackman, Cameron Marco, Wayne McMann, Chris Petterson, Kain Koehling, Ibe Mokeme **


 * F4 - Students in class: Jacob Bradford, Ali Al-Faisalawi, Duke Reddoch, Cameron Knight **

=The Ocean Current lab and The Coriolis Effect lab are the last two grades before the final. They should make sure these get done and turned in ASAP!! The next few classes will all be review!!=

=6/6/14 F1= Finished Ocean Current lab
 * HW - Lab**

=6/4/14 F4= Notes of Coriolos lab The Coriolis Effect lab
 * HW - Post lab questions**

=6/4/14 F1= Ocean Current lab
 * HW - Hypot for lab**

=6/3/14 F1= Finished The Coriolis lab & passed in Notes on Ocean Currents Got into groups for next lab
 * HW - Make-up work**

=6/2/14 F1 AB - Kain= Notes on the Coriolis Effect The Coriolis Effect lab
 * HW - Past Lab Questions for Part 1**

=5/29/14 F1 AB - Ibe= Finished Measuring Relative Humidity and Dew Point lab Notes on Air Pressure
 * HW - Finish lab & PASS IN**

=5/27/14 F1 AB - Ibe= Started lab Humidty lab
 * HW - Work though parts I & II if not done**
 * HW - #|Make up work if not caught up**

=5/21/14 F1 AB - Ibe= Notes of Climate vs Weather
 * HW - Read into The Troposphere & anwser the questions**

=5/20/14 F1 AB - Ibe= Finished the Greenhouse Effect lab in class
 * HW - Finish lab questions both parts A & B**

=5/19/14 F4= Notes on the Greenhouse Effect Started Greenhouse Effect lab
 * HW - Into the Troposphere & Questions to go along with it**

=5/16/14 F4 Cameron= Notes on The Atmosphere
 * HW - Atmosphere Drawing**

=5/16/14 F1= Started The Green House Effect Lab
 * HW - Start working on questions**

=5/15/14 F4 Cameron= Passed in Water labs on ebackpack Took notes on The Atmosphere
 * HW - #|Make up anything missing**

5/15/14 F1 Ibe get pulled out by SRO 10 mins into class
More notes of The Atmosphere
 * HW - Atmosphere Drawing layers (there is a rubric to go with it)**

=5/14/14 F1 AB - Kain= Passed in Water labs -- Wayne needs to do a graph and pass it in Took notes on The Atmosphere
 * HW - if lab is not passed it ---DO IT (Kain has not passed in anything)**

=5/13/14 AB - Cameron= 1/2 class to finish up water labs Started new notes on The Atmosphere
 * HW - Water labs due Thursday**

=5/12/14 F4 AB - Cameron= Time to work on Water labs
 * HW - Water labs are due Thursday**

=5/12/14 F1 Ibe - was got for 1/2 of class in Officer R room= Notes of The Atmosphere time to finish labs
 * HW - Water labs due next class --- Wednesday**

=5/9/14 F1= Lab time
 * HW - Water lab due Wednesday!**

=5/8/14 F1 & F4= Lab time
 * HW - Work on procedure, problem, material list of lab**

=5/6/14 F1 & F4= Create a lab to see the effects of water's properties on the surface of the earth
 * HW - Title, Problem, #|Hypothesis, Material Procedure of lab**

=4/30/14 F1 & F4= Stations for lab.
 * HW - Weathering Lab due Friday**

=4/28/14 F1= Took notes on Weathering Started Lab on Water Properties
 * HW - None however, if they did not do well on quiz before break they can retake that by talking to Mr. V.**
 * Ebay - needs to pass in two things from before vacation & had a low quiz grade Grade = F**

=4/16/14 F4= Finished mini lab Started to study for test on Friday
 * HW - Study for test Friday**

