May 31, 2016

1)  Classes 803 and 831 - Complete questions #1-10 in your Regents Exam Booklets.  Provide explanations with your responses.  You may write in the booklets.   

2) Kepler's First Law of Planetary Motion Lab 21/22 - Lab is overdue.  Hand in ASAP.

3)  Earth Science Regents Lab Practical Exam is on Monday, June 6, 2016.  The lab concepts tested for on this exam include:  Rock and Mineral Identification, Locating the Epicenter of an Earthquake, and Eccentricity and Elliptical Orbits.  There are many useful online videos (see a few links below) to use to review this material.  The ES Review Guide and Barron's Review Guide also have sections that cover this material.  

Locating an EQ Epicenter Video
Epicenter Location Video
Determining the Epicenter Distance Video

Earth Science Regents Exam is on Friday, June 17, 2016.  Below are some very useful links for review.  Also, you can access all old Regents Exams on the NYSED website, including answer keys. 
Regents Earth
NYS Regents Prep
Practice Regents Questions by Topic
Earth Science Review Flashcards
100 Illustrations to help you Pass the Earth Science Regents
HMX Earth Science

There are also many useful review videos on you tube, including a series of videos posted by the HMX Earth Science team.

May 27, 2016

1)  Kepler's First Law of Planetary Motion Lab 20/21 - due on Tuesday, May 31, 2016.

2)  Earth Science Regents Lab Practical Exam is on Monday, June 6, 2016.  The lab concepts tested for on this exam include:  Rock and Mineral Identification, Locating the Epicenter of an Earthquake, and Eccentricity and Elliptical Orbits.  There are many useful online videos to use to review this material.  The ES Review Guide and Barron's Review Guide also have sections that cover this material.  

Earth Science Regents Exam is on Friday, June 17, 2016.  Below are some very useful links for review.  Also, you can access all old Regents Exams on the NYSED website, including answer keys. 
Regents Earth
NYS Regents Prep
Practice Regents Questions by Topic
Earth Science Review Flashcards
100 Illustrations to help you Pass the Earth Science Regents
HMX Earth Science

There are also many useful review videos on you tube, including a series of videos posted by the HMX Earth Science team.

May 25, 2016

Earth Science Regents Lab Practical Exam is on Monday, June 6, 2016.  The lab concepts tested for on this exam include:  Rock and Mineral Identification, Locating the Epicenter of an Earthquake, and Eccentricity and Elliptical Orbits.

Earth Science Regents Exam is on Friday, June 17, 2016.  Below are some very useful links for review.  Also, you can access all old Regents Exams on the NYSED website, including answer keys.
Regents Earth
NYS Regents Prep
Practice Regents Questions by Topic
Earth Science Review Flashcards
100 Illustrations to help you Pass the Earth Science Regents
HMX Earth Science

There are also many useful review videos on you tube, including a series of videos posted by the HMX Earth Science team.

May 23, 2016

Moon Phases Diagram must be fully complete.  Moon Phases Regents Questions - Due tomorrow.

May 20, 2016

If you are able to purchase or have the Red Barron's Regents Exams and Answers Earth Science The Physical Setting book - please bring it to class starting on Tuesday, May 24, 2016.  We will begin to use it to assign homework and review each day.

It can be purchased online (Amazon is a good choice), Barnes and Noble, and I even saw it at the local Raindew for sale.

May 19, 2016

1) Planet Poster Project:  Tomorrow will be the last day in class to work on your planet poster project.  Please ensure that you have all materials you need with you to complete your project.  We will NOT have access to laptops in class.

2) Do not forget that lab work must be submitted by May 20th for the Regents exam qualification.

May 18, 2016

This evening for homework, please complete a comparison and contrast of Jovian and Terrestrial planets.  You may use your Earth Science Reference Table, Earth Science Review Guide and any other resources to assist you.  The format you choose to present this information is up to you (for example, a t-chart, Venn diagram, etc).  Please bring this to class tomorrow.  You may complete it in your notebook or on loose leaf paper.

Also, make sure that you have all the research for your part of the Planet Poster Project complete and with you in class tomorrow so that you can work on creating your poster presentation and scaled drawing of your planet.  If you have any materials you would like to bring to use to create your planet or poster, please do so.  I will have available, scissors, glue, markers, colored pencils, construction paper and chart paper.

