HOME LEARNING ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE EARTH SPACE SCIENCE CLASS
This page
accumulates all the Home Learning Assignments given since the beginning of the
school year. Students are supposed to take notes of the Home Learning Assignments
in class. If the student was absent, then he/she should call over the phone any
of the 5 classmates contacts established at the beginning of the school year.
In order
to properly identify, evaluate, and grade each piece of work you turn in, always
remember to include the corresponding title, label, and due date of the Home
Learning Assignments exactly as you find them in this page. This will help you
to easily identify the respective grades online.
REVIEW FOR THE FINAL EXAM
DUE DATE: 05/25/11 and 05/26/11
Research and make a table
listing all the possible safety precautions and measures to take in prevention
of a radiation emergency and when it actually occurs. Visit the Center for
Disease Control and Prevention of the USA (www.cdc.gov)
website, the Environmental Protection Agency (www.epa.gov),
and the U.S. Energy Department (www.energy.gov)
DUE DATE: 05/17/11 and 05/18/11
Finish and bring
the essay that you started in class.
Prompt
for the 5-paragraph (minimum) Essay on "One Child per Couple" Law:
Imagine
that the United States of America becomes overpopulated and, as a government
measure to stop and reverse the problem, decides to implant the Law of “only
one child per couple” exactly as China has done it in the past and is doing it
now.
Think
about all the arguments that you have against the place in practice of this
law. Think about all the arguments you may have in support of this law.
Now,
write to persuade the governors from implanting that law or to encourage people
to support the law.
DUE DATE: 05/13/11 and 05/16/11
Finish the
CAUSES-EFFECTS-SOLUTIONS Table that you started in class on the topic of
Overpopulation. Prepare to debate on the topic of Overpopulation and Family
Planning.
DUE DATE: 05/11/11 and 05/12/11
Make a survey among family
members, friends, and neighbors. Ask them 3 questions:
1) What do you think are the
causes for famine in this world? (Please, provide you answer specifying the
order of importance)
2) What do you think are the
consequences of famine in the world? (in order of importance)
3) What do you think are the
solutions to the problem of famine in the world?
Study the answers, make an
analysis, and summarize the results of the survey. Specify the results in
percentage. For example: 65% of the population interviewed thought that the
main cause for famine is lack of money, 25% thought that it is due to political
problems like dictatorial, totalitarian, and abusive governments, 8% thought it
is due to natural disasters, and 2 % thought that it is due to lack of water.
Try to explain why the people interviewed answered that way and what it means.
For example: “the crowd showed ignorance about the main cause for famine
worldwide, in fact, the main cause is …… and nobody directly appointed that
cause”
DUE DATE: 05/05/11 and 05/06/11
Bring the Vocabulary
Definitions of the entire Chapter 31
DUE DATE: 05/02/11 and 05/03/11
Bring the Research Project
Paper on the International Space Station (ISS) and the Computer file with the
Power Point Presentation on the ISS (in a travel Drive, or DVD, or CD). The
guidelines are in this website under PROJECTS
(http://teachers.dadeschools.net/spagani/ProjectsEarthSp.htm)
DUE DATE: 04/25/11 and 04/26/11
Bring the Vocabulary
Definitions of the entire Chapter 29
DUE DATE: 04/15/11 and 04/18/11
Bring the definitions to the
following terms:
albedo, apogee, barycenter, craters, eclipse, lunar eclipse, mare, moon, neap
tide, penumbra, perigee, phases, regolith, ridges, rilles,
satellite, solar eclipse, spring tide, tidal current, tidal oscillation, tidal
range, tide, umbra, waning, waxing.
DUE DATE: 04/11/11 and 04/12/11
Bring a Research Paper on all
the effects of the Moon on the Earth (physical, biological, etc.)
DUE DATE: 04/07/11 and 04/08/11
Bring the definitions to the
following terms:
1. auroras,
2. chromosphere,
3. convection zone,
4. corona,
5. geomagnetic storms,
6. granulation,
7. nuclear fission,
8. nuclear fusion,
9. photosphere,
10.
prominence,
11.
radiative zone,
12.
solar flare,
13.
solar wind,
14.
spectrum,
15.
spectrograph,
16.
sunspots
DUE DATE: 04/01/11 and 04/05/11
Answer the questions of the
Chapter 29 Section Assessment 1
Bring DUE DATE: 03/30/11 and 3/31/11
Bring the
definitions of each one of the following terms:
1.
