Jan. 25-29: Oceans

At the beginning of the week students worked on a large sea water lab where they learned about salinity, water pressure, and the formation of convection currents. For the latter half of the week we'll be doing formal notes on these sea water properties, and we will start talking about ocean dynamics (currents, tides, etc.). To look more closely at ocean currents, students will be doing an activity where they trace the path of some Nike shoes that were lost in the ocean in 1999 and are still circling the globe today because of these currents.

Students were given their Quarter 2 report cards this week, so you should be seeing them at home. They have also been given a new weekly check-in log for this class (bright green). Week 1 should be crossed out because I was too slow, so this is Week 2.