anyone have a good reccomendation for a website or source for the pluto position essay? I am stuck with where to start, but I am leaning towards the side of Pluto not being included as the ninth planet in our system. . .
----yellow person

bbc is always awesome. and NASA, of course-NASA has the new definition for a planet... and if you search on Infotrac there's a really good article--Newsweek, Sept 4, 2006 p44
Of Cosmic Proportions; Astronomers decide Pluto isn't a real planet anymore. Why they did it--and how our view of the universe is changing. (Cover story) Jerry Adler.
you can just search for pluto and it'll come up with the article...
this article is also good too: The Lancet, Sept 2, 2006 v368 i9538 p828(2)
Pluto left out in the cold. (Comment)(downgrading of Pluto) Stephanie Bartlett.
have fun...

This is a pretty cool link... i wonder if it's real or not.
http://atinyglimpse.ytmnd.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xp6G2YCtugY&mode=related&search= <-- if you look at all the related videos, it's pretty cool.

Hey guys in Purple class
remember how we were wondering how long the CFCs were being used, will i found out that the chemical was first lunched in aerosol cans in 1928 and the last industry to stop using them was in 1996. So, the CFCs were used for about 68 years
hope this helps
Frankie

by the way, tomorrow morning and Monday morning you can see something that happens only twice a century! Mars, Mercury and Venus will all be lined up so that they will be within 1 degree of each other in the pre-dawn horizon...if you go out with binoculers or even just naked eye you should be able to see them low on the horizon clumped together...not twinkling like stars do...Mars will be the reddish one. Happy early morning viewing!
--Ms. G

Ms. Green, Coal #2 is saved as a .cwk (apple works file) and I don't have apple works at home. I sent you a .rtf of the file which is unaltered but can be opened by apple works and Microsoft word. I hope this can allow all people to be able to read it. In the future, I think it could be beneficial to have everybody save as a .rtf so Appleworks and microsoft word can open both kinds of files. WInd #1 and #3 also had 404 errors. I hope this helps.
--Tyler Adams

include all the normal biographical information (website, author, date ect) and then next to that put the name of the two partners where you got the information from. In the article put the numbers pertaining to the source as you did in the 1 pager energy assignment.
List your sources alphabetically and follow the rules in the blue social studies book.
--Al Gore

if you go on weather.com, you can get yesterday's weather, maps and hourly weather reports for whatever town you want

---Chloe

if you have firefox as your internet browser than one of the extensions is forecastfox. this tells you the weather all day and uses accuweather.com to get its information.

Just commenting to wish everyone good luck on the test tomorrow!
--well wisher

anybody have any good weather links?
--orange

www.wunderground.com/history has past weather with graphs, etc.
www.weather.com is the best for today's weather
--orange girl

person in need of a website,
type in Wellesley, MA in the top left hand corner
hit go
go down to the place where u can pull down an arrow for a certain date.
select the correct date and press enter
the hourly data is at the bottom
--orange girl

Ms. green i'm kind of ashamed to ask this but what is this school tutoring thing that i have seen some people do? Could you explain more about tutors in science and when to know you need a tutor.

There is no formal tutoring program but I have a few students from last year who are willing to tutor 1 or 2 times a cycle. Don't be embarrassed. Come see me and I will set you up with one.
--Ms. G

When are the 124-140 notes due for the Orange class? What is the Unit 6 reading?
--Orange Boy

the unit 6 #1 (pages depend on your group)reading is due on the 7th. Read the information under "important info" and click on the link to see what group you are in. It will tell you that your first reading is "glaciers" or "wind" etc. once you find out what section you are reading about first, you check the page numbers that correspond to that topic on the study guide. It is not as confusing as it sounds. You can do it. If you can't figure it out, post again with your name and I will tell you your assignment
--Ms. G

ahhh ms green where are the guided notes for pgs 124-140?! its so much easier to use them than take regular notes
-honors science

WE are confused on the question on the unit guide, "Understand the root cause of weathering and why certain minerals are more susceptible than others". If you could answer this that would be great. Thanks.

Paul and Anthony from Purple


--PaulAntony

Miss. Green, is humidity measured in relative or specefic when we look on websites and weather channel? I keep getting confused.

Can someone please tell me why relative humidity is temperature dependent but specific humdiity is not? Thanks.
To Anthony/Paul - the root cause of weathering is the fact that because of erosion/tectonic movements, rocks that was formed deep underground get exposed to the surface. So now, the rocks are exposed to different pressure, weathering agents, different temperatures. The rocks will then "equalize" with their new enviorment and so weathering happens. The deeper the rocks formed, the quicker they erode. I'm pretty sure this is the answer, but check with Ms. Green
--Studying

Anthony/Paul:certain minerals are more susceptible than others because they react with carbonic acid or oxygen.- They react in different ways to weathering than others do. (so they weather faster)

I have a great mneumonic to remember the different kinds of weathering:
FARBU and CO
FARBU= mechanical, CO=chemical
F- frost wedging
A- abrasion
R- root wedging
B- Biological activity
U- unloading
&
C- Carbonic acid
O- oxidation

-orangey orange

thanks studying and orangey orang that really helped and studying relative humidity is a ratio of specifis over capacity. Temperature changes capacity. Specific humisity is just the amount of water in the air.
--Anthony

do we have to know cloud names?
--studying

excellent questions and answers guys.
-studying, you do not need to know cloud names and the type of humidity that they have on the news is relative humidity. good luck wes -studying.
--Ms. Green

when do you think the like will be up for guided notes on the waves reading?

they are up.
--Ms. G

For the iMovie project do we need to cite sources for each of our images?
--Paul, Frankie, and Sally

no. Just information
--Ms. G

For the hw for tommorow class, is that the running water notes?

