Class Notes

Regents Review Schedule - HERE
Regents Review Powerpoint - Here
ESRT Final Review Sheet & Answers
January 2013 Regents to Practice:
    Regents Test Questions - Here
    Regents Answer Booklet - Here
    Regents Answer Key - Here
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ASTRONOMY !  Our very last Unit !

Astronomy: Part 2
Kepler's Laws / Eccentricity-PPT /Notes
Ellipse Lab - HERE
Moon Phases - PPT /  NOTES
Universe, Big Bang,Galaxies-PPT/Notes 
Planets & Solar System- PPT/Notes Comets, Asteroids, Meteos -PPT /Notes
Sun/Stars- PPT / Notes
Lifecycle of Stars - Notes
Facts to Memorize - FACTSHEET
Astro Test Review Powerpoint - PPT
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Earth's Rotation/Revolution & Seasons Intro - Notes, PPT.
Rotation/Revolution - Cipriano PPT
Seasons Day 2 - Notes, PPT
Seasons Day 3 (Sun's Path) - Notes
Season's Overview - Notes
Time of Day and Star Trails - Notes, PPT
Astro Test Review Powerpoint- PPT

Comets, Asteroids, Meteors - Notes, PPT

CLIMATE!!
Factors affecting Climate - PPT. Notes.
How do you know you're in the Southern Hemisphere?  Click HERE
Groundwater/Aquifers- PPT, Notes.
Groundwater Diagram HERE
Coastal/ Continental LAB - Here
Imaginary Continent LAB - Here
Factors affecting Runoff / Infiltration - Notes, PPT.
Porosity, Permeability, Capillarity - PPT

Station Models-Hurricanes-Tornadoes,etc.
Station Model Notes - NOTES
Station Model Practice - Models & Data Form
Forces of Nature Webquest - CLICK
Hurricanes - SlideshowPDF
Hurricane and Tornado Notes - CLICK
Tornadoes - Slideshow PDF- CLICK
Mapping Weather Patterns Lab-Click
Hurricane Tracking Lab-Click
Tracking Hurricane Katrina Lab-Click
Weather Intro - Notes
Twister-Movie
Moisture/Relative Humidity-Notesand PPT
Dew Point Temperature - Notes and PPT               
Lab Relative Humidity and DewPt
Cloud Formation - Notes
Cloud Website - click here
DewPoint and Cloud Formation Lab
Planetary Wind and Moisture Belts ESRT page 14 -Notes and Maps
High and Low Pressure Systems-Notes
QUIZ 
Air Masses and Fronts - Handout & Notes
Fronts Notes - Notes 
Fronts Video - Youtube
Fronts Animation
Test Review - Powerpoint
WEATHER TEST STUDY !!!  Covers everything we have done from here UP!!  Look over notes and handouts.
Weather, R.H., Dew Pt., Clouds, Wind Belts, Pressure Systems, Air Masses, Fronts..
Do Castlelearning!!

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Energy Transfer - Notes
Absorbers & Radiators - PPT
Greenhouse Effect - Notes
Zero Waste Home - Video
Specific Heat - ppt. and Notes
Seabreeze/Landbreeze-  Notes
Phase Changes of Water - notes
Labs: Conduction, Radiation, Heating and Cooling Rates, Thermodynamics
All DUE by Mach 5 !!!!
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Geologic History-Notes
Sequence of Events - powerpoint
Rock Correlation - powerpoint
Rock Correlation, Index Fossil-Notes
Radioactive Decay - Notes.  Powerpoint
Lab: Radioactive Decay - LAB
Graphing: 2 line graphs. X-axis is # half-lives, Y-axis is # M&Ms.
Plot the data from # M&M Down AND Total M&M Removed. Graph is COLOR-coded
Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics
Jan.  3- 12
Earth's Interior Notes
Continental Drift Theory Notes
Seafloor Spreading-Notes
Plate Boundaries - Notes
Hot Spots - Video
Plate Boundary Diagrams
Test Review Questions - Click HERE

Jan. 14-18
Earthquakes and Seismic Waves - Notes
Seismic Wave Animation, Savage Earth
Earthquake Videos- NatGeo, P & Swave
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SEPTEMBER: 
Prologue - Unit 1
Graphic Relationships Notes. 
Rate of Change Notes      
Gradient Notes-Cipriano 
Rate of Change & Graph Lab       
Density Introduction
Temp. Pressure and Density
Special Properties of Water 
QUIZ TOMORROW!!  Density, Rate of Change, Graphing Relationships ...STUDY
Density Lab

Measuring Earth - Unit 2
EarthShapeandStructure-Bordi
EarthShape-Brighton-Cipriano
Video-Earth Spin Causes Bulge
Finding Polaris Animation
LatLongTimePDF
Video-Why Altitude of Polaris = Latitude
Latitude Longitude
Latitude and Polaris
Longitude and Time 
Longitude/Time continued
Lab-Understanding Latitude & Longitude
Lab-Latitude and Longitude using the ESRT
X-Help TODAY- Thursday
Test Review-Density, Rate, % Error, Graphic Relationships, Proof of Earth's Shape, Latitude, Longitude, Polaris, Time... STUDY
Unit Test Friday Sept. 28 STUDY do castlelearning!!!

