Week	Day	Date	Activity	Assignments Due Dates	Standards / GLE
1	Mon	8/19
	Tue		Intro., Class Policy Educ. Unit Student Resume
	Wed		Master Schedule
	Thu		Stressor/Releaser Sentences Assign. Multiple Intelligence / Learning Styles Assessment Lab Safety Hand Out textbooks
	Fri		Learning Styles / Multiple Intelligences Online Test	Student Resume, Mstr. Schedule, Stressor, MI, Class Policy
2	Mon	8/26	Unit 1 Ch 1 The Nature of Science
	Tue		(Ch 3 Matter and Atomic Structure)	Ch 1 Outline / Questions 1 - 14
	Wed		Geo Lab Measuring in SI
	Thu
	Fri
3	Mon	9/2	Vacation
	Tue
	Wed		Exam 1 Ch 1 The Nature of Science
	Thu
	Fri

Week	Day	Date	Activity	Assignments Due Dates	Standards / GLE
4	Mon	9/9	Unit 1 Ch 2 Mapping Our World
	Tue			Ch 2 Outline & Questions 1-25
	Wed
	Thu
	Fri
5	Mon	9/16
	Tue		Exam 2 Ch 2 Mapping Our World
	Wed		Unit 3 Ch 4 Minerals
	Thu		Mineral Identification Smithsonian Gem & Mineral Collection
	Fri		Sand Exploration
6	Mon	9/24
	Tue			Ch 4 Outline & Questions 1-23
	Wed
	Thu
	Fri

Week	Day	Date	Activity	Assignments Due Dates	Standards / GLE
7	Mon	10/1
	Tue		Exam 3 Ch. 4 Minerals (HSQE)
	Wed		Unit 4 Ch 5 Igneous Rocks (HSQE)
	Thu		HSQE /
	Fri
8	Mon	10/8
	Tue			Ch 5 Outline & Questions 1-26
	Wed
	Thu
	Fri
9	Mon	10/14
	Tue		Exam 4 Ch. 5 Igneous Rocks/ End of 1st Quarter
	Wed		Unit 5 Ch 6 Sedimentary and Metamorphic Rocks
	Thu			1st Qtr Notebooks Due
	Fri		Vacation / End of 1st Qtr

Week	Day	Date	Activity	Assignments Due Dates	Standards / GLE
10	Mon	10/22	Unit 5 Ch 6 Sedimentary and Metamorphic Rocks
	Tue			Ch 6 Questions 1-25   EC 26-30
	Wed
	Thu
	Fri
11	Mon	10/29
	Tue		Exam 5 Ch. 6 Sedimentary and Metamorphic Rocks
	Wed		Unit 6 Ch 7 Weathering, Erosion, and Soil
	Thu		Vacation P/T Conf
	Fri		Vacation P/T Conf
12	Mon	11/5	Unit 6 Ch 7 Weathering, Erosion, and Soil
	Tue			Ch 7 Questions 1-25
	Wed
	Thu
	Fri

Week	Day	Date	Activity	Assignments	Standards / GLE
13	Mon	11/12
	Tue		Exam 6 Ch. 7 Weathering, Erosion, and Soil
	Wed		Unit 7 Ch 8 Mass Movements, Wind, and Glaciers
	Thu
	Fri
14	Mon	11/19	Unit 7 Ch 8 Mass Movements, Wind, and Glaciers
	Tue			Ch 8 Questions 1-25
	Wed
	Thu		Vacation
	Fri		Vacation
15	Mon	11/26
	Tue		Exam 7 Ch 8 Mass Movements, Wind, and Glaciers
	Wed
	Thu
	Fri

Week	Day	Date	Activity	Assignments	Standards / GLE
16	Mon	12/5	Estuary Lecture
	Tue		EPA National Estuary Program NOAA Estuary Education Estuary description
	Wed
	Thu		Exam 8 Ch 12 Estuaries
	Fri
17	Mon	12/12
	Tue
	Wed
	Thu		First Semester Final
	Fri
18	Mon	12/21
	Tue
	Wed
	Thu
	Fri
		12/21 - 1/1	Christmas Vacation
19	Mon	1/2	Unit 9 Photic Zone Chap 15 Life Near the Surface
	Tue
	Wed		The Open Ocean; The Blue Planet 2 DVD	Ch 15 Outline
	Thur
	Fri

