Geography

Date each entry and put the newest entry at the top of the list.

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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