I need more information than that. I do not respond to unidentified persons.
--Ms. Green

hey ms green, its jane
i completely forgot to get my binder after school, so im going to go back and get it. i dont know if youll still be there (4ish) so could you leave it outside the room or something?? im sooo sorry!!

hey, ms. green. I'm thinking of joining the green team, and does it meet on day 6, block 1 or day 7, block 1? also is the Green Team like a club or an extra credit project?
--Yellowish

Hey Ms. Green, I was wondering if yellow class will have a test on chapter 6 (since we're not doing the imovie) that will be counted before term 3 ends?

Yellow girl planning the rest of term 3

hi ms. green its bridget from purple
i think i might have left my assignment notebook in science on friday morning double block -- did you find it/if it turns up can i come and get it tommorow (monday, march 26) morning?
thanks!
--Bridget

hey yellowish, greenteam is a club...it meets day 7 block 1 in the mac lab. Ask some of your classmates about it.
Yellow girl plnanning-you will probably get your unit 6 test on Thursday 4/5 before quarter 3ends.
Bridget, i have not found it yet but will keep my eyes out.
--Ms. Green

Hi, I'm still confused about what to put in a graph analysis and a conclusion. Do we put the relationships and measurements in the analysis? But what if there is no relationship on the graph? And are you supposed to explain about outlying points in the analysis?- because you would have to explain more about what actually happened during the experiment- and that's for the conclusion...
am really confused
orange

Miss. Green, i heard from a friend that green team memebrs get extra credit (if they're in your class). Is this true?

--wondering

When is the study session for test 6?

--yellow

Ms. Green, when is the conclusion for the discharge lab due? The website didn't say anything on it and I don't remember you announcing the due date. Thank you.
--orangy orange

For the discharge lab, what was the theoretical expected results?
--SSS

Expected results were different parts of the stream does not affect discharge rate. The only reason the real data didn't come out that way because off friction, and other factors etc.

Wait, just to clarify, the expected result was that the discharage rate would be the same all along the stream?
--SSS

Wait, just to clarify, the expected result was that the discharage rate would be the same all along the stream?
--SSS

Wait, just to clarify, the expected result was that the discharage rate would be the same all along the stream?
--SSS

Someone else told me that the expected result was that as the cross sectional area increase, the discharge rate increase.

eh? These comments are making me confused! So I think people are getting confused between the theoretical expected result and the hypothesis?
So Ms. Green. Please clarify this for all of us. What's the difference between the theoretical expected result and the hypothesis? Thanks
--Confused more than ever

confused more than ever, many of you made a hypothesis without alot of understanding of the topic of discharge rate. In a well researched experiment, the hypothesis and the theoretical expected result would be the same. In this case it was not for many of you because you misunderstood the concept of discharge rate...which is fine, that is why we went over the theoretical expected result as a class.
wondering-being involved in the greenteam did originally carry some extra credit as it was related to the topics we were studying at that time. The group of students unanimously chose to turn the effort into a club...therefor it is now a club and not an extra credit assignment. That said, a part of your grade is participation and personal involvment in the learning of earth science. Many of the students who are involved in greenteam are also constantly demonstrating their involvment in earth science topics and personal learning so while joining does not guarantee any extra credit it can be an opportunity, just like class or before or after school to show your participation and learning.
--Ms. G

What are some features caused by continental glaciers? (not alpine or deposition)

-Glacier girl

Hi Ms. Green,
I just had a couple of questions regarding the test. First, which equations should we know. And also, I'm a little confused on why mass wasting is best for newly revealed rock. It is the question on the review sheet.
Thanks,
Blue Eyes

Does anyone know the different in what the plate tetonic and milankovitch explanation theories are. I do't mean the difference in the theories but I mean what the last paragraph is saying on pg. 140.

Which is fastest in a glacier? The middle the bottom or the top?

-glacier girl

Glacier girl, there is a whole section of the text devoted to glacial features...i am not sure I understand which ones you are looking for but continental glaciers create roche mountinees, striations, glacial polish, fjords, etc. through erosion and leave behind various morraines, kettles, kames, eskers, erratics, outwash plains, till, and drumlins as depositional features...i just listed those off the top of my head so folks, feel free to add if I missed some.
Blue eyes-you should know any equations we have been working with either in the textbook readings or during lab or class work. Mass wasting is not "best" simply often the first step in the transportation of newly weathered rock...before a mountain can be washed to the sea it has to fall off the mountain to the river...
glacier girl-the middle of a glacier and the top that rides on the middle of the glacier move fastest...the bottom and sides are the slowest...think about it...it will make sense.
Good luck everyone, make sure to study the features and how they formed, the diagrams, etc.I have a free first period so if anyone has any last minute questions you can drop by my office from 7:15-8:30.
--Ms. G

reminder...some helpful resources are available under the links page on my website...you can get access to the bearded geologist videos on just about any topic as well as our textbook website that has quiz questions and label the diagram questions to help you study. you can also attempt to fill in the guided notes from memory or make flashcards to help you remember the different features and concepts. I will be on IM tonight for answering quesetions if you need it.
--Ms. G

Hi Ms. Green,
I was wondering, do you measure competence by squaring the veloctiy?
-- V Squared?

Hi Ms. Green. Are caverns just holes in the ground? I don't really get what they are exactly.
--Me

hey ms. green. im kind of confused about how outwash plains and valley trains form
-outwash plains

Mrs. green, what exactly do we need for friday?