=4/16/14 F1= Studied for #|test tomorrow
 * HW - Study**

=4/14/14 F4= Started Earthquake Epicenter lab
 * HW - Finish lab**

=4/10/14 F1 - AB Wayne= Worked on finishing lab
 * HW - Earthquake lab**
 * Killian, Kain, Ebay & Chris did NOT have their homework done for this class and now have more work to do to pass in this lab.**

4/9/14 F1
Finished Expoloring Earthquakes lab
 * HW - Analysis Questions for parts A&B**

=4/8/14 F4 AB - Ali= Finished Exploring Earthquakes lab
 * HW - Finish lab & ALL Analysis Questions**

=4/7/14 F1 & F4= Started lab
 * HW - Finish prelab questions**

=4/4/14 F1 & F4= Finish up labs and work day
 * HW - all late work and labs (last day to pass in things for 3rd Quarter)**

=4/1/14 F1 & F4= Notes on Rock types & Rock Cycle Density of Rock lab
 * HW - None**

=3/31/14 F1 & F4= Took Quiz on Plate Boundaries Wayne needs to take it B5 Jacob needs to take it B2

=3/28/14 F1 AB - Wayne= Reviewed study guide
 * HW - Study for Quiz on Monday**

=3/27/14 F4= Reviewed study guide
 * HW - Study for Quiz on Monday**

=3/26/14 F4= Worked on study guide
 * HW - Study for Quiz on Monday!**

=3/26/14 F1= Drawing to tie together Sea Floor Spreading & Plate Boundaries
 * HW - Wayne, Killian, Cameron, Kain DID NOT pass in Sea Floor Spreading lab**

=3/25/14 F4= Finish movie from Friday Drawing on Sea Floor Spreading & Plate Boundaries
 * HW - Pass in lab**

=3/25/14 F1= Lab time
 * HW - Finish Sea Floor Spreading lab**

=3/20/14 F4 AB - Ali, Jacob= Continued Sea Floor Spreading lab
 * HW - Finish lab & questions**

=3/20/14 F1 AB - Killian= Reviewed Plate Boundaries Started Sea Floor Spreading Lab
 * HW - Anticipation Guide & reading**

=3/19/14 F4= Reviewed Tectonice Plate Boundaries Started Sea Floor Spreading Lab
 * HW - NONE**

=3/19/14 F1= Plate Boundary #|Map group presentaions
 * HW - NONE**

=3/18/14 F1= Started group work on Plate Boundary #|Maps
 * HW - None *need to finish group work next class before they can move forward**

=3/17/14 F4= Finish #|maps of Eathquakes, Volcanoes, Geography and each group reported out
 * HW - Tectonic Plate Boundaries worksheet**

=3/6/14 F4 AB - Ali= Discovering Plate Boundaries Notes Final drafts are due & Cameron, Jacob DID NOT pass in the assignment
 * HW - Task 1 on student handout**

=3/6/14 F1= Worked on Light Spectra #|Writing assignment
 * F1- Kain, Wayne Killian did not have a rough draft and now are way behind on assignment**
 * HW - Final drafts are due tomorrow even though we DO NOT have class!!**

=3/5/14 F1 & F4= Finished movie and worked on Light Spectra #|Writing assignment =2/28/14 F4= Finished Light Spetra lab
 * HW - Rough Drafts F1**
 * F4 - Duke, Jacob - did not have a rough draft and now are way behind on assignment**
 * HW - Rough draft of writing assignement due Wednesday**

=2/27/14 F1= Finished Light Spectra lab

=2/26/14 F1 & F4= Notes on Doppler Effect Started Light Spectra lab

=2/25/14 F1= Notes on Energy Looked at Light through Spectro-scopes

=2/24/14 F4= Notes on Energy Looked at Light through Spectro-scopes

=2/12/14 F1= Reviewed study Guide Finished Movie
 * HW - Study for test tomorrow**
 * HW - Kain - Water Case Study / The formation of the solar system data analysis / Order of Organization in the Universe **
 * HW - Killian - The formation of the solar system data analysis / Life of a star **
 * HW - Chris - Order of Organization in the Universe**

