Monday, February 9th Entry Task Compare your graph with

the person sitting next to you. While looking at the how to write a lab report worksheet (specifically the graphing portion), please add or change anything that needs to be corrected. If there are discrepancies, please discuss why you did what you did.

Schedule:• Dead Zones Article

Homework:• Study for 13.1 and 13.2

Quiz tomorrow• 13.2 Vocabulary• 13.2 Questions

Objective: I can understand that ocean water moves in currents

Please Have on Desk:• 13.2 RSG• Graphing half sheet

As you read “Dead Zones”

• Highlight important information• Circle Vocabulary words

– Words: fresh water, salt water, water cycle, evaporation, condensation, precipitation, salinity, density, continetal shelf, sonar, ocean current (or just current), downwelling, upwelling, El Nino

• Make annotations– At least 10– Thought, feelings, questions, summarize

1. What is causing crabs, sea stars and sea anemones to die off the coasts of Oregon and Washington?

2. What does hypoxia mean?

3. Hypoxia is a common thing in deep oceans, why are scientists concerned about the most recent discoveries involving hypoxia in the world’s oceans.

4. How is hypoxia related to global warming? What happens if the pattern continues?

5. What DID scientists think is the cause of the ocean “dead zones?”

6. Now what do scientists say the dead zones (including those off the Northwest coast) might be linked to?

7. What are some other explanations that some scientists might attribute the lower oxygen levels to?

8. Do all of the scientists agree? What other information do YOU think would be necessary for scientists to all agree on what is causing the oxygen level differences?

9. Why does the lower amount of oxygen affect some species more than others?

Tuesday, February 10th Entry Task

Copy down the following and fill in the blanks with correct terms.1.A mass of moving water is called a __________2.Surface currents are caused by ______ blowing across the ocean3.Deep currents are caused by differences in the ________ of water.

Schedule:• Finish Dead Zones• 13.1 and 13.2 Quiz• 13.4 Read/RSG

Homework• Finish RSG

• Objective: I can understand that water rises and falls in tides

Please have on desk:• 13.2 vocabulary• 13.2 questions

Wednesday, February 11th Entry Task

Answer the following questions using full sentences, IQIA.

1.What is gravity?2.What is a tide?3.How many tides happen in one day?

Schedule:• Tides notes• Tides activity

Homework• 13.4 Questions• 13.4 Vocabulary• Chapter 11/13 Test Friday• Notebook Check Friday

• Objective: I can understand that water rises and falls in tides

Please have on desk:• 13.4 RSG

• Tides are the vertical movement of Tides are the vertical movement of water, the rise (flood) and fall (ebb) water, the rise (flood) and fall (ebb) of water in large water bodies. of water in large water bodies.

• Tides are most noticeable along Tides are most noticeable along continental shorelines. continental shorelines.

• Tides occur because the Moon’s Tides occur because the Moon’s gravity changes the shape of gravity changes the shape of Earth’s oceans.Earth’s oceans.

Moon

low tide

High tide

rotation of Earth

• The attraction causes the oceans to The attraction causes the oceans to bulge out in the direction of the bulge out in the direction of the moon. moon.

• Another bulge occurs on the Another bulge occurs on the opposite side, since the Earth is also opposite side, since the Earth is also being pulled toward the moon (and being pulled toward the moon (and away from the water on the far away from the water on the far side). side).

• Since the earth is rotating while this Since the earth is rotating while this is happening, two tides occur each is happening, two tides occur each day. day.

Thursday, February 12th Entry Task Write down the key concepts for the following sections11.113.113.213.4

Write down one important thing from each section

Schedule:• Chapter 11/13 Review

Homework:• Complete Review• Hydrosphere test tomorrow• Notebook Check tomorrow

Objective: • I can review important information about the hydrosphere.

Friday, February 13th Entry Task Take the next couple of minutes to review and study for your test.

Schedule:• Chapter 11/13 Test• Notebook Check

Homework:• None, have a great break

Objective: • I can be assessed on important information about the hydrosphere.

Please have on desk:• Chapter 11/13 review