-yellow kid

Hi, Ms. Green. Could you upload the powerpoint you showed in class please? It would be really helpful in studying for the test. Or is it already uploaded and I'm not looking at the right page? thank you
--Orange

hey ms. green! for the test, do we have to know the differnt types of sand dunes? and also, what equations do we have to know? (like how to find velocity, etc.)
-sandy

are we going to have to know terms from ch. 4 such as transpiration, infiltration and runoff? also, are you going to be on AIM tonight?
-studying

ms. green, do we have to know types of drainage pattern for the test?
-draining

hi ms. green. do we have to know any equations from the discharge lab? if so, could you upload the lab sheet please?
Thank you

--watergirl

Ms. Green, we have time to work on our lab reports in class tomorrow, right?
--Boy That Is Yellow

Ms. Green, we have time to work on our lab reports in class tomorrow, right?
--Boy That Is Yellow

Ms. Green, we have time to work on our lab reports in class tomorrow, right?
--Boy That Is Yellow

outwash kid- i am not sure what a valley train is at all but an outwash plain is formed when meltwater from a receeding glacier carries small glacial sediment and deposits it sorted away from the moraine.
yellow kid-you need to bring in your two old science project ideas and your two new ones.
orange-i will check, if not loaded i will load it.
sandy-you do need to know sanddunes, equations are things like discharge (d=vxwxd)and gradient (change in elevation/change in distance)that you used during this unit
boy that is yellow-yes, yes, yes.
water girl-see equation in earlier part of comment
--Ms. G

i can't seem to open the guided notes...

an error message opens up when you try to click on the guided notes

come see me and I will help you.
--Ms. Green

i could open the notes. they should be fine for other people now too.

i still cant open the notes.

advice??!??!?

what is the difference between convergent subduction and convergent collision? and how do we know which of our earthquakes is which because it didn't indicate either on the world map?
--Bridget

For purple class in class Ms. Green said the project was due at the end of class tomarrow but the website says wed does any one know what it is?
Thanks
Frankie

miss. green, wil yellow class have the period tom. to wrap up the e.q proj..or?

-yellower

Bridget, you do not need to differentiate at this point but you can tell by wether the plates are coming together on land (convergent collision) or on the coast or in the ocean (convergent subduction). Frankie, in class today we discussed the change in due date. I told you guys to alleviate pressure I would switch lecture days between wed and thurs so your eq proj is due half way through lab on Thurs. yellower, we don't have class tomorrow, so no, as I said in class, if you did not finish the eq project that was due today you would need to find some time before or after school or at home to finish before friday.
--Ms. G

How long should an introduction be for the 2nd proposal (or any science intro. for the project)?

-length

-yellower

before friday. Does that mean yellow class can pass it on friday because we don't have class tom? Or should we seek you tom./?

-yellower

before friday. Does that mean yellow class can pass it on friday because we don't have class tom? Or should we seek you tom./?

-yellower

before friday. Does that mean yellow class can pass it on friday because we don't have class tom? Or should we seek you tom./?

-yellower

before friday. Does that mean yellow class can pass it on friday because we don't have class tom? Or should we seek you tom./?

yellower, we don't have yellow class on thurs, so just pass it on friday, the beginning of class, done. That's what I'm doing. :)

another yellow kid

yellower, we don't have yellow class on thurs, so just pass it on friday, the beginning of class, done. That's what I'm doing. :)

another yellow kid

ms. green, for the earthquake project, my group made one data chart for the whole group's data. Do we need to make a data chart individually?
--question

ms. green, for the earthquake project, my group made one data chart for the whole group's data. Do we need to make a data chart individually?
--question

for the earthquake graph analysis, we just have to describe the relationship quantitatively, right? We don't have to explain why the relationship (or the lack of)exits?
--graphingirl

Ms.Green,
I am a little confused on the different types of plate boudaries. (land vs land, land vs water, whether they're diving, rising, colliding...)
--Lucy

question-no
graphing girl-correct
lucy-for the eq project you just need to know convergent-subduction (any time oceanic crust is involved),convergent collision (land-land), divergent, and transform. If further explanation would help you I recommend turning to the next chapter in your book called plate tectonics...it will describe each in detail.

I will be online tonight to answer questions before the eq test. my aol screenname is [email protected]. I will go online after dinner appoximately 7-9. see you there :)
--ms. g

hi ms. green.
would you be here after school tomorrow to answer some questions for the test?
--Soomi

1. what is the diff. between tenfold amplitude increase and 30 fold engery increase on rich scale of 1 magnitude increase each?

the 10 fold amplitude increase is referencing the wave height on the seismograph and the 30 fold energy increase is how much more energy would be required to make that change of amplitude happen on a seismogram. Good question but please sign a name next time.
Soomi-try emailing me the questions or asking before or right after class.
Soomi
--Ms. G

the 10 fold amplitude increase is referencing the wave height on the seismograph and the 30 fold energy increase is how much more energy would be required to make that change of amplitude happen on a seismogram. Good question but please sign a name next time.
Soomi-try emailing me the questions or asking before or right after class.
Soomi
--Ms. G

For how the elastic rebound theory affects the location of the focus of earthquakes..is it the energy focuses from that spot and transfers teh energy to teh epicenter and around it?

-person who asked about amplitude

i'm graphing the effect of depth on magnitude and I was wondering what the unit is for magnitude. do i just label the y-axis "Magnitude (Ritcher)"?
--graphingirl again

is the earth science hw due tom.?

-yellower

is the earth science hw due tom.?

