Feb 6 - Feb 17 tentative schedule (REVISED)

Monday, February 6: (In-class project)
1. Weather chart
2. Groups - Science and Society - Cars and Clean Air (page 24)
~In groups of two or three, you will read the article and then do the “You Decide” questions #1 and #2 (answer all the questions). For #3 you will create a poster to encourage people to try to reduce pollution from cars and possibly use an alternative method. You will need to write captions to explain your solution(s).
Homework: Continue working on Science in the News. You must show your article to me by Wednesday (and I need to record what it is).

Tuesday, February 7: (In-class project)
1. Weather Chart
2. Students will present their posters to the class.
3. Discussion
Homework: Continue working on Science in the News. You must show your article to me by tomorrow (and I need to record what it is).

Wednesday, February 8: Allowed additional time to work on the project; presenting today. Period 7 missed one class so will present tomorrow.
1. Weather Chart
2. Continue with presentations
3. Start Reading section 3 - Air Pressure (didn't get to start until Thursday)
Objectives: After completing the lesson students will be able to
* identify some of the properties of air
* name instruments that are used to measure air pressure
* explain how increasing altitude affects air pressure and density
Homework: Vocabulary terms (7): density, pressure, air pressure, barometer, mercury barometer, aneroid barometer, altitude - Still due tomorrow

Thursday, February 9:
1. Weather Chart
2. Still have presentations to finish up.
3. Continue with section 3; start review questions in class if time.
Homework: Chapter 1 Section 3 Review questions #1 - #4 on page 30 Due Monday

Friday, February 10:
1. Weather Chart
2. Section 3 pages 25 - 30
3. Go over page 30 questions if needed. Start going over section 4 - layers of the atmosphere. Vocabulary will be done right in class during the notes.
Homework: 1. Fill in weather chart (remember you need 21 days total for the month of February to get a 100%); 2. Finish Science in the News if not done (due Feb. 15)

Monday, February 13:
1. Pass out any corrected papers; continue Weather chart
2. Go over the rest of the questions on page 30
3. Pass out Peer Eval sheets to any student that has not filled one out yet (period 2 still needs to do)
4. Start looking at section 4 - Layers of the Atmosphere.
Vocabulary will be done through class notes and worksheet tomorrow.
Homework: 1. Fill in weather chart (remember you need 21 days total for the month of February to get a 100%); 2. Continue working on Science in the News; due this Wednesday.
TEST on Friday over Chapter 1. Review the study guide located on page 37 and any additional notes taken in class.

Tuesday, February 14:
1. Weather Chart
2. Continue with section 4 and do Worksheet for layers of the atmosphere
Homework: Continue working on Science in the News; due tomorrow.
TEST on Friday over Chapter 1. Review the study guide located on page 37 and any additional notes taken in class.

Wednesday, February 15:
1. Weather Chart
2. Continue with section 4 if needed. Go over graphing of the layers of the atmosphere.
3. Start Reviewing for test Friday
Homework: TEST on Friday over Chapter 1. Review the study guide located on page 37 and any additional notes taken in class.

Thursday, February 16:
1. Weather Chart
2. Review for test.
Homework: TEST on Friday over Chapter 1. Review the study guide located on page 37 and any additional notes taken in class.

Friday, February 17:
1. Weather Chart (I will provide the information)
2. TEST over Chapter 1
Homework:
1. Fill in weather chart (remember you need 21 days total for the month of February to get a 100%. If you have close to this already you will not have to do much during vacation. If you have not done much you may want to do this over vacation).
2. NO additional homework ~ Enjoy your February vacation!

Beaufort's Wind Scale

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/beaufort.html

Beaufort Wind Scale

Developed in 1805 by Sir Francis Beaufort of England

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Force	Wind (Knots)	WMO Classification	Appearance of Wind Effects
			On the Water	On Land
0	Less than 1	Calm	Sea surface smooth and mirror-like	Calm, smoke rises vertically
1	1-3	Light Air	Scaly ripples, no foam crests	Smoke drift indicates wind direction, still wind vanes
2	4-6	Light Breeze	Small wavelets, crests glassy, no breaking	Wind felt on face, leaves rustle, vanes begin to move
3	7-10	Gentle Breeze	Large wavelets, crests begin to break, scattered whitecaps	Leaves and small twigs constantly moving, light flags extended
4	11-16	Moderate Breeze	Small waves 1-4 ft. becoming longer, numerous whitecaps	Dust, leaves, and loose paper lifted, small tree branches move
5	17-21	Fresh Breeze	Moderate waves 4-8 ft taking longer form, many whitecaps, some spray	Small trees in leaf begin to sway
6	22-27	Strong Breeze	Larger waves 8-13 ft, whitecaps common, more spray	Larger tree branches moving, whistling in wires
7	28-33	Near Gale	Sea heaps up, waves 13-19 ft, white foam streaks off breakers	Whole trees moving, resistance felt walking against wind
8	34-40	Gale	Moderately high (18-25 ft) waves of greater length, edges of crests begin to break into spindrift, foam blown in streaks	Twigs breaking off trees, generally impedes progress
9	41-47	Strong Gale	High waves (23-32 ft), sea begins to roll, dense streaks of foam, spray may reduce visibility	Slight structural damage occurs, slate blows off roofs
10	48-55	Storm	Very high waves (29-41 ft) with overhanging crests, sea white with densely blown foam, heavy rolling, lowered visibility	Seldom experienced on land, trees broken or uprooted, "considerable structural damage"
11	56-63	Violent Storm	Exceptionally high (37-52 ft) waves, foam patches cover sea, visibility more reduced
12	64+	Hurricane	Air filled with foam, waves over 45 ft, sea completely white with driving spray, visibility greatly reduced

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