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Fri, 09 Sep

3

1. Mutual respect. No puts downs. Everyone has something valid to say. You have my respect and I expect the same from you.
2. Come to class on time. Punctuality is key to your success in my classroom. ( if you are late enter the class quietly, do not disturb other students, I will expect an apology and explanation at the end of class.
3. Come prepared to work and begin each class with the primer question before being asked.
4. Give your best effort. Mediocrity stays in the hall, and “good enough” is only good enough for the garbage can.
5. Always Raise you hand to speak
6. When I raise my hand:

· Stop what you are doing and freeze

· All eyes must be on Mr. Kowaltschuk

· Listen to instructions and do not re-start your work until Mr. Kowaltschuk has finished talking.

Multiple Intelligences Survey #1

Multiple Intelligences Survey #2

True Colours Survey

2

Tue, 20 Sep

3

If you finish and hand in the poster project complete these online activities. Grid Game and Locations Quiz

Latitude Worksheet.PDF open and print this worksheet into Onenote. Put it in the 5 themes section and use your stylus the complete the questions

When you finish the worksheet complete any outstanding surveys from lst class

3

Fri, 23 Sep

3

http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-games/latitude-longitude-map-game.php

http://www.purposegames.com/game/longitude-and-latitude-quiz

Longitude Worksheet.PDF open and print this worksheet into OneNote. Put it in the 5 themes section and use your stylus the complete the questions

complete any outstanding surveys from lst class then try this one  then try this one Learning style inventory. Make sure each of your results is ending up in your OneNote notebook in a section called my Profile

Five Themes of Geography

Finish

4

Wed, 28 Sep

3

Text Book Work on Place and Location

Please have students share a text book in pairs.

In their OneNote Notebooks under 5Themes students should create a new page called Place and Movement, text pages G4 to G11

Students should use the textbook's subtitles to create their own notes summarizing key points .  Each paragraph in the text book represents one sentence in their notes. Students should pay close attention to the blue sticky notes on each page including completing any activities described there.

In addition to the Blue sticky note activities students should complete the thinking it over questions on page G7and G11

If students finish all these activities they can go back to last class and play the online latitude and longitude games.

5

Mon, 03 Oct

3

Five Themes of Geography review

Online Text books and OneNote transfer.

Finish notes in your text on Place and location

Finish text notes and questions to study for your test on Oct. 13

6

Thu, 06 Oct

3

Note on Latitude

Complete new interest survey and add it top you OneNote profile section

7

Thu, 13 Oct

3

Relative Location Poster Project

poster rubric
poster assignment
poster exemplar

Web Site 2011-2012/5 Themes of Vegas.pptx

Test on Place and Location:  Relative and Absolute location

Study page 4-11, daybook pics, long lat worksheets.

8

Tue, 18 Oct

3

9

Fri, 21 Oct

3

When you finish your Webquest. Paste each component into the same Onenote page, turn it into a PDF and send it to me

Region:

Study for your test.: on Longitude and Latitude Review , the 5Themes of Geography and The Middle East Region

10

Wed, 26 Oct

3

Region:

11

Mon, 31 Oct

3

Region:

12

Thu, 03 Nov

3

Work on your notes and poster Familiarize your self with the middle East as a Region

Finish blue stickies for homework.

13

Tue, 08 Nov

3

Region:

14

Tue, 15 Nov

3

Finish and submit your poster before the end of class make sure your poster meets the requirements of the check

Please take the rest of the class to study for the test tomorrow.  Make sure you can answer all of the questions listed in the study guide.

15

Fri, 18 Nov

3

Study for your test. Test Today on Longitude and Latitude Review ,

the 5Themes of Geography and The Middle East Region

1. Countries in the middle East

2. Regional Characteristics of the Middle East

3. What are the disagreements involved in defining the borders/boundaries of the middle eastern region

4. Why has the middle east been so important historically

5. What are the five themes of Geography: Examples of Place/Regions in Ontario

Groups for Middle East Presentations (Based on these groups please have each team choose a conflict to research and present on )

1.

Matteo, Truan,Connor S

2.

Luca, Matthew M, Callum

3.

Mihai, Eric ,Dylan

4.

Kyle, Michael V, Michael L

5.

Gregory, Macleod

6.

Jeffery, Matthew B,

Conflicts in the Middle East

Your Questions for today's research:

1. Why are they fighting?  What are the issues? What does it revolve around?

2. Who is involved?

3. Can you see a possible solution?

4. Where are they fighting?

5. What happened before? What is happening now?  Timeline???

6. In your opinion, Who is the good side?

7. Are they going to keep fighting in the future? In your opinion who will win? Why When do you think it will end?

Pictures: involving the questions, Maps,

Software: Power point, Photo story, Inspiration, Excel, Photo shop, Prezi, Timeliner.(Rule, in your presentation you may only use pictures, graphs, or maps. ( The words have to come from your mouth. !!!!!!)