Big
Bang Theory
2.
Cosmic
Background Radiation
3.
Cosmology
4.
Dark
Energy
5.
Dark
Matter
6.
Nebular
Hypothesis
7.
Planetesimals
8.
Protoplanets
9.
Red
Shift
10.
Solar
Nebula
11.
Solar
System
DUE DATE: 03/25/11 and 3/28/11
Bring a Research
Paper about the contribution of scientist Stephen Hawking to Modern Astronomy
DUE DATE: 03/23/11 and 3/24/11
Do the
Gizmos on Orbital Motion - Kepler’s Laws at www.explorelearning.com
DUE DATE: 03/10/11 and 3/11/11
Bring all
the Vocabulary Definitions from the entire Chapter 23
DUE DATE: 03/08/11 and 3/09/11
Bring an
opinion paper. You will express your own point of view about the geological and
biological evolution theories. What sounds logical/possible/credible and what
sounds illogical/impossible/incredible to you? Why? Do not forget to list all
the arguments that you have to sustain your position.
DUE DATE: 03/04/11 and 3/07/11
Bring all
the Vocabulary Definitions from the entire Chapter 22
DUE DATE: 03/02/11 and 3/03/11
Research and
bring scientific arguments against the geological evolution of the Earth and
the biological evolution of organisms
DUE DATE: 2/28/11 and 3/01/11
Answer all
the questions of the Section Assessment 21.2
DUE DATE: 2/24/11 and 2/25/11
Do the
Gizmos on Half Life
DUE DATE: 2/22/11 and 2/23/11
Prepare a
brochure with all the tips that you would give to home buyers in Florida to
avoid being the victim of one of the peculiar geologic features in this State.
DUE DATE: 2/16/11 and 2/17/11
Read the
article “Frozen Mammoth” in the Science in the News section, at the end of
Chapter 21, and bring a 30-second News Report on the topic.
DUE DATE: 2/14/11 and 2/15/11
Bring the
answers to the Geo Digest Assessment on page 549
DUE DATE: 2/10/11 and 2/11/11
Read
“Mapping Mount Everest” on pages 865-869.
List and
describe the steps involved in mapping an area.
Do some
research and explain why the Himalayan Mountains are still growing.
DUE DATE: 2/08/11 and 2/09/11
Bring the
Answers to the Chapter 20 Section Assessment 20.1
DUE DATE: 2/04/11 and 2/07/11
Bring the
Vocabulary definitions for the entire chapter 7
DUE DATE: 2/02/11 and 2/03/11
Research
Paper on the Erosion of the Miami Beach Shoreline
DUE DATE: 1/31/11 and 2/01/11
Bring the
answers to the Chapter 7 Section Assessment 7.1
DUE DATE: 1/27/11 and 1/28/11
Do the
Internet Geo-Lab on page 488 (Chapter 18) and bring the results. Support your
work with additional data from the NOAA (http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazard/volcano.shtml)
DUE DATE: 1/20/11 and 1/24/11
Three
different assignments:
1)
Section
assessments 19.1 & 19.2
2)
All
the interactive online activity on Earthquakes at this website:
http://www.sciencecourseware.org/eec/Earthquake/
3)
Gizmos
available on Earthquakes
DUE DATE: 1/14/11 and 1/18/11
Read Section 17.2 and bring the Answers to the Section
Assessments 17.2
DUE DATES: 01/11/11- 01/12/11
Answer the
Gizmos available online on Rock Cycle and Rock Classification.
DUE DATES: 01/05/11-01/06/11
Define
the following terms:
1.
Asthenosphere
2.
Continental
Crust
3.
Core
4.
Crust
5.
Inner
Core
6.
Lithosphere
7.
Magnetic
Field
8.
Mantle
9.
Mesosphere
10.
Mohorovicic discontinuity
11.
Moho
12.
Oceanic
crust
13.
Outer
Core
14.
Plasticity
15.
Seismic
Waves
DUE DATES: 12/13/10-12/16/10
Review and practice for the Midterm Exams. Use:
1) the list of chapters sent to
you by e-mail and disregard the chapters not covered in class yet.
2) The practice questions posted for you. The link was
sent to you through the school webmail.
3) Prepare yourself with all kinds of arguments in favor
and against the theory of global warming as the result of human activity. Also
be well versed on the natural causes for global warming.