-yellower

what pages are the new set of notes to take??
--purple

Is there hmk for tomrrow, that is for Monday?
--Orange

Today is the 14th and I was wondering if there are any reading notes due tomorrow for yellow class. Thanks
--OOpS

finish the chapter notes....

what chapter notes?
-yellow

Chapter 7, plate tectonics...at this point you should have read the whole chapter and taken a max of 2 pages double sided of notes (formal style)
--Ms. G

ms. green, the attachment for the volcanism power point isn't working. it shows the title of the slides, but it doesnt' actually show the content i was looking for. is there anyway to fix it?
--studying

studying, what you are looking at is the "master slide" view, change to normal view (in the menu or at the bottom of the window) and you should be able to see everything. If you print handouts like normal it should work too, even if you can't figure out how to switch it to normal view. Hope that helps. IM me if you can't figure it out and I will walk you through it or see me tomorrow morning 7:30 and I will print you a copy.

--Ms. G

Does anyone know how to make graphs with more than one trend line? I need to graph the relationship between sunspot number and temperature- but I would like to do it with the date too- so you get two points for each date- one for sunspot number and teh other for temperature.
does anyone know how to do this? I would really appreciate it if you could help
thanks
Ellie M (orange)

for the isp paper, does anyone know if we have to write out the numbers, or can we just type the number

if we're missing something from our biinder or need help organizing, what can we do?> (most of my friends are disorganized too)

can my ISP intro be more than one paragraph? It makes more sense if i split it up into multiple paragraphs...

number person- i would write out the numbers in every part of your project except for the data analysis- you're analyzing numbers so you can use them lol

binder person- talk to your class secretary or one of your friends- you could meet up and check eachothers binders- to match the assignments up.

Ellie- when you make a graph you can click on custom types and then smooth lines

Ms G, my partner was away all wekekend. I can't contact her at the # she gave...

-hopeless

you may use numbers in your ISP. you certainly may also have several paragraphs in your intro. I do not think I can give much graph help in this forum but you can check the excell help link on my links page or come after school Monday. Hopeless, come after school Monday. Binder person, the advice your classmate gave is good.
--Ms. G

Should we model our packet exactly how our editor
told us to? For example: If you have METHODS like
a step-by-step guide and editor said to make it a
lot more specific to our personal methods instead
of "Get plant seeds and seperate them into groups
of two." or "Get cabbage seeds and put the
same #
in each group." ?!?
--Old Yeller (Yellow)

Should we model our packet exactly how our editor
told us to? For example: If you have METHODS like
a step-by-step guide and editor said to make it a
lot more specific to our personal methods instead
of "Get plant seeds and seperate them into groups
of two." or "Get cabbage seeds and put the
same #
in each group." ?!?
--Old Yeller (Yellow)

hey ms. green are we supposed to bring the poster to class tomorrow? or just bring it to the poster night?

-HELP

hey guys, for the constellation project, we just have to be able to talk about where our constellation is and why it is what it is, right? no bug project like ms chang's class did?


-mary

Mary. Yes, we just have to know the answers to the questions on the constellation assignment sheet. But you have to type it up though.
--ABC

Hi Ms. Green, could you upload the unit 1 test please?

Hey Ms. Green, you told us to look at the website for the room numbers we were gonna be in for finals but I can't seem to find them.
--The Mellow Yellow Fellow

Mellow Yellow Fellow, click on Unit 10

In the astronomy review packet that we recieved during lab, I do not understand the answer to the third question ... why don't we see orion tongiht? Is it because of light polution?
--Star Light Star Bright

What is the writing part on the final like? Is it a short essay on all of the units, or is it answering a question?
--Blake

star light star bright...it is because of the orientation of the earth, sun, stars. all the constellations are out there beyond our solar system, when we are in our summer orientation the constellation orion is right on the other side of the sun so when teh constellation is up, so is the sun. 6 monthes later, we are on the other side so when we turn away from the sun (night) the constellation is visible.
Blake-it is 1 or more questions that require you to use information from more than 1 unit to answer the question/s asked.
--Ms. G

ok, thanks ms. g

Do we have to come into school to get our grades for the finals or will you email them to us?
--Tyler

Hi Tyler and others, those who requested grades by email have received responses. Thanks for a great year everyone! Come back and visit next year and tell me stories about how you were haunted by earth science this summer as you travelled :)
--Ms. G

hey I found a really cool picture online
http://www.geotimes.org/dec00/hotspots_feature.html
it's the different rock ages in the US

thanks for the tip, this is a great interactive map and can also be linked to from the links page under the "maps" section. See you in a few weeks!
--Ms. G

maybe for your double block early morning classes you could let us have a short break in the middle?
--anonymous

If you need to use the restroom or if there is another reason that you need a short break you may of course have one but it is done on an individual basis not as a class.
--Ms. Green

how do we chart the rotation and revolutionof the planets? you told us not to use words but they are in terms of years, days and hours. How would we chart that without wrighting next to the number???

how do we chart the rotation and revolutionof the planets? you told us not to use words but they are in terms of years, days and hours. How would we chart that without wrighting next to the number???

heres the spreadsheet program :: http://download.openoffice.org/2.3.0/index.html?focus=download download it, it is a great progam and wont harm your computer.


--phil

question- i looked at the website for tracking hurricanes and there was a new td called 12-e, but when i clicked on the archive it had now public announcments so i couldnt fill in my table or graph, is this okay? where can i find the information for this td from today?

