3q 2

1. List three technologies that the school plans to utilize.
2. Explain each one. (you may need to check out other websites for research)
3. Earth Day is coming up. Click on one of the Core Issues. Which one did you choose?
4. What is the big problem associated with this issue?
5. What can you do to fix this problem? Give me a solid paragraph.

1. rainwater collections, geothermal A/C and solar panel power.
2.Rainwater collections collect rainwater for future uses.
Geothermal A/C units control the schools heating and cooling system with natural power.
Solar Power Panels are used to distribute energy throughout the school.
3.Climate change
4. The Earths Climate is rapidly changing because of humans
5. In order to fix our climates we must stop using greenhouse gases. In order to do this we must stop destroying the ozone layer with vehicles. We also need to reduce use of jet fuels. This is what any person can do to save the climate: use non-toxic means of transpotation

3q 1

1. Which hurricane did you choose?
2. What category was it on the Saffir-Simpson scale?
3. Tell its story.

4. How many lives were lost? How much damage did it cause ($)?
5. Include at least one picture.

1. Hurricane Katrina

2. This hurricane reached up to Category 5 in the Gulf of Mexico, but did its most damage in Buris, Louisiana as a Category 3 Hurricane where it did the most damage.

3. Hurricane Katrina was one of the worst natural disasters in recent memory. It formed in the middle of the ocean, hit Florida as a light hurricane, went into the Gulf of Mexico ( where it gathered up enough steam to be considered a Category 5 ), then hit a lot of the southeastern U.S.A. (including Alabama, Louisiana, and Florida). When it finally dispersed (after creating 33 tornadoes) it had caused around 1200 deaths(1000 in Louisiana, and 200 in Mississipi)

4. It cost around 1200 lives and 75 billion dollars

5.

1. What was your best blog this quarter? What made it so good?

2. What grade do you deserve for your blogs this quarter? Why? (Remember to do some basic math here. If you have only attempted 5 out of 7 blogs, the absolute highest grade you could earn is 71%)

3. What was your favorite topic in 2nd Quarter? Why? (Ch. 8,9,10,12,14, 16) Give me a solid paragraph explaining your answer. Include a picture.

1. This Post because it is the last.

2. I deserve about an 85% to a 90% because i did all of the works but did it as simple as i could.

3.Oceanography is my favorite topic of the quarter. I think it is so facinating because i don't get to go to or live near an ocean. I also liked studying it because it isn't all known.

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5

1. Pick one of the articles you read. List the Name of the article and publisher.
2. What was the author's thesis? (insert the quote)
3. Do you agree with their thesis? Why or why not?

1.Chile's Earthquake may have Shortened Earth's Day, Shifted Axis , HuffingtonPost.com
2. Earth Shifted time by 1.26 microseconds
3. No I do not agree with the author because he doesnt have scientific facts to completely justify it.

Oceanography webquest

http://docs.google.com/View?id=dfvq62n8_0csw9rxhr