Do not forget that lab work must be submitted by May 20th for the Regents exam qualification.

May 17, 2016

1) Regents Lab Requirment: Please make sure to fully complete and hand in any missing lab work.  Your final date to hand in labs for Regents purposed is May 20th.

2) The Earth Science Regents Exam is on Friday, June 17, 2016.  I suggest you begin reviewing on a regular basis.    The Earth Science Lab Practical Exam is scheduled for June 6/7, 2016.  Some useful websites for review include:

Regents Earth
NYS Regents Prep
Practice Regents Questions by Topic
Earth Science Review Flashcards
100 Illustrations to help you Pass the Earth Science Regents
HMX Earth Science

There are also many useful review videos on you tube, including a series of videos posted by the HMX Earth Science team.

May 13, 2016

1) Lifecycle of a Star Project - If you have not submitted or shared a rough draft with me via Google Docs, you may do so over the weekend and I will do my best to get back to you with some feedback. Refer to the model examples to help you in your writing process.  Your final project is due Tuesday, May 17, 2016.

3) Regents Lab Requirment:  I am currently updating the lab list for each class and will be sending home emails outlining if a student is missing labs and which those are.  Please make sure to fully complete and hand in any missing lab work.  Your final date to hand in labs for Regents purposed is May 20th.

4) The Earth Science Regents Exam is on Friday, June 17, 2016.  I suggest you begin reviewing on a regular basis.    The Earth Science Lab Practical Exam is scheduled for June 6/7, 2016.  Some useful websites for review include:

Regents Earth
NYS Regents Prep
Practice Regents Questions by Topic
Earth Science Review Flashcards
100 Illustrations to help you Pass the Earth Science Regents
HMX Earth Science

There are also many useful review videos on you tube, including a series of videos posted by the HMX Earth Science team.

May 11, 2016

1) Remember you will be given your end of year testing to determine your progress from the start of the year.  Here are some useful links to review:  Experimental Design and Scientific Method.

2)Lifecycle of a Star Project - Graphic Organizer must be complete at this point.  Rough Draft is due on Friday, May 13, 2016.  Please share it with me via Google Docs (emitsiadis@wjps.org).  Refer to the model examples to help you in your writing process.

3) Regents Lab Requirment:  I am currently updating the lab list for each class and will be sending home emails outlining if a student is missing labs and which those are.  Please make sure to fully complete and hand in any missing lab work.  Your final date to hand in labs for Regents purposed is May 20th.

4) The Earth Science Regents Exam is on Friday, June 17, 2016.  I suggest you begin reviewing on a regular basis.    The Earth Science Lab Practical Exam is scheduled for June 6/7, 2016.  Some useful websites for review include:

Regents Earth
NYS Regents Prep
Practice Regents Questions by Topic
Earth Science Review Flashcards
100 Illustrations to help you Pass the Earth Science Regents
HMX Earth Science

There are also many useful review videos on you tube, including a series of videos posted by the HMX Earth Science team.

May 10, 2016

1)  Life Cycle of a Star Project:  Research and record information about each stage of the life cycle of a star on the graphic organizer provided to you.  Use your review guide and the online resource links provided on your project handout to gather information from.  Your graphic organizer/diagram and a chosen option for your representation of the life cycle will be due on Wednesday, May 13 at the start of class.

The rough draft of your written narrative piece will be due on Friday, May 15 at the start of class.  The final project will be due next week.

2) Regents Lab Requirment:  I am currently updating the lab list for each class and will be sending home emails outlining if a student is missing labs and which those are.  Please make sure to fully complete and hand in any missing lab work.  Your final date to hand in labs for Regents purposed is May 20th.

May 6, 2016

All labs must be completed by May 20th to qualify for the Regents exam in June.

The Earth Science Regents Exam is on Friday, June 17, 2016.  I suggest you begin reviewing on a regular basis.  Some useful websites include:

Regents Earth
NYS Regents Prep
Practice Regents Questions by Topic
Earth Science Review Flashcards
100 Illustrations to help you Pass the Earth Science Regents
HMX Earth Science

There are also many useful review videos on you tube, including a series of videos posted by the HMX Earth Science team.

May 4, 2016

Doppler Shift Assignment (Comparing Galactic Spectra) - due tomorrow, May 5th.