=2/10/14 F1 & F2 AB - Kain & Duke= Reviewed study guide #|Watch Movie Nove: Origins: Back to the beginning
 * HW - Write out practice long answers for Wednesday & Study for test on Thursday**
 * HW - Finish Life Cycle of a Star - Kain, Killian (overdue)**

=2/6/14 F1= Looked at three websites from blog to fill in information about star http://www.pbs.org/seeinginthedark/astronomy-topics/lives-of-stars.html http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/teachers/lessons/xray_spectra/background-lifecycles.html http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/stars/startypes.shtml
 * HW - Finish filling in about stars (they all still need to finish)**

=2/4/14 F4= Graphic organizer of Universe =2/4/14 F1= Worked on graphs from last class.
 * HW - Finish organizer**
 * HW - Finish graphs on testable questions**

=2/3/13 F1 & F4= Came up with testable questions about the solar systerm. Use date sheets to get a hypotheseis for their testable question.
 * HW - Finish graph**

=1/30/14 F1= Review the making of the #|Solar System and organized a set of words into the right order.
 * HW - Finish glueing the words in the right order.**

=1/29/14 F4= How was the Solar System formed? What are your theories? ? - Questions a scienist is trying to answer E - Evidence T ' Theory (supported) H - Hypothesis (ideas)
 * HW - Use "coding" to read the article, "A shock to the solar system"**

=1/15/14 F1 & F4= Reviewed for midterm
 * HW - work on midterm packet and study**
 * Each student can have (1) one 3x5 index card to help them with the test**

=1/14/14 F1= Final #|Exam Review Pg 1 Water lab part 1&2
 * HW - Midterm Review Page 1 & 2**

=1/13/14 F4= Final #|Exam Review Pg 1 Water lab part 1&2
 * HW - Numbers 1 & 2 on Midterm Review**

=1/10/14 F1 & F4= Watched movie while Mr. Varney was out. = = =12/18/13 AB- Kain= Finished the movie Started #|writing #|assignment The Popilation Problem
 * HW - Essay due Friday**

=12/17/13 F1 AB - Kain= Watched movie The Population Problem

=12/13/13 F1 & F4= IPad graph and questions
 * HW - Graph and questions & Textbook assignment Chapter 12.3**
 * HW - Popluation lab -->Jacob**

=12/12/13 F1 & F4= Class time to work on Population Growth Lab
 * HW - Population Lab**

=12/9/13 F1 & F4 AB - Kain= Took quiz

=12/6/13 F1 & F4= Finished notes on Nitrogen Cycle and #|Water Cycle
 * Quiz on Monday - Nitrogen Cycle, Water Cycle, Graph, how to bond atoms**
 * HW - Home soil lab if STILL not done & study for quiz**
 * Labs due - Jacob, Cameron K,**

=12/4/13 F4= Finished notes on different cycles Started Quiz review
 * HW - Home soil lab if NOT passed in & study for quiz on Monday**
 * Jacob & Cameron need to pass in lab**

=12/3/13 F1 & F4= Started to take notes of four different cycles (Nitrogen, Hydrologic, Phosphorus, Carbon)

= = =11/26/13 F1= Finished test home soil for lab. Started #|writing lab in pages. Should have problem, hypothesis, & material list done
 * HW - Home Soil lab dues Thursday**


 * HW - Be up tp material list for home soil analysis lab**

=11/25/13 F4= Finished testig home soil for lab. Started #|writing lab in pages. Should have problem, Hypothesis & Materials list done.
 * HW - Be up to Material list for Home Soil Analysis lab**

=11/21/13 F1 & F4 AB - Kain= Took Quiz on bonding elements Started Home Soil lab. Wrote the hypothesis
 * HW - Bring in Soil**

