Tuesday, February 14, 2012

February 13-17, 2012

World Geogarphy
Mon. 2/13 -- Rain Forest work.  We watched a video on the issue of developing or saving the rain forests.  Make-up -Read p. 245-247, do questions 1,3 and 4. First map review day: Latin America map. www.ilike2learn.com  A website with map quizzes for each continent or region.
Tue. 2/14 -- Reviw sheet for the test.  Get one from my room.
Wed. 2/15 -- TEST for Latin America.
Thur. 2/16 -- Political map of Europe.  Complete map and do the questions with the map.
Fri. 2/17 -- [35 min. period] Video on the "Enchanted cities of Europe"  Video Questions.

Anthropology
Mon. 2/13 -- Bipedal cartoons.  Read. 161-166 anf find 5 advangtages of bipedalism and 5 disadvantages of bipedalism.  Make a cartoon to illustrate 3 of each.
Tue. 2/14 -- Working on phylogenetic trees.  Read articple on Ardipithecus ramidus from Science.  Discuss evolutionary relationships between Ardi and Australopithecus.  Make a phylogenetic tree showing the relationships. Use p. 159 in the text to develop your own tree.  There are examples and time frames on that page.
Wed. 2/15 -- Review for the test.
Thur. 2/16 -- Unit 1 test on primates and australopithecus.
Fri. 2/17 -- [35 min. period] Introduce Homo habilis.  Questions from the book.

Ancient Medieval
Mon 2/13  (two day project) Follow directions below for make-up. 
Read p. 142-145 -- Make a 10 step list of Alexander's conquests. From p. 145 read Alexander's Legacy and describe two legacies.
Tue. 2/14 -- Read p. 146-149.  Pick two of the sections (Alesxandria, Astronomy, Math/Physics, Philosophy or Art) Write a 3 sentence description for the two you choose on how Hellenistic culture contributed to those areas. That will be 6 sentences.
[Note: we did a group project and presented on each of these topics.]
Wed. 2/15 -- Finish presentations, review for Test
Thur. 2/16 -- Test on Greece
Friday 2/17 -- [35 min. period] video on Rome ) Pompeii


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