Earth+Science

Welcome to Earth Science Quarter 1 ONLINE TEXTBOOK classzone.com use access code 0618594027 Notes These are copies of the Promethean notes used in class. Please be aware that these are BEFORE class discussions and annotations. As you know I adapt my presentation to what we're doing in class so these notes can help you review for class BUT CANNOT REPLACE attending and participating in class.

Small Group Project: FACTS ABOUT THE GREAT LAKES   Your assignment will be to create a wiki page about one of the Great Lakes. You will get some classtime to work on this page but you are EXPECTED to also work on this on your own time as homework. Your page will demonstrate the following skills:
 * Changing text size, color and type || Inserting lines and tables ||
 * Inserting images || Properly citing references ||
 * Editing and revising a Wikipage || Determining importance ||
 * Time management, fair distribution of work in groups || Writing to inform a general audience. ||

(no more than 3 people on a page)
Lake Michigan1 (Miguel and Damnian) Lake Onterio 1 (Teddy, TJ) Lake Erie 1 (Rachel) Lake Superior 1 (Rosie) || Lake Huron 2 (Bernice, Taylor ) Lake Erie 2 (Devonna, Tyquisha) Lake Michigan 2 (Collin, James, Issac, Garry) Lake Superior 2 (Curtis, Sharron) Lake Michigan 3 (Josh) || Starting Links for On-Line Research Harbors along the Great Lakes @http://www.lre.usace.army.mil/_kd/go.cfm?destination=Page&Pge_ID=2109  Photos of the Great Lakes http://www.ec.gc.ca/grandslacs-greatlakes/default.asp?lang=En&n=386031A0-1   Great Lakes Facts and Figures Sheets http://www.great-lakes.net/teach/chat   Envronmental Infromation about the Great Lakes. Some basic info about the history of the Great Lakes. @http://www.epa.gov/greatlakes/atlas/  Links to profiles about each of the Great Lakes. Click on the lake to go to specific pages about that lake. []  Link to the KUSD on-line library resrouces for this project. []
 * Lake Huron1 (Sergio, Cody, Shawna)

= Individual Project

Your final project will be to create an informative wikipage about a topic of your choice related to the Great Lakes. You will get some classtime but you are EXPECTED to also work on this on your own time as homework. This project is to be done individually. =

Possible topics. I will update the list as people select topics.

 * Selling fresh water to other states
 * Invasive species (pick one to describe in detail like zebra mussels or purple loosestrife)
 * Asian Carp
 * Sewage overflows
 * Beach Water Quality
 * Drinking water from great lakes
 * The St Lawrence Seaway
 * Global warming and the Great Lakes
 * Water levels in the Great Lakes
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Pollution in the Great Lakes (pick oen type to describe in detail like mercury or PCB)
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shipping on the Great Lakes
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shipwrecks of the Great Lakes (pick one to describe in detail like the Edmond Fitzgerald)