Earth Science Honors - Mon., Mar. 30

Dear Students,

I hope you had a nice weekend--I wish it hadn't been so dreary, but we do need the rain. This brings us to a natural segue into our upcoming unit--Groundwater.

On Long Island, most of the precipitation we receive is rain.  This precipitation can:  a) evapotranspire; b) run-off; or, 3) seep down into the ground, adding to (recharging) the water table as groundwater. Long Island's annual precipitation averages 45.2 in/yr--50% of the falling precipitation recharges the groundwater system, replenishing our sole source of freshwater.  Water companies drill wells below ground into water-bearing formations known as aquifers.  We are lucky to have this source of freshwater because many people around the world do not have a similar access to clean, plentiful water like we do.  As we begin learning about our groundwater source over the coming week, I hope you will consider how we can protect its availability and quality.  We all have a role to play!

To read more, go to:

https://www.usgs.gov/centers/ny-water/science/long-island-precipitation-and-recharge?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects

and

https://www.usgs.gov/centers/ny-water/science/long-island-groundwater?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects


Assignments:
1) If you not completed yet completed some of the RB Topic #'s 1 to 5 (on castlelearning), please do so as soon as possible, because we start new content on Thurs., Apr. 2.  Please note that today and tomorrow's assignments are as follows:

Mon., Mar. 30 - Read Topic 6 in Review Book and complete RB Topic #6 on castlelearning

Tues., Mar. 31 - Read Topic 7 in Review Book and complete RB Topic #7 on castlelearning

If for some reason you do not have your Review Book at home, the publisher has granted us online access.  Here is the login info:
https://www.pearsonschool.com/newyorkbr

UN: nybr-student

PW: NYStudent2020

2) Before Fri., Apr. 3, you can still complete the Current Event Enrichments, which will count as one lab grade apiece.  Please see my blog post dated Mar. 15 for details.

3) We will be transitioning to the Google Classroom platform, although I will continue to run my blog as a duplicate platform.  Beginning Thurs., Apr. 2, our daily lessons will be posted in both places.  Please note that the following class codes will apply to each of your classes:

Earth Science Honors - P 1/2 - Class code - bffwxqx

Earth Science Honors - P 2/3 - Class code - 5rdpouf

Earth Science Honors - P 7/8 - Class Code - k326ff4


Be well.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Crnosija