Holiday Break Homework

82 and 83:

• complete the packet
• if you lost your copy, print this one out: holiday packet

7H and 81:

• complete 2 castlelearning assignments at www.castlelearning.com
• your username is your osis # and pw is your last name
• send me an email if you forget or need help logging on; I will reset the password for you

GET REST AND ENJOY YOUR BREAK!

7H HW questions

In no less than 4 sentences and evidence, answer the following questions:

Homework:

1. Why do children sometimes convey a better and more convincing message than adults? How did the children’s passion impact you, if at all?

2. What is something you are truly passionate about? (sports, dance, music, education, family, etc). If your passion was a tangible item and it was about to go extinct, what would you do to stop its extinction?

The Do's and Don'ts of Writing a Formal Essay

http://learninghub.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/aso-online/academic-writing/academic-style.php

ANWR Rubric

Links to Resources from class

Source #1:Why Drilling in Alaska's ANWR Is a Bad Idea
http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2008/09/11/anwr_oil_drilling/
Organization: Environmental Defense Fund

Source #2: Chill the Drills; Protect America's arctic
http://vault.sierraclub.org/arctic/
Organization: Sierra Club

Source #3:
http://northern.org/programs/arctic/arctic-national-wildlife-refuge
Organization: northern Alaska Environmental Center

Source #4: ANWR: Producing American Energy and Creating American Jobs
http://naturalresources.house.gov/anwr/
Organization: Committee on Natural Resources

Source #5: Today's drilling leaves a small footpring
http://anwr.org/2014/11/todays-drilling-leaves-a-small-footprint/
Organization: ANWR

Source #6: Top ten reasons to support ANWR development
http://anwr.org/2013/08/federal-election-day-10-of-the-campaign/
Organization: ANWR


This page shows you what a proper works cited page looks like:
Works Cited Page Sample
Works Cited Sample 2

This Page shows you how to cite a paraphrase within a paragraph:
Citing in a paragraph
Citing in a paragraph 2

ANWR debate outline

Complete Paragraphs 1-3 for Monday

Enlarge the image to see what is required in each paragraph

81 Living Environment Regents

The following assignment is for class 81 Living Environment.
This is a 20 point take home exam due the Monday we return (Dec. 1)
Click here to view your take home exam

Open Today's Menu!

What would you like to do today?

PERMISSION SLIPS DUE!!!!!

PERMISSION SLIPS TO THE MUSEUM + $5 for lunch ARE DUE TOMORROW!!!!

1.How many TONS of coal did you recover?

SHOW ALL WORK

2. Did you leave any coal behind? Why?

3. Observe what is left of your cookie. How does this relate to environmental impacts associated with real mining?

4. Explain why the earth would be better or worse after the mining and reclamation (restoration)

5. Once the coal is used, can it be reused again or placed back into the earth? Explain

Which 2 renewable sources of energy will you use for NYC?

1. Hydropower
2. Solar Power
3. Geothermal
4. Wind Power

If NYC were to adopt 2 sources of renewable energy, which two would you advocate? Explain why your source is the best for this city.

-2 paragraph (minimum 5 sentences)

BEFORE YOU BEGIN:

Think about…NYC’s structure/layout of the city

• where is there space in the city?
• why is your choice the best compared to the remaining choices?

In notebook

Final Pamphlet or Poster Due Monday 11/17

Create an pamphlet or notice that informs citizens of NYC about the new law that will soon be in effect.

You will be successful if:

•explain the law

•explain why the law is important

•incorporate scientific vocabulary into your informative pamphlet/notice

•Classwork Rubric will be used to assess this task.

What law will you create?

Homework for all classes:

You are a lawmaker who is going to create a law that makes the Bronx more sustainable. It goes into effect 1/1/2015.

1.What is the law’s name?

2.What will the law do? Be specific!!!!

3.Why is it important to pass this law?

4.Extra Credit: Research if there is a program similar to your idea in New York City.

*on loose leaf; to be submitted.


