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Your Earth Systems blog posts (2 of them!) are due by Tuesday, February 2nd!
Blog Grades: (50 points per post)
10 points for each complete sentence (3 sentences = 30 points)
15 points for original thought
5 points for spelling, grammar, and punctuation
Do I hear Reading Log minutes? Read the excerpt from “Life As We Knew It” by Susan Pfeffer: Chapter 2: Life As We Knew It. (You may print the pages if you need to.)
-In what ways did the change in the moon’s gravity cause disequilibrium on Earth?
-If the moon could somehow move closer to Earth, do you think the author’s predictions about the effects are accurate? Explain why you agree or disagree with her predictions. (Note: The pull of the moon’s gravity DOES cause the ocean to have tides.)
-Miranda and the other characters show a wide range of emotions about the events they are witnessing just in one single chapter. How do you think you would feel if you were living through an experience like this? How do you think you and your family would react?
A carbon footprint is a measure of the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases emitted by a person’s activities. The name comes from the idea that your own activities leave a “footprint” on the earth. Scientific research suggests that build up of these greenhouse gases in our atmosphere contributes to Earth’s climate.
Part 1: Evaluating your carbon footprint. Go to http://calc.zerofootprint.net/youth/neew. Click “Get Started” and create a user name and password (the information you provide is for comparison purposes; the website will not be able to identify you personally). Fill in the information to calculate your personal carbon footprint. As you go, the program will provide suggestions to reduce your impact. Check off suggestions that you feel you could do in your life.
-Describe at least 2 of the suggestions that you feel you can do to reduce your carbon footprint.
--Explain WHAT you would do to include the 2 suggestions in your life.
*Another thought to ponder…why shouldn’t everyone just do everything that the program suggests?
Think of one of your favorite outdoor places. It could be in your backyard, in your neighborhood, someplace you’ve been camping, the lake, the Grand Canyon, etc.
Imagine your favorite outdoor place and answer these questions:
-Briefly describe what your favorite place looks like today (focus on the natural parts of it).
-Think about the many different causes of weathering & erosion. Which ones are mostly likely affecting your favorite place? What leads you to believe this?
-Predict what your favorite place would look like if you could come back and visit it in 1,000 years. How do you think it will have changed?
***DO NOT respond to this post!***
Use this post as an example of how you should write your responses.
Invisible1 and Invisible2 are examples of regular responses to the teacher’s question.
Invisible3 is an example of a reply to another student’s comment.
*Reminder: 3 complete sentences!*