Research:  5 sources, news articles, Wikipedia, reputable news agencies, BBC, CBC, CNN,

Web Site 2011-2012/Middle East presentation rubric.pdf

Web Site 2011-2012/Self assessment.docx

16

Wed, 23 Nov

3

Continue research and preparation for your middle east presentations

17

Mon, 28 Nov

3

18

Thu, 01 Dec

3

Practice Presentations

19

Tue, 06 Dec

3

Practice and present middle east presentations

20

Fri, 09 Dec

3

21

Wed, 14 Dec

3

Kind of Questions

22

Mon, 19 Dec

3

Answering each others test questions.

Creating Test Questions.

1. Each Group of Presenters is expected to created 4 test questions based on their presentations.

2. When the group has completed their question they should submit the questions and answers to the class coverage teacher.

3. The covering teacher will consolidate the questions without answers into a word document and post the document to your class conference.  Each student will then download the questions and attempt to answer them based on the notes they took during presentations.

Kind of Questions

Example Test Questions:

1. Egypt is in Africa, true or false

2. Matching

3. What Religion is Israel- Multiple Choice

 Muslim

 Jewish

 Christian

 Arabic

For your test on the middle East you are responsible to read and summarize the following article http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11138790

23

Tue, 10 Jan

3

Geo 7-1

Students should continue answering all of the tests questions created by the presentation groups. Any questions which were not posted due to the internet issues last class should be posted to the grade conference without answers today to the rest of the class can download and answer them.

Don't forget you are also responsible to read and summarize the article http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11138790 on the main issues in the Israeli Palestine conflict as well. If you are having trouble with some of the points please use the group experts.

24

Fri, 13 Jan

3

Quiz today on the article from BBC on the Israeli conflict.

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=middle-east_34

Test on the Middle East Jan 23

25

Wed, 18 Jan

3

Teacher evaluation form Click here to take survey

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=middle-east_34

Use the rest of the class to study for your test on Monday Don't forget you are also responsible to read and summarize the article http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11138790 on the main issues in the Israeli Palestine conflict as well. If you are having trouble with some of the points please use the group experts.

26

Mon, 23 Jan

3

Test on the Middle East today.

27

Thu, 26 Jan

3

Read and take notes in your text book pages 94-96

• Take notes on each paragraph
• Get definitions for all bolded terms
• Complete all blue  notes and activities on each page as your read.

Begin the Hurricanes Webquest

Geo Challenge

28

Wed, 01 Feb

3

Tornadoes in your text page 98 - page 100 and questions on page 100

• Take notes on each paragraph
• Get definitions for all bolded terms
• Complete all blue  notes and activities on each page as your read.

29

Mon, 06 Feb

3

Finish and show to Mr K:

Notes page 94-96

Hurricanes Webquest

Notes page 98 - 100

30

Thu, 09 Feb

3

When you are finished:

copy and paste the table below into One Note and using pages 104 -109  follow the example to complete the rest of the table. Make sure your descriptions are in your own words, use google images to find pictures to add to your table.

Factor and affect on Climate	Image to represent climate factor
Latitude: Locations closer  to the equator are warmer because the equator receives the sun's rays most directly
Air Masses
Mountain Barriers:
Elevation
Ocean Currents	http://www.classzone.com/ books/earth_ science/terc/content/ visualizations/ es2401/es2401page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization  Check out this link
Water Bodies

31

Tue, 14 Feb

3

Complete the table of Climate factor using the text book pages 104 - 109 30 minutes

Climate Web Quest

Great Canadian Geo challenge. Final Rounds

32

Tue, 21 Feb

3

Geo Challenge!

Making Climate graphs

Toronto

Wellington

Vancouver

Winnipeg

Manaus

Quito

Narvik

Nain

33

Fri, 24 Feb

3

Students can spend the rest of the class working on their graphs for the Climate Web Quest.

If they finish early they can play the games below

http://www.montereyinstitute.org/noaa/lesson08/l8ex1.htm

http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/storm-chasers/tornado-chase-game/tornado-chase-game.html

34

Wed, 29 Feb

3

Check over each others graphs. Web Site 2011-2012/Webquest data.xlsx

Begin to use the text book, atlas and web pages to investigate he climate factors for each of the cities in the graphs.

Climate Factors tables

35

Mon, 05 Mar

3

Web Site 2011-2012/Webquest data.xlsx

Finish and submit your climate graphs to Mr. Kowaltschuk.

When you are done get to work on your Climate factors tables

36

Thu, 08 Mar

3

Here is a quiz for you to take: Climate graphs and Climate factors

Click the link below to take the quiz :

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=interpreting-climate-graphs

Thanks!

Finish your climate graphs Webquest data.xlsx

 and climate factors tables.