=11/20/13 AB - Kain=

=11/19/13 AB - Kain=

=11/18/13 F1 & F4= Revied different kinds of bonds Kain did not due recycling matter hw & needs to pass in Reid lab Killian did not do Recycling Matter hw Wayne needs to pass in Reid lab
 * HW - Back side of Recycling Matter Worksheet**
 * Study for quiz tomorrow**

**11/15/13 F4** Notes on Matter Practice problems on bonds
 * HW - Recycling Matter Worksheet Chapter 11 Section 2 in book**

=11/14/13 F1= Notes on Matter Practice problems on bonds
 * HW - Recycling Matter Worksheet Chapter 11 Section 2 in book**

=11/13/13 F1= Checked on duckweed lab Started notes on Matter
 * HW - none**

=11/12/13 F4= Continued notes on matter
 * HW - none**

=11/8/13 F1 & F4= Started Popilation Growth and Carrying Capacity Lab Started to take notes on Basic Matter
 * HW - NONE**

=11/7/13 F4= Finished Lynx and Hare lab Started Population Growth and Carrying Capacity Lab Jacob has not done any work so falling way behind Cameron is all set right now Ali is all set right now
 * HW - Finish Lynx and Hare lab if not done (only Jacob in this class)**

=11/7/13 F1= Worked in class on The Lynx and Hare Complex Lab Questions Wayne did not do his hw because he had a lot going on. Kain did not do his hw becasue he was eating cake for his birthday and didn't have time.
 * HW - Finish Lynx and Hare lab**

=11/6/13 F1= Worked in class on The Lynx Hare Complex lab
 * HW - Graph results from today and answer questions 1 - 5 in lab packet.**

=11/1/13 F1 & F4= More #|lab work time! Killian Blackman (has not done any of the work outside of class & is falling behind) Wayne McMann (has not done any work outside of class & is falling behind)Kain Koehling (has been absent two days and has barley started the lab)Cameron Marco (up to date & almost done)Chris Petterson (up to date & almost done) Jacob Bradford (has not done any work outside of class & is falling behind)Ali Al-Faisalawi (has not done much work outside of class but has done a lot in class)Duke Reddoch (up to date & almost done)Cameron Knight (has not done any work outside of class & is falling behind)
 * Lab is DUE MONDAY**

=10/31/13 F1 & F4= Continued to work on lab, making graphs in class. Due to time issues, there will be a "check" on progress for the lab however, the lab will NOT be due until next week and will go on 2nd quarters grade. The following students have not done their homework and have not kept up with the #|lab work: Kain Koehling (has not even started) Killian Blackman Wayne McMann (did some but not all)

=10/29/13 F1 & F4= Worked on lab in class. Everyone should be up to materials.
 * Due: Write Procedure & Materials for lab (right from lab packet)**

=10/28/13 F1 & F4= Both classes have a HUGE #|lab report due Friday from the field trip they went on this week. It is a HUGE part of their first quarter grade and WILL need to work on it in Study Strats.
 * Due: Lab Report-->Friday**

=10/23/13 F1 & F4= Looked at lab and finished taking notes for the field trip to Reid State Park on Friday
 * Due: No new homework**
 * be ready for Reid on Friday!**

=10/22/13 F1= Worked the whole class on Intertidal Zone #|paper to #|prepare for field trip
 * Due: Field Trip permission slip**
 * Due: Intertidal Zone paper**

=10/21/13 F1= Took notes over Intertidal Zones to #|prepare for field trip on Friday
 * Due: Field Trip permission slip**
 * Due: Front page of Intertidal Zone**
 * I have asked Wayne to write assignments down so he won't forget them, but he refuses.