--Leah

dear rotation and revolution questioner, must convert into all one unit. Also, please read the note posted under "important info" on the honors homepage.
thanks for the tip and link phil.
Leah-be careful, I think you are looking in the "Eastern Pacific" section, you only need to track storms in the Atlantic/Carribean...don't make extra work for yourself! :)

--Ms. Green

dear rotation and revolution questioner, must convert into all one unit. Also, please read the note posted under "important info" on the honors homepage.
thanks for the tip and link phil.
Leah-be careful, I think you are looking in the "Eastern Pacific" section, you only need to track storms in the Atlantic/Carribean...don't make extra work for yourself! :)

--Ms. Green

ahhhhhhh wonderful! I see now, and Michelle informed me of that today. Thanks!
--Leah

also just thought of this, i was about to compelete the data on my solar system chart on my jump-drive, when i realized i dont have the data table you handed out with all the data i need because my class had to share with the group next to me, and i couldnt find it on your webpage, where can i get this table??
--leah again

leah,
go under honors earth science, unit one. scroll down to "earth as a planet in our solar system" and you should be able to click on the handout "comparison of solar system chart" (the data table is on the back of it)
-emily

leah, also note on the honors page under "important information" there are some ideas about where to get data...you don't need that handout you were sharing, there is info in your book and on many many websites ( i put links to a few on the unit 1 study guide) that is more up to date.
--Ms G

I was wondering if we have to convert the times from AST or CDT to EST at home, or whether we will go over how to do that in class...

I was wondering if we have to convert the times from AST or CDT to EST at home, or whether we will go over how to do that in class...

in class on monday. it will not be time consuming once you understand it.

--Ms. G

For Hurricane IVO if it doesn't have a Public Adviseries section in the archives, what section should we use?
--Anonymous

anonymous IVO question...same answer I gave LEah a few message board questions ago...look carefully and you will notice you are looking in the PAcific, not the Atlantic section of the NHC. No need to make extra work for yourself, just track the active atlantic storms :)
--Ms. G

for question 13 from the hurricane project questions, it says to collect data from the website about the categories the hurricanes were for the past 3 years. I looked on the website but had trouble finding where to get this information. To find this, do we need to go through every public advisory for each hurricane?

I was wondering if anyone knew where to find the answer to question 6, about wind speed and travel speed and typical ranges for both, because I've looked online and in th textbook and I can't find anything!!!

About the previous question, if you go to the URL on the sheet, and use the first pull-down menu to pick the year, you can then get an overview of each storm that year, which tells what categories it reached. That's what I did, but I dont know if that's the best way (or the fastest) to do it.

how do you figure out the category of the hurricane though?

to the student who posted at 22:44:42 GMT, the post previous has the best way, just click on the hurricane name and it takes you to a summary that has the info in the first few lines.
to the student whou posted at 21:38:35 GMT you know the typical ranges because you have data for several storms this year! No need to research beyond your own data

To all students: please post using a name, even if it is just initials or a code name so that it is easier to reference your post/question.
--Ms. G

in my scatter plot graph for the solar system project i have two sets of points, the average temp and the distance from the sun. in the x axis its the planet names (well it uses numbers) but im not sure what to label the y axis if it is controlling the temperature which is degreess and the distances with is in millions of km?

megan

megan, the difficulty you are having is that you are being too industrious! you are trying to show the relationship between 3 variables instead of just two. I suspect you are trying to show the relationship between temp and distance from the sun...if so only select that data, do not worry about which point is which planet, that is not what you are investigating. Hope that help!
--Ms. G

ok. then would i put average temperatuer on the x axis and distance on the y axis? becaeu then i would only have one set of points and nothing ot compare?

ok on the planets that we are supposed to color accordlingly, was there a sheet titled "relative size and features" that we are supposed to use as a guide or do we just research it? -shelbanater
--shelby

what is the difference between wind speed and travel speed of a storm besides the fact that the wind speed is much higher?
--s

what is the difference between wind speed and travel speed of a storm besides the fact that the wind speed is much higher?
--s

what is the difference between wind speed and travel speed of a storm besides the fact that the wind speed is much higher?
--s

megan, a scatterplot of 2 variables SHOULD only be one set of points, the pattern that the points make show the relationship, the comparison, if you like that term better. if they are randomly scattered there is no relationship, if they show a slope that heads up toward the right corner that means as one variable increases the other increases, called a direct relationship, the opposite is an inverse relationship. See me if you still have questions.
--Ms. G

travel speed is the speed at which the entire storm system moves, wind speed is the speed of the winds within the storm.
--Ms. G

Will we be having this many projects throughout the whole yeAR!?!?! 3 projects at the same time in one class was insane!!!
--im tired of all these projects

dear tired...in short, yes. please come to see me and we can discuss more about what the class will be like, how to manage and other options.
--Ms. Green

Ms. Green on the "study guide" for hte test on thursday it says things about experimental design diagrams, my class i dont think ever did those, what are they??
--this test looks really hard

dear test looks really hard, yes you did...do you remember the design diagram you filled out for the radish lab identifying the title, hypothesis, IV and levels of IV, trials for each level of IV, DV, methods and significance? That is an experimental design diagram. Glad you are studying, the tests are hard. Please refer to the handout "test preparation strategies" to help you prepare adequately.
--Ms. G

what does IV and DV mean??? also what format is the test in?

Independent and dependent variable. As discussed in class, format is multiple choice with some open response designed to take a full period.
--Ms G

On the study guide under the topic why we study earth science one of the materials listed is textbook and concept map. Is this the same concept map that was on the back of the first day stream observations notes? or is there a second concept map that is in the textbook?
--Ali

ms green is there any way you could go early tomrow mornign becuase i couldnt make it after school on monday and i really need some help, its a day 2 and ihave v. recyling at 7:45 so i was wondering if we could meet maybe at around 7:15? that would be amazing if you could!!!!!
- leah

I will see you at 7:30 in my office,
--Ms. Green

ali, no other one in textbook, I should take that off the study guide, it references an assignment we did not do this year which was to create a concept map on the topic "earth science" using your textbook for support. It is an assignment that helps solidify your understanding of what topics are covered in earth science and what is not.
--Ms. G

thank you so much ill be there at exactly 730
--leah

thank you!
--Ali

I just wanted to say thanks so much for the study guide, I dont get one in my other classes, and before this year I really took them for granted!!!! It has helped me so much with my studying!