DUE DATE: 12/10/10 and 12/13/10
Bring the Vocabulary Definitions of the entire Chapter 16
Review and Practice for the Midterm Exams.
DUE DATE: 12/08/10 and 12/09/10
Solve the Gizmos on Ocean Mapping
DUE DATE: 12/06/10 and 12/07/10
Bring the Vocabulary definitions of the entire Chapter 15
DUE DATE: 12/02/10 and 12/03/10
In preparation for the Chapter on Oceans, bring an
outlined summary of Chapter 15.1
DUE DATE: 11/30/10 and 12/01/10
Bring the Answers to the Section Assessments 27.1
DUE DATE: 11/18/10 and 11/19/10
Bring a Research Paper on environmentally friendly
alternative energy resources. Introduce the topic and center the paper on the
particular energy resource assigned to you in class. You may visit your grades
online and under the “assignment” called Project Topic you will find the number
corresponding to only one type of energy in the list provided below. Among the
information that you are going to provide about that type of energy try to
include: a) History of that type of energy, b) Devices used to obtain, process,
and deliver that type of energy, c) Usage or applications of that type of
energy, d) percentage of the total energy consumed in the USA coming from that
type of energy, e) Cost and effectiveness, f) your opinion, and g)
bibliography.
Prepare for presenting to the class the results of your
research. Be ready to answers questions related to the type of energy assigned
to you. A Power Point Presentation would be a plus to support your
presentation. Bring the file for it in an USB drive. Please, do not write
paragraphs on the slides, just outlined short text in big fonts. Center the
Power Point Presentation on pictures, graphs, tables
with data, diagrams, and all sorts of visual and graphic stuff that will
support your presentation.
TOPICS FOR THE ENERGY RESOURCES PROJECT/PRESENTATION
1.
Solar energy
2.
Hydroelectric energy
3.
Geothermal energy
4.
Wind energy
5.
Nuclear energy
6.
Biogas as fuels
7.
Ethanol & Methanol as fuels
DUE DATE: 11/16/10 and 11/17/10
Bring a research paper on the arguments against the
Theory of Global Warming which sustains that we, human beings, are causing the
increase in temperature of our atmosphere with our emissions of gases like CO2
DUE DATE: 11/10/10 and 11/12/10
Bring the Answers to the Section Assessments 14.1 &
and 14.2
DUE DATE: 11/08/10 and 11/09/10
Bring the Vocabulary Definitions of the entire Chapter 14
DUE DATE: 11/04/10 and 11/05/10
Bring the answers to the Understanding
Main Ideas and Standardized Test Practice of chapter 13.
Complete the Tracking the Hurricane map with the tools given in class and
also sent by e-mail.
DUE DATE: 10/28/10 and 10/29/10
Bring the answers to the questions of the Section
Assessment 12.4
Complete the National Weather Forecast Narrative for
10/26/10 or 10/27/10 based on the Graphical Forecasts, National Maps, and
Warnings and Forecasts, at the Weather National Service (http://www.nws.noaa.gov/). Make sure that
you specify Temperature, Chances of Precipitation, Amount of Precipitation,
Percentage of Sky Coverage, Winds Speed and Direction, and other important
weather phenomena like snow, storms, etc. You may be called to the front of the
class and have to present your work as if you were the weather person at the
Weather Channel.
DUE DATE: 10/26/10 and 10/27/10
Gizmos on Relative Humidity and Hurricane
Motion.
DUE DATE: 10/22/10 and 10/25/10
Bring the answers to the questions of the Section
Assessments 1 and 2 of chapter 12.
DUE DATE: 10/20/10 and 10/21/10
Bring the Vocabulary definitions of the entire Chapter
12.
Bring the full Lab report on relative Humidity at School.
Period 2 - Results
for Relative Humidity Lab
|
Temperature
Outside |
Temperature
Hallway |
Temperature
Classroom |
|||
Group |
Dry
B (oC) |
Wet
B (oC) |
Dry
B (oC) |
Wet
B (oC) |
Dry
B (oC) |
Wet
B (oC) |
1 |
31 |
27 |
24 |
20 |
25 |
22 |
2 |
32 |
28 |
23 |
18 |
24 |
20 |
3 |
29 |
27 |
27 |
17 |
23 |
19 |
4 |
31 |
22 |
22 |
20 |
23 |
20 |
5 |
27 |
25 |
23 |
18 |
27 |
25 |
6 |
30 |
29 |
22 |
19 |
24 |
20 |
7 |
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Average |
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|
Relative
Humidity |
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DUE DATE: 10/18/10 and 10/19/10
Bring the answers to the Chapter 11 Assessment Questions
16-23 (Applying Main Ideas & Thinking Critically) and 1-4 of the
Standardized Test Practice.
