Remember!

Hey everyone. Hope you are enjoying the break. I was, but I had to start doing some work today, so I will be ready to see all of you 5 days from now! I know you miss me. I wanted to remind you that we will have a new requirement when you get back. You will need a binder that will be seperated into 5 sections with a divider. The divisions will be:
Homework,
Notes,
Lab reports
Classwork and Warm Ups.
Tests and Quizzes.
I will be checking these periodically, and you will have at least 2 days notice before I collect them. All of the notes must be hand written and must not be photocopied from someone else. All of the warm-ups must be dated and complete.
If you get full credit for the binder check, you will have 5 points added to your next test.
Also...about grading. If you have anything that is late, or you have never handed in, please get it to me. January is going to fly by, and your grades may be lower than expected if I am missing a good deal of your work.

Have a safe and happy new year. I will see you in '08

Winter Break

Have a great Winter/Holiday Break. Enjoy the time off. Come back refreshed and ready to tackle the rest of the year.
Your assignment over the break is to finish the questions you got in lab today. They are due the day we get back!

A testing storm

While helping my parents get ready for our impending holiday (My parents have over 60 dinner guests on Christmas), I got stuck in a pretty decent snow/ice storm, so you guys missed me for a day.
All of the grades are done for the test for those who were there. You can check them online.
This week we will continue to explore minerals for Tuesday-Thursday. Remember that the mighty minerals project is due on Thursday. We will go over some of them the same way that we went presented the Volcanoes we researched. Tomorrow the packet that the substitute gave you is also due.

Mighty Minerals

Today we took the quest and the grades look pretty good. You will have them back on Tuesday. Today I gave you the mighty mineral packets. Here are the names of the minerals that you signed up for. You can find the mineral name and your name next to it. If you have any questions, just send me an email.

Have a great weekend!

Mineral Properties Lab.

Clinohedrite

Today in class we identified some minerals. Here are your questions for the mineral identification lab.

The questions are due Tuesday 12/11/07. Please write all answers in complete sentences.

Salty Hands

Hopefully you enjoyed the salty hands today. Tomorrow you will see what they will look like when they are dry. Tomorrow we will also go through a lab period where we make observations of new minerals and perform some tests on the minerals.

Your homework for tonight is page 127 1 abc and 2 abc.

You should also have compleated the mineral observation sheets. This is a link to the observation sheets.

Minerals

You will have your volcano test grades back tomorrow. You will also get your volcano brochure back. The viscocity lab will be graded by the end of the week.
Your homework for tonight is pg. 122 1-2abc. It is due tomorrow.
Here are the mineral notes online for anyone who may have missed them.