Btw, I love the picture of you and Ms. White on your "Answers to questions" page!!! I dont know how old you were then, but you look like a miniature version of yourself today!!! :)

I was looking at the study guide and one of the bullet points say "understand how the earth's coordinate system was determined including why we use degrees, why 0 degree lines are wherethey are" I wasn't really sure how to answer that.
Also, I don't get what you mean when you say Describe and execute scientific reasoning

What is Saffir-Simpson scale?

what are the five spheres?

what are the five spheres?

anonymous-
i think that earth is measured in degrees because it earth is a sphere so it is measured in angles, and angles are classified by their degrees.
--Ali

thank you for your help answering questions ali, you are right.
5 spheres were discussed in the first few days of class, they should be in your class notes after the stream observation and from the picture of the guys sitting on the rock. Also your notes from Ch. 1 of the textbook.
Saffir-Simpson scale is a chart that describes hurricanes in terms of their names related to wind speed. Type it into google or your NHC website and you will find info.
--Ms. G

thank you for your positive comments about the study guide, I appreciate that you appreciate it! My thought is that tests are a learning tool just like projects and home work. If I want to make sure everyone is learning what I expect them to learn I have to tell them what that is : ) As for the pic of me with Ms. White...I have actually looked just about the same since I was 4 years old...with only minor changes of height :)
--Ms. G

what does Describe and execute scientific reasoning mean?

for tan class homework, Ch. 14 p.369-374 read/notes & RQ 10,11 (8th edition Textbook) due 10/11, there arent any questions on page 374... are these the right pages and where are the review question??

HEY NEW MS GREEN STUDENTS!!!

former Green Girl here, just wishing you all a good year this year in earth science!!!

make sure to study hard and take good notes...!!!
--Jack Bauer

thanks for the words of advice, I miss you on the board Jack, whoever you might be, stop by and post now and again.
for the question about ch. 14 RQ's, please turn to the END of the chapter to answer review questions...just like for ch. 1 and 20 RQ's.
--Ms. G

note that I recently updated the unit 2 study guide online...please refer to it as the most up to date resource in preparing for your unit 2 test.
--Ms. G

how did nitrogen get into the atmosphere --is that important?
q

hi q...nitrogen was released into the atmosphere during outgassing and in volcanic eruptions since. Good question, sometimes we forget nitrogen since it does't do too much actively as far as weather and climate are concerned.
--Ms. G

What are albedo gases? it says to know them on the study guide, but I haven't heard of those before!!!
-Δ

read more carefully, there are no albedo gasses. Check notes from class/reading for info on albedo and on greenhouse gasses...I think you just combined two.
--Ms. G

What was the homework due friday for the Tan class? (8th ed. textbooks)
--ﭣﭳﭯﭿﮁﮅﮒ ﯿ

what are the exact sections we need to do for the 8th edition textbook? the pages 324-326 are in the middle of other sections that start on other pages

hey ms green, this is a kinda cool video on the pistol shrimp. I think you'll enjoy it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKPrGxB1Kzc
-Ben
--Ben

wow, cool link ben!
Thanks!

--Ms. G

where will the information for filling in the energy chart be posted?

Where is the link to the different types of energy background sheets that we worked on in class?

it says on the honors page that the info will be posted there by 7 tonight

i dont see that

http://www.geocities.com/greenwhs/EnergyProject0708.html

In our energy speeches, should we list the negative effects of the energy sources we choose, in addition to stating why each source would be better?

If you are listing negatives, make sure you rationalize why these are still the best options or how you plan to handle the negatives
--Ms. G

for honors science hw tonight, are we supposed to do a reflection for the article?

what is the title of the article we are reading for homework tonight? it is cut off so i cannot read what it is

again, if you want people to respond to your message posts you need to sign them. Also, say which clacss you are in...more than one class uses this board.
--Ms. G

For tonights hoomework (green block) i know we are supposed to complete the back page of the ozone worksheet, but mine has no back since it was copied. If anyone could tell me what the paragraph is that would be great. Thanks!
-Leah

Yeah, I don't have that on the back of my sheet either so if anyone has the assignment it be great to know.

for tan classs, i think we are supposed to fill out the carbon cycle, we havent learned about it in class yet, so how do we draw it, wat is our source?

There are directions as to what to include in your drawing right on the assignment sheet and I showed you on the board before you left class. As to filling in the process arrows you are to use what you have learned in the last few monthes...for example, what happened to all the carbon in the early atmosphere? Draw arrows from the atmosphere to where ever it ended up going...
--Ms. Green

Where can we find the Human Impact study guide for the test on Monday?
- Greenscreen

where is the study guide for the test on monday!?!?

where is the study guide for the test on monday!?!?

wat is our tan class HW, the one listed on the honors page is outdated

study guide is the link on the honors page that says "unit 3". your home work is just to study for the test on monday!
--Ms. G

what is on the test on monday? is it only human impact and energy?

the first section of the study guide is on the test monday


--A

where on the site is the study guide

folks, it is December. We have had 3 tests. You have had 4 months to familiarize yourselves with the website. You were told during class, and for one class, actually shown. The link actually says "unit guides" unit 3. There is an answered post 2 posts above this one with the exact same question. Please use your resources.
--Ms. Green

hey if anyone needed help finding good articles about global warming a really helpful website is http://www.bestglobalwarmingarticles.com/Article/global-warming---global-warming-articles----Green-travel-/4725 . Most of the articles are good sources and recent. hope this helps!
-Leah

thanks leah!