37

Thu, 29 Mar

3

Today : finish your climate factors tables, have Mr. K check over your graphs, begin to screen clip your graphs and tables into a poster project using power point

38

Tue, 03 Apr

3

Finish and submit poster in classFinish and submit poster in class: Must be done in Class

Climate Practice test.Web Site 2011-2012/Climate Test practice.docx

39

Mon, 10 Apr

3

Today’s Class: 

Any boys who have not done so should finish and submit their class graphs poster project.

Other boys should work on completing the Climate practice test which is on the class day book.Climate Practice test.Web Site 2011-2012/Climate Test practice.docx

Boys who finish the practice test can spend time helping each other study in pairs for the climate test next class.  They should study the questions from their Hurricanes webquest, Their climate webquest, the climate factors and graphs from their poster project, and the practice test.

If they finish early they can play the Climate games below

http://www.montereyinstitute.org/noaa/lesson08/l8ex1.htm

http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/storm-chasers/tornado-chase-game/tornado-chase-game.html

40

Fridat, 13 Apr

3

Climate Factors Test

When you are done the test: Quake Questions

Plate Tectonics

41

Wed, 18 Apr

3

Earthquakes movie

A Chinese seismoscope, invented by philosopher Chang Hêng in AD 132. At its center is a jar with eight dragon heads sticking out, each with a small ball in its mouth. Below every dragon is an open-mouthed toad. When an earthquake strikes, the shaking jostles the balls, and one will fall into the mouth of one of the toads. This was used to determine the direction of shaking long before the invention of the seimsograph.

42

Thu, 26 Apr

3

Plate Tectonics INTRO Games

Puzzle using fossil record and shapes of the continents to try and re-create Gondwanaland

Map of Antarctica for tectonics puzzle.

43

Tue, 01 May

3

Complete Tectonics puzzle and begin mapping current quakes

Using the Map of the World you will use the Longitude and Latitude information to mark  current volcanoes and earthquakes using your pencil crayons.

Black Outline Map of the World

1. Using a Red Pencil crayon mark with a small dot, all volcanoes which are: Ongoing or in the Months of Feb and March

2. Using a Blue Pencil crayon mark with a small dot, all Earth quakes

You will not finish all the volcanoes and earth quakes today.  We will continue to work on them in class

Latest Quakes

Update on Current Volcanic Activity

44

Fri, 04 May

3

Quiz Friday May the 4th Quiz

Using the Map of the World you will use the Longitude and Latitude information to mark  current volcanoes and earthquakes using your pencil crayons.

Black Outline Map of the World

1. Using a Red Pencil crayon mark with a small dot, all volcanoes which are: Ongoing or in the Months of Feb and March

2. Using a Blue Pencil crayon mark with a small dot, all Earth quakes

You will not finish all the volcanoes and earth quakes today.  We will continue to work on them in class

Latest Quakes

Update on Current Volcanic Activity

Plate Tectonics INTRO Games

Read in your text book pages 64-69, make sure to take notes as you go, complete the Blue activities and answer the check-back questions on page 69 when you finish taking notes

45

Wed, 09 May

3

Today add yesterday and today's quakes to your map

Read in your text book pages 64-69, make sure to take notes as you go, complete the Blue activities and answer the check-back questions on page 69 when you finish taking notes

46

Mon, 14 May

3

 Quiz on Plate tectonics so far.

Seismic Waves

Inner layers of the planet

Intensity scale vs. Magnitude scale

major world plates and why do they move (convection currents)

Plate Boundaries

47

Thu, 17 May

3

Review of Quiz

Here is a quiz for you to take: 7-1 practice test

Click the link below to take the quiz :

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=71-practice-test

Thanks!

Add today's  and yesterday's quakes to your map.

Complete your notes and questions from pages 64-69 use the mind map template below to get you started

Web-Site-2011-2012_copy(1)/Natural Disasters.isf

Magnitude, Amplitude and wave length.

48

Thu, 24 May

3

Wave length, amplitude and energy

Finish Notes and submit your mind map based on pages 64-69

Web Site 2011-2012/Natural Disasters.isf

Play Jeopardy with a partner

Web Site 2011-2012/tectonics jeopardy 2012.xls

Web-Site-2011-2012_copy(1)/Natural Disasters.isf

49

Tue, 29 May

3

Today's Quakes

Mind Maps

Review for test

50

Fri, 01 Jun

3

Tectonics Test

Mind Map

Things to make sure you include in your mind map

Richter Scale: Amplitude, Wave length, Explain energy vs. shaking, exponential, (explain each and add a picture)

Plate Boundaries: All three types with pictures, explanations, and example

Seismic Waves:  All four types including explanations and pictures

Core Shadow: Explain what the core shadow is, how it is created, what type of seismic waves are used to create the core shadow,  add a picture.

Intensity Scale: explanation

Tsunamis: What is a tsunami?  How is it created? Waves in the past which have affected countries in the world.

Explain how a Tsunami is different from a Tidal Wave.

Tidal Waves: Explain how a tidal wave is created

51

Wed, 06 Jun

3

Game:

http://www.heavygames.com/3rdworldfarmer/gameframe.asp