October
Oct. 1 - Intro to field maps/Isolines/Gradient
Oct. 2 - Contour Maps Rules-notes
Oct. 3 - Topographic Maps and Gradient
Oct. 4 - Intro to Map Profile-notes
Oct. 5 - Quiz !!
Oct. 9 - Making TopoMap Profiles-notes
Oct. 10 - Earth's Spheres-notes
Oct. 11-Powerpoint Review HERE
Oct. 12 - UNIT TEST !!  STUDY Notes, Quiz, Handouts !!!

Oct. 15- Mineral Intro
Oct. 16-Mineral Properties Identification -PPT
Oct. 17 - 1st Quarter Project/ Mineral ID Lab
Oct. 18 - Mineral ID Lab
Oct. 19 - QUIZ (minerals) - Rock Cycle Image and Notes Here
How are Diamonds Formed?  https://beyond4cs.com/how-are-diamonds-made-and-formed/
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Oct. 22 - Rock Cycle ESRT. 6
Oct. 23 - Igneous Rock Formation - Notes
Oct. 24 -Igneous Rock Identification ESRT. 6
Oct. 25- Igneous Review / Lab
Oct. 26 - QUIZ: Igneous Rocks
Giant Crystal Caves Video

HURRICANE SANDY : No School -Nov.6

Nov. 7- Sandy / Sedimentary Rocks-Notes
Nov. 8- NO SCHOOL
Nov. 9- NO SCHOOL
Nov. 12- Veteran's Day
Nov. 13 - Sedimentary - Notes
Nov. 14- Metamorphic - Notes: Cip - Brighton
Nov. 15- Test Review
Nov. 16- TEST Rocks and Minerals

** Quarter Ends November 20 **

Weathering & Erosion:
Types of Weathering and
Weathering Rates-notes
Factors Affecting Weathering Rates -lab- 
Soils- notes
Lab - Soils
Video-Weathering & Erosion
Agents of Erosion- notes
Deposition Factors - powerpoint.  Notes
Erosion&Deposition in Rivers - powerpoint
Meandering Rivers-Notes
Life Cycle of Rivers-Notes
Glacier Formation - Notes
Test Review - Notes
Coastal Erosion - Notes
Landscapes - Notes
PROJECTS !!
Handouts and Review Sheets
Test Corrections Form

Kepler/ Eccentricity Handout
Facts to Memorize - FACTSHEET
ESRT Final Review
Short Answer Practice
10 Things to Remember
13 Must Know Facts
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Moon Phases Diagram-Handout
Moon Phases Handout
Sun/Stars Handout
Seasons Handout
Sun Path Practice 1
Sun Path Practice 2
Sun Path Practice 3
Astro MC Questions

Water Cycle Handout
Groundwater Handout
Porosity,Permeability,Capillarity
Water Cycle Qs

Station Model Intro
Station Model MC Questions
Station Model Practice 1
Station Model Practice 2
Test Review Questions
NY Tornado Questions

Dew Point Temperature
RH and Dew Point Questions
Weather Practice Questions
Planetary Wind & Moisture Belts Maps
Wind Belts and Clouds M.C. Qs
Additional Questions for Practice-Here
Air Masses and Fronts Worksheet
Air Mass Questions
Fronts Short Answer Worksheet
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Handout 1 Energy Transfer
 Handout 2 EM Spectrum
Handout Energy Review 20 Qs
(Finish for HW)
Heating Curve of Water and Review Questions
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Sequence of Events Handouts- 1, 2, 3
Rock Correlation - 1, 2
Index Fossils - 1
Radioactive Decay - 1
Radioactive Decay and Review Sheet - 1
Short Answer Questions - 1
TestRev Powerpoint w/answr - Here
Midterm Review Guide
Midterm Review Short Answer
Midterm Review Packet MC
Midterm Review Packet Short Answer
PROJECT
Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics
Earth's Interior Qs
Plate Tectonics and Seafloor SpreadingQs
SandwichPlateDoNow Qs
HWPlateBoundaries Qs
JuandeFuca and HotSpots Qs
Tectonic Plates Chart Qs
Group MC Qs
Jan. 14-18
PROJECTS !!!   PROJECT
P & S wave Cars Graph - handout
P & S Wave Problems  - handout
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September:
Line Graphs Practice 
Rate of Change Handout
Density of Matter
Graphing Density/Practice Problems
Review Questions
Measuring the Earth
Earth's Spheres-Bordi
Latitude Longitude Introduction
Longitude/TimeZonesPractice
Lat Long Time HW
Test Review Powerpoint
Test Review Questions
Unit Test Review NOTES
October:
Intro isolines and gradient
Gradient and Field Maps
Gradient Qs
Intro to topo Maps
HW-Gradient and Controur Lines
DoNow Cottonwood Creek
Land Features and Profiles
Constructing Topographic Profiles
Topographic Maps -DepressionProfiles
Lat Longitude PPT Review
Unit Review PPT
Jeopardy Review Game PPT
Rocks & Minerals:
Minerals
PropertiesofCommonMinerals
PropertiesofCommonRockFormMineralsLab
Mineral Identification Lab
MINERAL PROJECT
Rock Cycle Handout
Rock Formation Question Sheet
Rock Cycle Review Website Click HERE
Igneous Rock ESRT Lab
Igneous Formation Handout
Igneous Review
Igneous Identification Lab
Igneous Rock Pictures
Video- A Day Made of Glass-Corning