DUE DATE: 10/14/10 and 10/15/10
Bring a Lab Report on the Lab Activity
performed in class. One Lab Report for the whole group. Make sure that all your
names are on the report. Include the following sections:
·
Title
·
Objective
·
Hypothesis
·
Materials and
Procedures (just write as stated by Mr. Pagani in class)
·
Results including
table(s) with the results and the corresponding graph(s)
·
Analysis of the
results. This the longest and most important section of the Lab report.
·
Conclusion
No background
information or bibliography needed
Take advantage of
the guidelines posted in the Lab Report Format of Mr. Pagani’s
website (http://teachers.dadeschools.net/spagani/Labreport.htm)
DUE DATE: 10/07/10 and 10/08/10
1. Answer the questions of the Section Assessment of Chapter 3 Section 3.3
2. Do the Vocabulary Definitions of the entire Chapter
11
Bring them as two separate assignments
DUE DATE: 10/05/10 and 10/06/10
Do a research paper on Petroleum Possibly Not Coming
from Fossils. Alexander Goncharov and his colleagues
from the Carnegie Institute sustain that theory. Include the following
information: 1) who are the people that came out with this theory, 2) Where did
they do those studies, 3) what are their evidences and their arguments to
sustain that theory, 4) If it is true, what consequences will that have for us?
5) What is your opinion? 6) Bibliography used.
DUE DATE: 10/01/10 and 10/04/10
Do some research and bring an essay explaining why
fossil fuels cannot be easily replaced.
DUE DATE: 9/29/10 and 9/30/10
Summit the answers to the two Gizmos activities on
pH available for you at www.explorelearning.com
BE AWARE THAT YOUR CHILD RECEIVED THE INTERIM
PROGRESS REPORT LAST WEEK (09/24/10). PARENTS, YOU SHOULD CHECK IT, SIGN IT,
AND SEND IT BACK TO THE TEACHER THAT GAVE IT TO YOUR CHILD.
On
09/27/10 and 09/28/10 your child received a Notice of Unsatisfactory Progress
if the average grade of your child is currently lower than a C. Please, ask your
child for it, read it, sign it, and send it back to Mr. Pagani. Thanks a lot.
Here is the link to the Alien Periodic Table: AlienPeriodicTable.pdf
DUE DATE: 9/24/10 and 9/27/10
Bring the answers to the Section Assessments 3.1 and
3.2
DUE DATE: 9/22/10 and 9/23/10
Bring the answers to the Understanding Main Ideas
and Standardized Test Practice of chapter 3.
DUE DATE: 9/17/10 and 9/20/10
Read and review Chapter 3
DUE DATE: 9/15/10 and 9/16/10
Bring a mini-research paper on THE LARGE HADRON
COLLIDER (LHC) which started on 09/10/08 in the Swiss border with France. This
paper should have a minimum of 2 pages long (single spaced), font size 12,
margins (top, bottom, left, right) not bigger than 1 inch). The pictures,
diagrams, graphs, tables, do not count as part of the 2 pages of text, but you
are encouraged to include them. Make sure that those are properly labeled and
cited in the text. This paper should answer the following questions:
1) What is the LHC?,
2) What happens inside it in matter of nuclear physics?
3) What is the purpose of this project?
4) What was the purpose of their first experiment that
started on 09/10/08?
5) What were they exactly doing in that first
experiment?
6) How many countries are participating?
7) How many scientists? From where?
8) How much did this project cost?
9) What is CERN?
10)
What is anti-matter?
11)
What is a black hole?
12)
What do anti-matter and black holes
have to do with this project?
13)
What does the Big Bang theory have to
do with this project?
14)
What does the World Wide Web (internet
communications) have to do with this project?
15)
Complete the paper by stating what do
you think is going to be discovered in this project and why.