=10/15/13 F1= Took Quiz #2 Cameron Marco & Wayne McMann& Kain Koehling need to finish in Study Strats this week

= 10/9/13 F1 & F4 = FInished reviewing for test Looked at World Biomes & Zones for project coming up
 * Due: Study for test on Tuesday October 15th**

10/8/13 F4
Reviewed for Test
 * Due R.A.F.T. assignment today**
 * Due: Biome Brochure Oct 17th**
 * Test Oct 17th**

10/8/13 F1
Reviewed for Test on Oct 15th
 * Due: R.A.F.T. Assignment tomorrow**
 * Due: Biome Brochure Oct 15th**
 * Test Oct 15th**

10/7/13 F1
Symbiotic Relationships in an Ecosystems - defined on chart Started Symbiotic Relationships R.A.F.T. assignment in class
 * Due: Wednesday Oct 9th R.A.F.T. assignment**

10/3/13 F4 AB - Ali
Finished watching the movie from yesterday
 * Jacob, Cameron did not pass in hw from 10/1/13**

**10/3/13 F1**

Kain, Michael, Killian, Wayne did not pass in hw from 10/1/13
Finished watching the movie from yesterday Symbiotic Relationships in Ecosystems
 * Due: NO NEW HW-->Get caught up**

10/2/13 F1 & F4
Mr. Varney is absent due to a field trip. We #|watch a movie called "Pole to Pole" from Planet Earth Filled out question sheet during film
 * Due: NO NEW HW**

10/1/13 F1 AB Wayne
Maintaining #|Homeostasis in Communities
 * Due:** **Choose an ecosystem, identify at least 10 sources of physiological stress in that environment, identify at least one organism that lives in that environment and at least one adaptation that enables the organism to overcome that stress**.

9/30/13 - F4
Maintaining Homeostasis in Communities
 * Due: Come up with an envirnoment and write 10 stresses for it**

**9/27/13 F1** Downloaded book CK-12 Biology on IPAD Bookmarked rsu1.org/ecology-earth-systems-team-1 Signed into eback to work on Ecological Succession


 * Due: Finish Forrest Succession Handout **

Killian is missing (He is not on my infinite campus yet, please check) Cameron is NOT missing ANYTHING just needs to finish his quiz in class Stephen is missing Density lab & Char of life demo & was absent for quiz and needs to make it up Wayne is missing field trip permission form & was absent for quiz and needs to make it up  Chris is missing Metric Systems lab Kain is missing (He is not on my infinite campus yet, please check)

Jacob is missing field trip permission form & safety contract & Metric lab & food cycle lab Ali is missing Food cycle lab Cameron is missing food cycle lab Duke is missing food cycle lab
 * 9/27/13 F4 **

9/26/13 AB - Stephen, Wayne Took quiz in class Due: NO HW

** F4 - Students in class: Jacob Bradford, Ali Al-Faisalawi, Duke Reddoch, Cameron Knight **
9/26/13 Took quiz in class Due: NO HW

9/25/13 F1 & F4 (F4 did not meet today but the Quiz is tomorrow for them as well)

Went over study guide in class. Quiz is tomorrow over Unit 1 Ecology

Density / Mass / Volume write large & small numbers in scientific notation #|adding / subtracting / mult / division using scientific notation Metric Base Units Convert between kilo and milli Vocab words: Ecology Biotic & Abiotic Factors Community / Population Food web / Food chain

**Due: Quiz tomorrow**

9/23/13 F4
Cameron & Jacob did not do their homework (complete first page of study guide)

Went over homework (first page of study guide) Had time to work on page 2 of study guide in class