Week	Day	Date	Activity	Assignments	Standards / GLE
20	Mon	1/9
	Tue
	Wed		Sea Life Center Field Trip
	Thu
	Fri		Planet Earth: Shallow Seas
21	Mon	1/16
	Tue
	Wed		Unit 9 Exam 9 Photic Zone Ch. 15
	Thu
	Fri
22	Mon	1/23	Unit 10 Pelagic Zone: Meso, Bathy (Deep Sea), Benthos
	Tue		The Deep; The Blue Planet 2 DVD	Ch 16 Outline
	Wed
	Thu		Planet Earth: Deep Ocean
	Fri

Week	Day	Date	Activity	Assignments	Standards / GLE
23	Mon	1/30
	Tue
	Wed		Unit 10 Exam 10 Ocean Depths Ch. 16
	Thu		Vacation P/T Conf
	Fri		Vacation P/T Conf
24	Mon	2/6	Unit 11 Marine Plants / Protists Chap. 6 Marine Plants
	Tue		Marine Algae The Algae Page	Ch 6 Outline
	Wed		Sea Forest (NSF worksheet)
	Thu
	Fri
25	Mon	2/13
	Tue
	Wed
	Thu		Unit 11 Exam Ch 6 Plants / Protists
	Fri

Week	Day	Date	Activity	Assignments	Standards / GLE
26	Mon	2/20 (IIE CR)	Unit 12 Marine Invertebrates Chap. 7 Marine Invertebrates
	Tue	(IIE CR)		Ch 7 Outline
	Wed		The Shape of Life: Cnidarians DVD
	Thu
	Fri		The Shape of Life: Molluscs DVD
			AK Science Symposium @ Fairbanks
27	Mon	2/27 (IIE CR)
	Tue		The Shape of Life: Arthropoda
	Wed
	Thu		Exam 12 Ch 7 Marine Invertebrates
	Fri

Week	Day	Date	Activity	Assignments	Standards / GLE
28	Mon	3/5	Unit 13 Marine Fish Chap. 8 Marine Vertiebrates: The Fishes
	Tue
	Wed			Ch 9 Outline
	Thu
	Fri		Vacation (IS)  End of third quarter
		3/15 -3/19	Vacation  / AK Science Fair @ Anchorage  3/26-28
29	Mon	3/19
	Tue		DVD Sharkwater
	Wed
	Thu		Exam 13 Fishes Ch. 8
	Fri
30	Mon	3/26	Unit 14 Marine Birds Chap. 9 Marine Reptiles, Birds, and Mammals
	Tue		(HSQE)
	Wed		(HSQE)
	Thu		(HSQE)
	Fri		Alaska Shorebirds: ANHA VHS / Alaska Birds DVD

Week	Day	Date	Activity	Assignments	Standards / GLE
31	Mon	4/2	Unit 14 Marine Birds Chap. 9 Marine Reptiles & Birds
	Tue		(HSQE)	Ch 9 Outline
	Wed
	Thu		Feather Lab, Beak/candy Lab
	Fri
32	Mon	4/9
	Tue
	Wed		Unit 14 Exam Ch 9 Marine Birds & Reptiles
	Thu
	Fri		Vacation
33	Mon	4/16	Unit 15 Marine Mammals Ch 9 Birds, Reptiles, & Mammals
	Tue			Ch 2 Rev. Qs 1-9 Essay 1-10
	Wed
	Thu
	Fri		PBS Realm of the Killer Whale / Sperm Whale DVD; PBS Gray Whales w Christophere Reeve

Week	Day	Date	Activity	Assignments	Standards / GLE
34	Mon	4/23
	Tue
	Wed		Unit 15 Marine Mammals Ch 9 Exam
	Thu
	Fri		Restoring Alaska; Empty Oceans Empty Nets VHS
35	Mon	4/30
	Tue
	Wed
	Thu
	Fri		Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival May 6-9
36	Mon	5/7
	Tue
	Wed		Unit 16 Human Influence / Impact Ch 17 & 18 Exam
	Thu
	Fri
37	Mon	5/14
	Tue		2nd Semester Final /  SoHi Graduation 7pm
	Wed		2nd Semester Final

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