16)
Literature Cited following official
APA style citation rules (http://www.citationmachine.net/ and use
the APA Style). If you use any search engine like Google and look for “citation
rules” or “citation styles” you will get plenty of websites with the
information you need. Here is another one: http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citapa.htm
DUE DATE: 09/13/10 and 09/14/10
1) Go to Gizmos
and click on “enroll in a class”. Enter the class code given to you in class.
Follow instructions to finish your enrollment. Use your full name to register
(no nicknames, no screen names). Get into your class and launch the Gizmos available,
one at a time. Practice, study, and analyze well what is going on. Then:
·
Submit the answers to the Gizmo on Density
·
Submit the answers to the Gizmo on Triple
Beam Balance
2) Bring a Lab Report on the Lab Activity performed in
class. Include the following sections:
·
Title
·
Objective
·
Hypothesis
·
Materials and
Procedures (just write as stated by Mr. Pagani in class)
·
Results including a
table with the results and a graph
·
Analysis of the
results
·
Conclusion
No background
information or bibliography needed
DUE DATE: 09/08/10 and 09/10/10
Read and Review Chapter 2
DUE DATE: 09/03/10 and 09/07/10
Bring the following conversions showing all
the steps possible to get the resulting units:
1)
Convert 2 Hm into
cm
2)
Convert 38,000 mm into Km
3)
Convert 26 Dg into dg
4)
Convert 367,900 g into Dg
5)
Convert 97,246 Hl into Kl
6)
Convert 478 cl into
Dl
7)
Convert 4 m2 into cm2
8)
Convert 12 dm2 into Km2
9)
Convert 25 Dm3 into mm3
10)
Convert 1,000 m3 into Hm3
11)
Convert 2,000,877 mm3 into Dl
12)
Convert 44 Dl into Dm3
DUE ON
09/01/10 (periods 3 & 5) and 09/02/10 (period 2)
Complete the
Scientific Report. Make sure that you include in it:
1)
Results
including Table (completed) and Graph with labels according to the Lab report
Format in my webpage.
2)
Analysis
following the Lab report Format in my webpage. (http://teachers.dadeschools.net/spagani/Labreport.htm)
on
3)
Conclusion
following the Lab report Format in my webpage
4)
Bibliography
following APA Style of Citation
Vm |
25 ml Grad. Cyl. |
50 ml Grad. Cyl. |
100 ml Grad. Cyl. |
250 ml Grad. Cyl. |
1000 ml Grad. Cyl. |
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Time (s) |
Time (s) |
Time (s) |
Time (s) |
Time (s) |
Trial 1 |
3 |
7 |
15 |
29 |
116 |
Trial 2 |
4 |
6 |
13 |
29 |
117 |
Trial 3 |
3 |
8 |
13 |
29 |
119 |
Trial 4 |
3 |
7 |
15 |
29 |
119 |
Trial 5 |
7 |
7 |
22 |
29 |
120 |
Trial 6 |
3 |
6 |
21 |
30 |
120 |
Average Time (s) |
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Vx (ml) |
8 |
13 |
21 |
40 |
213 |
Vcandle (ml) |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
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Total Volume of Air Available (ml) (Vm+Vx-Vcandle) |
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DUE ON
08/30/10 (periods 3 & 5) and 08/31/10 (period 2)
Bring a Lab Report following the Lab Report Format suggested in
this website (http://teachers.dadeschools.net/spagani/Labreport.htm)
on the Combustion Time vs. amount of Air available that we worked on in class.
Include:
Title
Objective
Hypothesis
Materials
Procedure
DUE ON
08/26/10 (periods 3 & 5) and 08/27/10 (period 2)
Bring a 3 paragraph essay. Each paragraph should be answering the
following questions:
1)
Which of the Earth/Space Science related fields do you prefer?
2)
Which will be the particular types of studies that you will make,
the investigations that you will conduct, and the skills that you will develop
that will attract you the most? And why?
3)
What is it that you would like to accomplish, discover, or
meliorate in this world/universe being an expert in that field? Which
particular contribution to the scientific world and the world in general would
you like to make in order to be recognized worldwide?
DUE ON
08/24/10
Bring the Student-Parent-Teacher Contract signed for one
"A".
Bring the Safety Lab Contract signed to gain permission to
participate in Labs
Bring all other forms completed if you could not fill them in when
you were in class: Personal Information form and College Planning Profile
form
ALWAYS CLICK ON THE ANNOUNCEMENTS SECTION