**Due: Quiz on Thursday**
[|Mr. Varney's Blog]

May 28th - All students should keep working on Climate Essay due Monday June 3rd for period 4, Tuesday June 4th for period 3 MRS. MACE HAS 2 COMPUTERS IN HER ROOM FOR USE May 22nd - keep working on essay; climate and weather due next class period May 21st - ALL STUDENTS ARE WORKING ON CLIMATE AND COUNTRY EXAM ESSAY - Students are encouraged to use computers at home if they have one. Jon L - Phippsburg, KP - Italy Izzy - Dominican Republic May 17th - Block 4: started Climate and Country Exam Essay - Due June 3. Due next class: profile of country May 17th - Block 3 finish Ocean Current lab May 16th - Block 3 (TT, JR, JW, JC) Read pages 613-620 and answer questions 1-7f. Finish Ocean Currents Lab. Be aware an exam essay on climate and weather is coming up for all classes. May 9th - Block 4: Jon L, Kiana (absent). Watched video on El Nino and filled in worksheet. Will go over in class tomorrow. May 8th - Block 3: Josh, Tucker, Jamie, Joey - Weather forecasting project on website (see below); homework if not finished In class- Isobar exercise and notes
 * JUNE 5TH - BLOCK 4 -**
 * June 5th - complete earthquakes and volcanoes section of study guide -BLOCK 3**
 * May 30th - Climate essay due June 3rd**
 * May 15th - Block 4 (KP, JL)** Finish ocean current lab conclusion (JL turned in homework, KP did not)
 * May 13th** - **Block 4** read pages 613-620. Answer questions 1-7
 * May 7th - Block 4:** KP, JL - Weather Forecasting tinyurl.com/troposphere2day-finish for tomorrow
 * May 7th - Block 3 finished Coriolis Effect lab - hand in lab questions or it becomes homework**
 * May 2nd** - Block 3 - Josh, Jamie, Joey, Tucker
 * Block 4**
 * Jon L, Izzy, Kiana**


 * April 30th - finished Greenhouse Lab and Land and Sea Lab**
 * Homework: Finish analysis questions for your lab**


 * Started Greenhouse Lab, Sea and Land Lab**


 * TESTS THURSDAY 4/26: Weather, clouds, layers of the atmosphere - Kiana, Jon L, Izzy**
 * FRIDAY 4/27: Josh R, Jamie W, Tucker, Joey C**


 * April 23rd - test on Thursday 4/26 - students handed a review sheet**

APRIL 11TH - KP & JL need to finish homework pgs. 598-605, questions 1-7 In class working on Measuring Relative Humidity and Dew Point Lab - answer analysis questions

April 9th - HOMEWORK: read pages 598-605 and complete questions 1-7 IN CLASS - chart of atmospheric layers

Period 4 - **Homework**: Finish questions to Weathering Lab (Parts 1,2,6,7) omit part 7 for Tucker
 * April 8th -**


 * Period 3 students: Tucker Tardiff, Josh Reno, Jamie Wright**
 * Period 4 students: Isabel D, Kiana Ponziani, Jon Leach, Kyle Lavallee**
 * Period 7 student: Jon Rose**


 * SECOND SEMESTER**


 * APRIL 2ND - Quiz Review for Period 3 (Joey, Tucker, Josh, Jamie)**


 * APRIL 1ST - BLOCK 3 (Tucker, Josh R, Joey C, Jamie W)**
 * Quiz on Wednesday**
 * started Chemical and Mechanical Weathering of Rock Lab**


 * MARCH 30TH - BLOCK 7 (JON R, MYCALA)**
 * Quiz on Tuesday**


 * MARCH 29TH - BLOCK 4 - JON LEACH, KIANA - QUIZ ON MONDAY!!**
 * Students have a study guide that we filled out in class**


 * BLOCK 3**
 * MARCH 27TH - worked on Mineral ID Lab**


 * BLOCK 4**
 * MARCH 27TH - Weathering and erosion notes**
 * Quiz next week**


 * MARCH 25TH -**
 * BLOCK 7 - Jon R,**
 * Assignment: Guided reading, pages 576 - 582**


 * BLOCK 4**
 * MARCH 25TH - "How Old are Rocks?" notes and activity**
 * OVERDUE HOMEWORK: Jon L & Kiana P - Density Lab, Dice Game, Reading Guide (Science book pgs 5i76-582)**


 * MARCH 20TH**
 * Block 3: Tucker, Jamie, Joey, Josh**
 * Block 4: Kiana, Jon L, Izzy**
 * Read pages 576-582 and fill in Reading Guide - due Thursday**
 * Must have Density Lab in by Monday**

