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High School: Science
Week: Nov. 26-29

Physical Science
  Notes Activity Home Work
Monday Intro to Radiation Presentation of Findings: Chernobyl
Video of Nuclear Energy		 None
Tuesday Review subatomic particles
Isotopes
Radiation
  - Alpha particles
  - Beta particles
  - Gamma ray
  - Neutron
Radioactive decay		 Isotope Experiments
Half-life Experiment		 Holt Textbook:
  - pp.292 Practice 1-5
Wednesday Nuclear Fission
Nuclear Fusion		 Chain Reactions Holt Textbook:
  - pp.292 Review 1-3
  - pp.298 Review 1-2
Thursday Radiation Today
  - Benefits
  - Risks		 Discussion: Proposed nuclear power plant Short Essay on Best Alternative Energy Source

Earth Science
  Notes Activity Home Work
Monday Bill Nye, the Science Guy, Video
  - Top 100 Earth Science Discoveries 		  short answer to most influential discovery (if not completed in class)
Tuesday Intro to Oceanography
  - 4 Branches
Intro to Oceans
  - 5 Different Oceans		 Presentation of Findings
  - Human Waste Pollution
  - Industrial Waste Pollution
  - Chemical Runoff Pollution		 none
Wednesday Geological Oceanography
  - Ocean floor
  - Continental Margins
  - Mid-Ocean Ridge		   read Chapter 13, Section 1 pp. 381 1-10
Thursday Physical Oceanography
  - Wave Motion
  - Wave Cycle
  - Tides		 Dissecting a Wave read Chapter 13, Section 2 pp. 387 1-1

Biology
  Notes Activity Homework
Monday Cracking the DNA Code Video
  - Finish Questions		   none
Tuesday Intro DNA Replication
Intro Mutations		 Presentation of findings
Genetic disease/disorder
  - Independent Probability Activity
Punnett Squares, cont.		 Prentice Hall (green):
  - read Chapter 3, Section 2 pp.89 1-3 ABC
Wednesday DNA Replication
Intro to Meiosis		 Meiosis Flipbook Punnett Square Assignment
Thursday Guest Lecturer: Ms. Vinding
  - Genetic Eye Disorders		   Handout

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