Introduction to Electricity

hmwk 3/3 read chapter 4 and fill out answers to these questions (due Thursday)

hmwk 3/2 read chapter 3 and take jot notes (due Tuesday)

hmwk 2/26 read chapter 2 and answer questions (due Monday):
Ch 2 - Energy and Electricity - Ch 2 reading Qs

Electricity Notes

Static Electricity Lab,  How to write a lab report

Electricity Blendspace

Inside a coal fired power plant:

Climate Change: The Crossroads Project

Watch this video about the crossroads project and come in prepared to demonstrate your understanding, reaction, and thoughts regarding this initiative toward educating on climate change.

The Crossroads Project

Effects of Climate Change

Project Rubric
You will be working in small groups to become an expert on a given Effect of Climate Change.  Research your topic to find:

1- The cause of the observed or predicted change (beyond just rising temperatures)

2- Ecological impacts 

3- Impact on Humans

4- Current events related to this observed or predicted change

5- Possible solutions

As the expert, you will be giving a class on your topic.  Think about making it interactive and interesting for your classmates.  You may present your knowledge in the form of a website, blog, activity, interactive/animation website, prezi, powerpoint presentation, etc...
* You must develop 2-3 deep thinking discussion questions

EPA - Environmental Protection Agency
NRDC - Natural Resources Defense Council
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Climate Change - Pearson textbook
Effects of Climate Change - Pearson textbook

Melting Glaciers, Sea Level Rise, and Water Availability - Sophia, Phin
p. 492 Climate Change - Pearson
p. 501 Effects of Climate Change - Pearson

Changes in Precipitation: Flooding or Droughts and impact on Forestry - Stian, Emerson 
p. 492 Climate Change - Pearson
p. 500 Effects of Climate Change - Pearson

Extreme Weather: Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Heatwaves, Wildfires - Sophie, Taylor
p. 500 Effects of Climate Change - Pearson

Ocean Acidification - Brooke, Peyton, Eliza
p. 498-499 Effects of Climate Change-Pearson

Shifting Habitats - Miles
p. 497 Effects of Climate change
shifting habitat

Fossil Fuels and Adapting to Extremes

Homework 2/5 ***Finish watching these videos, need to see Sophia and Peyton's.

Possible Solution to the nitrogen issue

Adapting to Extremes

BP Oil Spill - Stian, Sophie, Eliza

What caused the spill? What solution was used? What environmental threats are associated with this?
BP Oil Spill additional reading

Canada Tar Sands - Emerson, Taylor

How is oil removed from Tar Sands? What environmental impact is involved?
Tar Sands additional reading

Hydraulic Fracturing - Brooke 2, Sophia

What is fracking?  What environmental risks are associated?
Fracking additional reading

Keystone Pipeline - Phin, Peyton

What is being proposed? What environmental risks accompany oil pipelines?
Transportation and Keystone Pipeline additional reading
Keystone Pipeline Current Events

Homework 2/3

Continue reading the EcoSigns portion from the "Signs from Earth" article.  Read pages 8-9 and take jot notes.

Greenhouse Effect textbook entry

You have just been hired by a new textbook company.  Your job is to write the section on the Greenhouse Effect for a similar 8th Grade class.  Please write a passage describing all you know about this natural processes as well as the significance of the Greenhouse Effect to climate change and human activity.  You will be assessed using the SAME RUBRIC as your Greenhouse Effect project.
* make it accurate
* make it visual
* make it detailed
* make it easy to understand

Signs From Earth

Signs From Earth reading - National Geographic 2004

For homework Monday (1/26) read and take notes on the 1st page of EcoSigns


For homework Thursday and Friday (1/22-1/23) Read and take notes on the "GeoSigns: The Big Thaw" section. This includes the first 5 pages of the article.