Portland Weather Data

Go to this web site:

http://www.weather.gov/climate/index.php?wfo=gyx

Look at the fields: 1 Product, 2 Location, 3 Timeframe, and 4 View.

Click Preliminary Climatology Data (CF6)

Click Portland

Click Archived, then June 2008

Click Go

This will open another window with all sorts of data for Portland from last month. Columns 10, 11 and 12 include wind data. The wind direction in column 12 is based on a 360 degree compass with North being zero degrees, east is 90 degrees, south is 180, and west is 270 degrees.

Answer the questions on your sheet.

The Films

Based on the two films you watched today, answer the following questions.

1. Describe one scene or image that is stuck in your mind. What about the scene captured you?

2. Describe one scene that you were already familiar with. Where had you seen this before?

3. Both films depicted humans interacting with their natural environment. Compare and contrast two scenes; one that showed humans living in harmony with the earth and one that showed them exploiting the earth.

Quarks, etc Day 3

Here’s the deal. . .today is the last day you have to work on your project (due to the snow day). You goal for today is to “web” the relationships between all of the words. Each person will make their own web. Examine the instruction sheet and rubric. These instructions should make it easy to complete:

1. First, write all of the vocabulary words on post-it notes. Everyone in the group should do their own web.

2. Organize the post-its in a way that makes sense to you. Compare it to your teamates’ webs and discuss. It is OK if your webs don’t look exactly the same.

3. Carefully take off each sticky note and write in the vocabulary word directly onto the big paper.

4. Connect the vocabulary words with a straight like (use a RULER!).

5. Under each * word, write your three facts.

6. Along each arrow, write a phrase that shows the relationship between the two vocabulary words.

She bends the truth. . .and defends us from evil monsters!

Quarks, etc.

Happy Monday (yeah, right)! Each day, check the blog for daily hints, suggestions, and assignments relating to your independent study. At the end of each day, make sure to post a quick comment so I know what you worked on.

1. Your first task will be to familiarize yourself with some of the vocabulary that you received in class last week. Look over the list of words. Most of the words in the right hand column should sound strange or new to you.

2. Read “Q is for Quark.” You can either do a Think Alound (C.A.T.P.) or just take notes in the margin.

3. Write a comment to this post. In your own words, define “Quark.” You can do this as a whole group (just make sure to sign everyone’s name).

4. If you get done early, use some of the links from the Portaportal to investigate other vocabulary.

Round Robin Sharing Reflection

Answer these questions in complete sentences. You can lump them all into one short paragraph or answer them as three seperate questions.

1. How well did you understand the reading? Give evidence from the first test (but don’t give your actual grade).

2. How much did discussing the information help you to improve your understanding?

3. What questions do you still have about the reading?