March 18th - block 7 will start Identificaiton of Minerals lab next class

Joey C and Jamie W have not handed in test essay on volcano or earthquake
 * March 18th - block 3**
 * Notes on rocks**
 * drew rock cycle**
 * finished Density Lab - homework: finish lab questions for Wednesday class**

Block 7 - Jon Rose, Mycala will be able to retake the plate tectonics test along with others who failed - MONDAY

March 14th **- worked on DENSITY OF EARTH LAB - all blocks** March 1st - Test on volcanoes, earthquakes and plate tectonics on Friday March 8th - block 3 & 4 - Jamie, Josh, Joey, Tucker, Jon L, Kiana multiple choice and an essay which can be submitted ahead of time Study guide for note taking available through myself and Mr. Varney

FEB 26th - movie "Volcano Watchers" Volcano notes
 * FEB 28th - Period 7 will have test on Monday 3/4 - Jon Rose only**

FEB 25TH HOMEWORK: DUE __WEDNESDAY__ Tucker, Josh R, Joey C, Jamie W, (Kiana, Jon L due Tuesday) READ PAGES 567 - 575; COMPLETE QUESTIONS 1-7

FEB 14th - Tucker, Josh, Joey, Jamie, Jon Rose (Kiana, Jon L haven't received it yet) Started ROCKIN' AND ROLLIN' IN THE USA earthquake lab Homework Prelab questions by next class

FEB 13th - DUE: SEA FLOOR SPREADING LAB HAWAII VOLCANO LAB - period 7 (They will have quiz on Thursday)

FEB 11th - Handouts for upcoming test handed out. TEST TOMORROW 2/12 for block 4 (Jon Leach, Kiana P, Kyle Lavallee, Izzy D) plate boundaries, earth layers, proof of plate tectonics

FEB 7th - complete Sea Floor Spreading lab including questions through 8.

FEB. 5th/6th - all blocks Took notes on plate tectonics, sea floor spreading lab QUIZ ON FRIDAY - LAYERS OF THE EARTH, PLATE TECTONICS (THIS WILL BE A SHORT QUIZ & MR. VARNEY WILL THEM SPECIFIC DETAILS ON WHAT TO STUDY)

FEB 1st - block 7 Read pages 550 - 556. Answer question 1-7.

Feb 1st - Plate Tectonics, layers of earth

Jan 29th - In classwork: Plate Boundary maps; groups will present next class

JAN 28TH - Started Earth Science section In class work: Plate Tectonics lab

Jan 14th - Study Guide: make flash cards or make notes on up to Scientific Notation

Jan. 11th - Midterm Review - complete up to pg. 2 after LOCAL Garden Trip students are allowed a notecard for exam Mr. Varney will assign review sections on a daily basis

Jan 8th - Notes on Population Growth, finish population by year graph and answer questions if not completed in class Finish biome brochure and hand in
 * [[file:final version Varney 2013 midterm study guid.pdf]] quizlet studyguide for Varney midterm.**
 * Link to quizlet []**


 * 1/4 - World Population notes and graph**
 * Biome project due Tuesday for Period 7 - Jon Rose**

1/2/13 BIOME BROCHURE PROJECT DUE MONDAY JANUARY 7TH**

Students may choose to make a poster for the biome project. They can limit the biome to one specific example of that biome, for example the Sahara Desert (desert), Rocky Mountains (alpine).

