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This Week 9-26-11

__Mon. & Tues.Sept. 26 & 27, 2011 __ Find Terms and Definitions below. Watch the video first to understand what you need to do --HERE How to insert shapes on ppt HERE
 * 1. Create a Power Point slide show on the last ten Geo. Terms.**

Video on HOW TO SAVE your PPT --HERE

__﻿Website with Geo. Terms pictures and definitions __ Landforms click HERE Landforms glossary click HERE  Enchanted Learning click HERE  Wikipedia link click HERE
 * 1. Plain – ****A large area of flat or nearly flat land **
 * 2. Cape -- ** Point of land that extends into a river, lake, or ocean
 * 3. Source— ****the place where a river begins **
 * 4. Volcano -- ** Mountain created as liquid rock and ash erupt from the inside the earth
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">5. Plateau— ****<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">A high, flat landform that rises steeply above the surrounding land. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">6. Delta-- **Flat, low-lying land built up from soil carried downstream by a river and deposited at its mouth
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">7. Glacier -- ** A huge sheet of ice that moves slowly across the land
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">8. Desert – ****<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">a very dry area where few plants grow **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">9. Oasis – ****<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">a place in the desert made fertile by a steady supply of water **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">10. Mountain range-- ** A series of connected mountains

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">If you finish the PPT with the 10 terms and the 3 Critical Thinking Questions, <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">you may research current events concerning the earth and add more slides to your <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Geo Terms PPT. Use EarthWeek website.

__<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">﻿Wed. & Thurs., Sept. 28 & 29, 2011 <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">﻿ __ 1. Finish creating your Geo Terms power point slide show. Make sure you have the following: 2. When you are finished with the PPT, save it to the Ramsey folder. Then work on the ** Geo Terms crossword puzzle **. Use this online landforms glossary HERE. When you finish the puzzle, KEEP it in your binder under “daily” tab. 3. If you finish all of the above, you may begin the ** Royal Castle Floor Plan ** worksheet. Follow the directions carefully and do what it says. KEEP it in your binder.
 * All ten terms asked in a question with the answer (terms listed above)
 * 3 critical thinking questions
 * 1 to 2 slides with information from Earthweek website

__<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Friday, Sept. 30, 2011 __ 1. After you take the Focus Test and turn it in, upload your Geo Terms PPT to your homeroom's wiki page. Only one student at a time can upload, so use King Tut statue as a place marker on your desk and then return to table for others to use. 2. As you are waiting to upload to the wiki, you may play practice Geo Terms games at a site called Zondle.