Sedimentary Rock ESRT Lab
Sedimentary Rocks Handout & mc Qs
Sedimentary Rock Identification Lab
Sed-Ig Review
Metamorphic Rock Worksheet
Metamorphic Rock Lab
Test Practice Questions
Review Sheet
Short Answer Questions
Concept Mapping Rocks Lab
Cookie Rock Lab

November/December:Weathering & Erosion:
Weathering 10Q
Weathering & Soils Q
Short Answer Q
Weathering and Climate
Erosion-Deposition Q
Examples of Erosion
Agents of Erosion Handout
Erosion-Water Q
 NYS Glaciers Article and Qs
Glacier Features and Qs
Glaciers 
Long Island Glaciers Qs
Erosion REVIEW ppt
Deposition REVIEW ppt
Ocean/Wave Action Qs
Landscapes Qs
Rubber Duckies Lost at Sea Article
Landscapes and Dranage Patterns
Landscapes
Graphing Surface Processes
Drainage Patterns
Answer Keys


Kepler/ Eccentricity Key

ESRT Final Review Key

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Moon Phases Diagram - Key
Moon Phases Handout Key
Sun/Stars Key

Seasons Handout Answers
Sun Path Practice 1 Answers
Sun Path Practice 2 Answers
Sun Path Practice 3 Answers
Astro MC Answers

Water Cycle Answers
Groundwater Answers
Porosity, Permeability, Capillarity Key
Water Cycle Key

Station Model MC Answers
Station Model Practice 1 Answers
Station Model Practice 2 Answers
Test Review Answers
NY Tornado Answers

Dew Point Temp Key
RH and DewPoint Key
Wind Belts and Clouds M.C. Key
Relationships Key
Air Masses and Fronts Key
Air Mass Questions Key
Fronts Short Answer KEY
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Sequence of Events - Key
Index Fossils-Key
Rock Correlation-Key
RockCorrelationRadioactiveDecay- Key
Radioactive Decay and Review Sheet
ShortAnswerQuestions - Key
Midterm Review Packet MC - Key last page
Short Answer Key- Go to last 2 pages
Slideshow Review for Midterm
Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics
Earth's Interior Key
Plate Tectonics and Seafloor SpreadingKey
SandwichPlateDoNow Key
HWPlateBoundaries Key
JuandeFuca and HotSpots Key
Tectonic Plates Chart Key
Group MC Key
Jan. 14-18
P & S wave Practice Graph - Key
P & S Wave Problems 1&2-key
P & S Wave Problems 3&4-key
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Weathering & Erosion
Weathering & Soils
Short Answer
Weathering & Climate
Erosion-Deposition Key
Stream Velocity and Particle Size Key 
Erosion-Water Key
Glaciers Qs-Key
September:
Line Graphs
Rate of Change
Density of Matter
Graphing Density-Practice Problems
Review Questions
Lat Long Intro
Longitude Time Zones Practice
LatLongTimeHW
October:
Intro isolines and gradient key
Gradient and Field Maps
Gradient Qs multiple choice
Intro to topo maps
HW-Gradient and Contour lines
DoNow Cottonwood Creek
Land Features and Profiles
Constructing Topographic Profiles
Topographic Maps-Depressions
River Isolines
Rocks & Minerals
Minerals
PropertiesofCommonMinerals
Rock Cycle Answers
Rock Formation Answers
Igneous Formation Answers
Igneous Review Answers
Sedimentary Rocks Fill In Answers
Sedimenary Rocks MC Answer
Sed-Ig Review Answers
Metamorphic Rocks Answers
Short Answer Answers
Test Practice Answers
Review Sheet