=**ALL** **CLASSES MUST GET BINDERS ORGANIZED BY TOMORROW, FRIDAY !!**=
 * MUST HAVE SECTIONS FOR: NOTES, HOMEWORK & CLASSWORK, TESTS & QUIZZES, LABS & PROJECTS**
 * STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE A GRADE ON THIS!**


 * Assignment due: "A MEASURE OF MAINE'S WATER IN A TYPICAL YEAR"**


 * Study Guides for Science test Friday, except Jon Rose on Thursday.**
 * On this aquifer diagram be able to draw it and identify the circled terms.**

above is the study guide for the test on 12/21


 * Dec. 11th - All classes: finish Porosity/Permeability Lab -**
 * Period 7 started groups to present info on Silica, pH, conductivity, nitrates**

Homework: Work on Porosity Lab
 * Dec. 6th -** Porosity Lab
 * Dec. 4th & 5th**


 * Acquifers, soil horizons**
 * Drew diagram of Aquifers**
 * Soil Horizons lab**

**NOV. 29TH**

 * BLOCK 4**
 * Complete study guide for test on MONDAY.**
 * DRAW S04 AND SHOW BONDS.**
 * COME TO CLASS WITH THE COMPLETED STUDY GUIDE TOMORROW AND WE'LL DO A COMPLETE REVIEW.**


 * PERIOD 3**
 * NOV. 28th - fill out review sheet for Friday, 11/30**
 * pay attention to Nitrogen cycle**
 * Study review sheet which gives everything included on the test**
 * choose sulfur and oxide - draw it best you can to show bonding**


 * Nov. 16th - Tested LOCAL Garden earth samples for chemical levels and biological content**
 * NOV. 5th - NEXT FRIDAY 11/9 WE WILL VISIT THE LOCAL COMMUNITY GARDEN. DRESS APPROPRIATELY.**

**Oct. 30th - notes on SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIPS (notes are available from Mrs. Hulberg or Study Strategies teacher)**

 * DUE FRIDAY, RAFT WRITING ON SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIPS. EACH STUDENT CHOSE THEIR SUBJECTS. WILL WORK ON NEXT CLASS.**

**Oct. 25th - TEST MONDAY OCT 29TH**

 * STUDENTS GIVEN STUDY GUIDE TO COMPLETE**


 * SEE VARNEY'S BLOG FOR TODAY'S NOTES**

Passed out Shannon-Weiner Diversity Index to put data on pg.2 1. listed organizations and number in each quadrant 2. added total numbers at bottom 3. divide number of species by total 4. take that number and find nature log 5. multiply columns 3 & 4 in #5 Lastly add all column 5
 * OCT 24th - test next week on terminology**
 * Oct. 19th -**
 * Students in Blocks 3, 4, 7 - Complete the Reid State Park Intertidal Data Lab Report and hand in on MONDAY OCT 22nd**
 * Block 3 - due TUESDAY OCT 23rd**
 * Oct. 10 th**
 * Block 3, 4, 7**

Oct 9th - blocks 3, 4 started Reid State Park lab report. Students must bring laptops to create documents. See Varney's website.

Watched Planet Earth film and turned in questions Oct. 2: worked on food chains. Notes on tides are on Mr. Varney's webiste. Get parents to sign permission slip for Reid State Park field trip this Thursday, Oct 4th Bring warm clothing and waterproof shoes if possible
 * Oct 5th - blocks 4, 7**
 * OCT 1: All blocks**
 * Assignment/homework**: Analysis Questions 1-7 on Food Web Lab


 * SEPT. 21ST**
 * No homework**
 * Will begin ecology unit**
 * Students are encouraged to check Mr. Van**
 * SEPT 20TH**
 * Quiz tomorrow for periods 3, 4, 7**
 * will be on metric measurements and scientific notations**
 * Started Characteristics of** Life worksheet.


 * SEPT. 19TH**
 * Block 7 - quiz on Friday Sept. 21st: Metric system and scientific notation**
 * Block 4:** **Finished Density Lab**
 * Make graph showing density values**


 * Block 3: same assignment**

**Sept 17th**

 * Blocks 3 & 4**
 * Assignment: Students who have't finished the Density Lab must do so as homework**
 * Classwork: Started scientific notation**

Sept. 18th Block 3

 * Worked on scientific notation**
 * Quiz - Monday Sept. 24th on metrics, scientific notation**