Geography

Date each entry and put the newest entry at the top of the list.
April 15th-Attendees- Jack O'Connell, Meg Basilio
 * Discussed upcoming culture unit test, restructured questions
 * Made preliminary plans regarding next unit-political geography

March Attendees- Jack O'Connell, Jerry Little, Meg Basilio
 * Discussed pacing of population unit
 * Reviewed population unit test

February: Attendees- Jack O'Connell, Jerry Little, Meg Basilio
 * Reviewed population unit
 * supplemental materials: powerpoint, smartboard notebook pages, videos

January 14, 2009 Attendees- Jack O'Connell, Jerry Little, Meg Basilio


 * Discussed upcoming midterm and completed mid-term questions
 * Shared and revised worksheets on calculating Earth's distance worksheets
 * Discussed instructional schedule for the next 10 days
 * pre-planned next unit on population

December 3, 2008 Attendees- Jack O'Connell, Jerry Little, Meg Basilio
 * Discussed time line for current unit, Natural Resources
 * Test on Natural Resources scheduled for December 19th
 * Scheduled computer lab for Voicethread project in January
 * Discussed Google Earth project- any changes?
 * Time required in lab- 4 days in lab is a must
 * Each teacher will make an individual decision on offering kmz file in web page or constructing in school
 * Minor change in rubric regarding missing citation

October 8th attendees-Jack O'Connell, Jerry Little, Meg Basilio
 * revisited instructional plans to readjust timeline
 * reviewed Google Earth project
 * reviewed lab assignments and possible start dates
 * will investigate appropriate dates for orienteering course and how to plan, construct and manage the course
 * Next meeting with Robin Martin in computer lab regarding upcoming project

September 30th
 * finalized unit test
 * finalized instructional plans for next 10 days
 * scheduled google earth project for all 3 teams
 * Next meeting: discuss orienteering course

September 24th: attendees Jerry Little, Jack O'Connell, Meg Basilio
 * Review and revised Unit 1 exam
 * Revised geography plans for the next 8 instructional days
 * Began discussing next unit
 * Next meeting: Establish project timeline for next unit "geographic tools". Include in discussion orienteering course and google earth project

September 10th: attendees Jerry Little, Jack O'Connell, Meg Basilio Agenda:
 * Review pacing and adjust plans accordingly. The department felt that we needed to change our pacing in specific areas.
 * Redefined the 5 Themes unit. Adjusted lessons for the next 10 instructional days
 * Set a date for first common assessment quiz and projected unit test. Submitted by M. Basilio