RECYCLE CITY DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

1. In reality, it takes great effort to manage a sustainable city. What is the most difficult task in setting up a sustainable city? Is it an issue that one person can solve or does it take effort among many people? Justify your reasoning 

2. Do you think a town like Recycle City exists? Why or why not?

3. Do parts of Recycle City exist today in your community? Explain

4. What part of Recycle City is most needed in your community today?  How will this help?

All 8th Graders:

On your footprint:

1.State an action which will reduce your ecological footprint

2.Why did you choose this action?

3.How will it reduce your ecological footprint and why it it important?

Minimum of 5 sentences!

Density HW

7H: complete all problems

8th grade: complete 1-4

SHOW THE SET UP OF EACH PROBLEM. USE A CALCULATOR TO SOLVE. ROUND TO THE NEAREST 10^th or 0.1

Density = Mass / Volume                                                    

FIND THE DENSITY:                                                  

1.  59.5 grams of wood with a volume of 85 cm³                  

2.  150 cm³ of plastic with a mass of 90 grams                          

3.  68 grams of mercury with a volume of 5cm³                              

4.  55cm³ of water with a mass of 66 grams                              


Mass = Density x Volume

 FIND THE MASS:
5.  900 cm3 of copper, which has a density of 8.8 g / cm³
6.  333 mL of corn oil, which has a density of 0.9g / cm³
7.  750 cm³ of rubber, which has a density of 1.3 g / cm³
8.  125 cm³ of tar, which has a density of 1.02 g / cm³

Extra Credit:

1.  The density of pine is generally about 0.5 g/cm³.  What is the mass of a 800 cm3 piece of pine? 

2.  What is the volume of 325 g of metal with a density of 9.0 g/cm³?

3.  Diamonds have a density of 3.5 g/cm³.  How big is a diamond that has a mass of 0.10 g? 

4.  A graduated cylinder is filled with water to a level of 40.0 cm³.  When a piece of copper is lowered into the cylinder, the water level rises to 63.4 cm³.  Find the volume of the copper sample.  If the density of the copper is 8.9 g/cm³, what is its mass? 

Thorp Project

Click here for updated link
7H: answer at least 4 questions that Thorp has

HERE IS THE RUBRIC!!!CLICK ME!

HW for 10/21

For 81, 82, and 7H:
-finish all questions on tide lab sheet. This is a portfolio piece, so please make sure to go a thorough job.
-DATA CHART IS ATTACHED HERE
-CLICK HERE FOR THE LAB WORKSHEET

HW for 3-day weekend for all classes.

1.Finish Crash landed on the moon

You've crash landed on the moon. Which of the following items will you bring? Which items will be useless to your survival?

Items you found:

•solar-powered heater

•three flash lights (with batteries)

•oxygen tank

•rain gear

•umbrella
•radio
•matches
•sunglasses
•scale
•food 

Remember: The Moon lacks (doesn’t have) an atmosphere. Also it has 1/6 the gravity then that of Earth. (so if you weigh 60lbs on Earth, you’d weigh 6lbs on the Moon)

1. Which items will be no use to you and why? 

2. Which will you take with you and why?

REQUIREMENTS:
MINIMUM of 2 paragraphs (in notebook, 15 pt classwork)

•-use all items

•-explain why they are necessary or not

•-make connections to science from your notes and knowledge!

2. FAMOUS QUOTE:

Neil Armstrong, one of the first people to land on the moon said, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”, when he landed on the moon.

What inspirational quote would you say if you landed on the Moon? 

Be creative and show that you put thought into your soon to be famous quote.

Data chart to graph

Use the following chart to graph Time of one orbit vs. Mass of planet 

Mass of planet is IV or on the x axis

Time of one orbit is DV or on y axis

Mass of Sun (body 1)	Mass of Planet    (body 2) X AXIS!	Time of One Orbit (planetary year) Y AXIS
*200	10	8.4
*200	1	9.2
*200	20	7.5
*200	50	6.3
*200	100	4.8
*200	200	3.5