Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Convention Week

This week is shortened for teacher convention and before I head to Minneapolis for the NSTA Convention we have a contract-free week. So, what to do?

Eighth Grade
This week we finish up "Dante's Peak" and compare/contrast the Hollywood portrayal of a volcano to actual footage of real volcanoes erupting.

How do they compare?

Seventh Grade
We finish up or chapter on plants by creating plant vouchers for our plant survey of the Riverview campus.

What plants do we find around Riverview? What type are they? Why are they found here?

9 comments:

Julia Novotny said...

I think mostly seed bearing plants
(angisperms or conifers)are around Riverview because they don't need as much water as spore bearing plants(moss or fern) and seeds can survive harsher weather

Brad said...

Hey how do u do the A projects on the Wiki?

John said...

Brad, you just let me know that you want a page on the wiki for your contract. I will open your page and link it to the contract. You log in to the wiki page using the username and password you entered at the start of the year. You can now edit your page, type your research, set up links to other pages, post pics or videos, and more!

Thomas Theisen said...

What has to happen for a plant or animal to become a fossil.

Drew said...

Mr Hoopman are you going to put the contracts on your sight for this week?

Delfina said...

Well, they contrast because normally all the things that could possibly go wrong with a volcano, don't all happen at once like they portrayed in the movie. Usually, only pyroclastic flow and earthquakes will happen, not everything all together.

sbrooks said...

how do you get a wiki page on to the blog

Unknown said...

ARe moss and ferns the only spore bearing plants?

Kassi said...

Good statment Julia I noticed that too. I also noticed that the fungi mostly grew in or around trees that are near the river.