--Ms. G

is there homework this weekend for green class besides working on articles and studying for the test?
--Ali

we have one more worksheet to do which we will begin in class tomorrow. If we do not finish it then it will be homework (but it will only take max of 15 minutes extra if any)

I think it might just be useful to remind people something about the unit study guide that I only just realized!
The Unit 3 Link IS the study guide. I think i was thrown off by the background and links and stuff, and only just noticed that it IS the guide!!!

so, sorry, that took me a while, but i just want to make sure no one else has that problem!!

i found a great link for environmental articles through the BBC specifically about climate change! it seems very appropriate for our journal entries
the URL is:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/portal/climate_change/default.stm

just wanted to put that out there for anyone who needs some good & recent news stories!
--Danae

also msn.com has an entire section on green articles
--Ali

thanks for the helpful tips girls, there are certainly lots of good sources out there. Also, if you like reading print sources many of the news magazines like "newsweek" carry articles as well as science and geography mags. Just drop by the school or public library and browse.
--Ms. Green

just for clarification
is the test still occuring on tuesday january 15th due to the snowday

so are we still having the test tomorrow, or will it be pushed back , and will the energyl journal due date be pushed back

Hey...Ms.green, since there was a snow day today, will the test still be tmoorrow? (for honors)??? because i was planning on going to the after school review and stuff, and thats all cancelled since school was cancelled...so i just wanted to know if the test was postponned or not??

I will push the test back one class period (wed for green thurs for tan) so that those who wanted to come in to ask review questions can. I will not be changing the journal dates. I will also be online today and this evening to answer questions by IM. enter "[email protected]" into your buddy list to find me. I love my new laptop!
--Ms. G

Hi Ms. Green,

Are we going to have the Test on Tuesday still?
I was planning on coming in Monday after schol to review, but there was a snow day!!! Is there going to be another time for reveiew??
I have a 730 day on Tuesday, so I cannot come in early... what should I do? I also think that other students feel the same way, not to speak for others or anyhting.

--Lauren Baer
--Lauren Baer

hi Lauren Baer, Lauren Baer. Read the post directly above yours!
--Ms. G

ms Green! i searched my entire house for that scantron sheet but i cannot find it anywhere! I know for a fact i had it in my room last weekend because i studied from it. My dad is a neat freak, so i suspect him of throwing it out. Am i totally screwed? Or will i be able to get a new scantron sheet? Im so sorry
--Ben from Green Block

ms G...or anyone else....i thought ms.green said that she was gonna put the list of events (this is for honors) on her website somewhere, u know the little strips of paper that we organized in class that one day? so anyways, i was wondering if anyone knew where it is or the link to it or something because i cant find it

~Mariah

To the lion's lair with you Ben. Mariah, I think I answered this q. on IM with you.
--Ms. G

How is everything going these days folks? I am loving your news journals, you all found some great articles and many of you were able to show some great connections to class and to your own lives. How is end of teh quarter stress? Mostly over?
--Ms. Green

ms green- making a study guide and i have a quick question.
how do humans accelerate the weathering and erosion process?
--Ben from green
<http://last.fm/user/btgh1993/>

look back at your video notes from the "bearded geologist," it was right before he switched to talking about soil as a positive result of weathering...rememeber, you can also check out the video online : )
--Ms. G

ms green,
when i click on the unit 4 study guide link it brings me to a page that is titled unit 5, and the unit 5 & 6 seem to be one link together to the unit 6 study guide...
just wanted to let you know that something might be up with the site... i don't think it's my computer or the web browser....
--danae from green

danae,
If ur still having that problem, chevck your URL bar and see if at the end of the site adress it says unit42008 the number 4 should be whatever unit your looking for
--Eli

when are we getting our tests back, and when are we getting new seats? (honors)

You will get your tests back when everyone who was sick on test day takes the tests. New seats...hadn't come up with a date or plan yet...
--Ms. G

forecast cloudy for eclipse :(
--ben
<http://www.last.fm/user/btgh1993/>

http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEmono/TLE2008Feb21/TLE2008Feb21.html


Eclipse at 8:43, not 10:43 as was said in class.
--Ben n Dan, Eclipse Boys

I bet you guys are throwing one heck of an eclipse party...top hats and binoculars! I hope the weather co-operates : (
--Ms. G

oh man, if you could only see! abe impersonators and local astronomers gather at my place for the party of the year. You would not believe what party animals these guys are, ol' sams already wearing a lamp shade.

cheers, have a good breaaaak. enjoy the sky eating the moon
--ben n dan moonparty boys

dan and i know youd love this
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn13376-lunar-eclipse-may-shed-light-on-climate-change.html?feedId=online-news_rss20
--ben

thanks guys, i had heard this info on NPR but did not have a print article. I especially like that graph showing what the earth's climate would have done with only "natural forcings" like volcanic dust and what has actually occured which seem to point to the extra variable, humans. This remindes you how complicated the climate equations are and why it is not so easy to predict climate change pricice precisely (heck we can't even predict our weather for the week!)
--Ms. G

Ms. Green, I don't know if you will get this before class tomorrow but I sent you an e-mail on Thursday or Friday asking what I need to do concerning the running water activity that I missed during lab and what homework I need to do because all that is on the honors page is "see board in class"
Thank You
Nick Azzam

Ms. Green, I don't know if you will get this before class tomorrow but I sent you an e-mail on Thursday or Friday asking what I need to do concerning the running water activity that I missed during lab and what homework I need to do because all that is on the honors page is "see board in class"
Thank You
Nick Azzam

what's going on
--the class

what is this el nino thing? are we supposed to understand it??
--everyone

Hi i am one of the binder organizers for term 4 so if any TAN kids need help with table of contents or anything like that just email me at [email protected] or facebook me and i can help

shelbsta

thanks Shelby! to "the class" and "everyone" please do not take the liberty of speaking for everyone. If you have read the piece in your book and done the activity online on El nino, and my brief explanation/Q& A did not answer all your questions please ask more and I will then be able to help you understand it.
--Ms. G

hey green class
I am one of the binder organizers this term so if you need help with your binder my email is [email protected]
thanks!
--Ali

for the green class i am also the binder organizer, so if you need any help please ask! my email is [email protected] so you can email me with questions, or just facebook me because that would probably be easier. If you need help I am open all mornings at 7.30 (accept lab day) if you would like to meet, or if you just want the table of contents sheet I can print one out for you so just ask me via email/facebook or in person.
Thanks, Leah

hey ms.g are you having a review monday after school? i am just assuming that since that is when they always are but i wanted to make sure. ???
--Mariah

yes, I will be there after school monday as always from 2:30-3:30 to answer any questions people have. I will also go online between 8 and 9 to help students with last minute questions or who had sports conflictts so did not come after school.
--Ms. G

for the grip project, do we have to put a number (according to our bibliography) after each fact in our project paper. or just have the bibliography at the end
gripperson

Yes, we need to put a number according to the bibliography after each fact in the intro
--Ali and Chelsea

for the grip write-up introduction, should it all be one long paragraph or should we divide it into sections?

When we asked the same question she said it should be one long paragraph unless it makes sense to divide it into sections. If you do divide it into sections they should have more length than just a couple of sentences
--Ali and Chelsea

is the cover sheet suppose to be the yellow grip rubric, or something different?

http://www.extremeinstability.com/

remember, the final exam grade counts for 16% of your final grade for the year. Therefore if your year grade is higher or lower than your quarter grades this might have beeen the result of your final exam grade.
--Ms. G

What is the website we have to go on to get the hurricane info?

what were the questions she told us to answer for the homework?

the questions you need to answer are at the end of the reading assignment with arrows pointing to them. Please sign your posts.
--Ms. G

For the table of contents, should we count the front of each page as 1 and the back as a separate page, if the page is double-sided?
-Katie

yes katie, if the other side is not related. Each new item gets its own number but an item with many pages (like the hurricane project)only gets 1 number because it is all 1 item.
--Ms. G

I would like to have 2 extra graphs to help with the analysis of my bar graph (Planet vs. Gravity). What is the maximum number of graphs you allow?

-Bijan

I was just wondering if you were going to be online tonight, since we have our test tomorrow?


-Alyssa

I was just wondering if you were going to be online tonight, since we have our test tomorrow?


-Alyssa

what's our homework for tonight? it's not on the website, and we didn't go over it in class.
-Katie

um. the homework for tonight was pages 383-388 but my textbook is missing the last two pages. should i just take notes on what i have? (could i also possibly get a new textbook, becasue this one is falling apart.)
-mariane

i'm also missing the last 2 pages in my textbook..
--tyler

marissa, can you please post the yellow class homework,it hasnt been updated since 9/29 and theres no link to the table of contents- yellow class student

sorry about the textbooks guys. unfortunately there are still no extras available. We are waiting for the school to order us some. Either make do with what you have and borrow a friend's for apges you are missing or go to amazon and purchase a used copy yourself (less than $5). If you do option 2 please let me know so the school doesn't buy one for you.
--Ms. G

http://flashcarddb.com/cardset/9377-science-unit-2-exosphere go to this website for great studying flash cards for the first part of unit 2!! also avalible on my fb page
--alexa yellow

I emailed you yesterday. I cant download the powerpoint on the geosphere. I have asked my friends to try downloading it for me but they cant either. Do you mind emailing me the powerpoint so I can study for the test tomorrow?

[email protected]

Thanks!
Bijan

Alexa, I think the arctic circle is the circle that receives 24 hours of daylight during the summer solstice. The Tropic of Cancer receives direct rays from the sun at solar noon during the summer solstice.

On your flashcards it said that the arctic circle received direct rays during to summer solstice, which I think is incorrect.

Correct me if Im wrong

-Bijan

yah Bijan i have the same problem if you get it plz send it too me 2
[email protected]
-Markgriner

ms. green-I was wondering if you were going to be online because in class you said you would from 7-8 on sunday night, and I had some questions.
-alyssaflores

I am online now, 8:30 until 9:30. See you there!
--Ms. G

um, on my yahoo messenger it says request pending. does this mean that you have to accept my IM invitation?
-Alyssa

um, on my yahoo messenger it says request pending. does this mean that you have to accept my IM invitation?
-Alyssa

For all who are struggling to find key events for their timeline, this website is really helpful. It pretty much has everything there is to know about evolution of the Earth (including dates).

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/change/deeptime/precam.html

Hope it helps,
Bijan

That was a very helpful website Bijan, thank you. Here is another one that was on one of the powerpoints.

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/help/timeform.html

Good luck,
Garrett

http://flashcarddb.com/cardset/11605-science-unit-3 here is a wesite to review unit threee for honors! the flash cards will also be posted on my facebook
--alexa yellow

Ms. Green-
For the brochure, are you
allowed to write the bibliography on a seperate
piece of paper,
or do you have to include it
in your brochure?
thanks,
Christina

what is our homework for monday? it's not on the website, at least the honors page or in the individual class hw pages. does anyone else know what it is?
thanks,
Katie

Hi Katie and others. Having difficulty with avery slow internet/disconnecting internet...not allowing me to modify the website right now. I will post it at work Monday in modified lenght. Count yourself lucky with the weekend off : ) When poseted it will be on the honors page...you will not miss it :)
--Ms. G

Is nuclear fusion energy considered renewable?
On the main webpage given, there is not much info about nuclear energy, and when I looked at other sources, there were mixed answeres. Some said it was techincally non-renewable, some said it was limitless. What is the answer we are going to go by? Thanks!
Christina