Have a great weekend...... and STUDY

Study for your Middle Ages test next Thursday.

Click the Black Death image to be transported back in time to the BLACK DEATH! (AT YOUR OWN RISK)

The Black Plague

Global: Complete Black Plague worksheet. Middle Ages test Next Thursday- STUDY

http://www.insecta-inspecta.com/fleas/bdeath/Black.html

April 21, 2009

Global: write a 1 paragraph diary of your account of the crusades. (you are one of the following, pope, knight, lord, serf) this is writtin in first person perspective....... Today I decided to embark on a long journey to far away exotic land....... Due tomorrow, 20 pts

Middle Ages test next Wednesday and Thursday, study the notes and timeline I gave you.

Heredity and Genetics notes

Multiple-Choice Questions

4th quarter Begins Today

Ok team, the end is in site. Just continue to keep focused on your studies, complete all your homework and most importantly stay organized. June is literally around the corner now. Do your best to increase your grades and get the most you can from this last quarter.
Regards,

New York State Global Regents

click here to read old regents exams

Click here for the answer key
1. In western Europe, feudalism developed after the
(1) Roman Empire collapsed
(2) Renaissance began
(3) city of Constantinople fell
(4) Mongols invaded


2. What was an impact of Korea’s geographic
location on the history of East Asia?
(1) isolating Russia from Japan
(2) protecting China from Mongol invaders
(3) preventing Europeans from colonizing
East Asia
(4) serving as a cultural bridge between China
and Japan



3. Based on this print, which statement reflects an
important theme in Japanese art and culture?
(1) Nature is a powerful force.
(2) Beauty is found in technological innovations.
(3) Realistic portrayals create a harmonious
effect.
(4) Traditional activities should be expressed in
simple forms.

Welcome Back

April 13, 2009

Global: 3rd quarter exam is on Wednesday. Test in rm. 214
HW: read handout and answere questions.

Continue to study the following:
1. Byzantine Empire
2. Spread of Islam
3. Africa
4. Japan
5. Korea
6. Tang & Song Dynasties
7. Mongols
8. Ming Dynasty
9. Dark ages

Submit answers to me on a sheet of paper for a peep.

1. Which political system is best described in the
outline below?
I.
A. Decentralized government
B. Based on loyalty and service
C. Code of chivalry
D. Military elite


(1) Oligarchy (2) Feudalism
(3) Absolutism (4) Democracy


2. One way in which the Silk Roads and the West
African trade routes are similar is that along both
routes

(1) the main items exchanged were ivory and
tobacco
(2) concrete was used to improve the surface of
the roads
(3) a single currency was used to make
transactions easier
(4) ideas were exchanged as merchants
interacted with each other

3. A major contribution of the Byzantine Empire
was the

(1) invention of the wheel and gunpowder
(2) participation of citizens in government
(3) diffusion of Hindu beliefs
(4) preservation of Greek science and Roman
engineering

March 30, 2009

Mrs. Cauthers: test on genetics Thursday, April 2,

Global: make new file flip:
24 vocab
7 concept cards
3rd quarter exam 4/15 STUDY

March 26, 2009

Global: continue studying for your test tomorrow on the click here for review------>Chinese Dynasties:
Tang Dynasty, Song Dynasty, Ming Dynasty and the Mongols.

Welcome Spring

It is officially Spring (7:44 am) if you are on our line of Longitude. Though if you look outside, you couldn't tell; it's cold and snowing. Let's hope upstate gets some fresh powder for some spring riding tomorrow.




Living Environment- mini test today on asexual reproduction and mitosis/meiosis
(TODAY) Click here for an asexual/ mitosis online study and quiz site
English- none

Global- China Mongol Test Friday 3/27

March 12, 2008

Global: study your notes and file flip for 3/17 quiz on Japan. Code of Bushido

Reproduction quiz

Living Environment: Reproductive System Test on Tuesday.
Click picture to take an online test.

Today is the only day of the year that tells you what to do. - March fourth.

Global: read African Trading, cities and States and answer questions. Islam test on Friday.

Living Environment: Reproductive system test has been moved to March 10th.

STUDY FOR BOTH TESTS

March 3, 2009

Last school day in February

Living envirnment: lab due Monday (they did it today during period 2)
Test possibly Thursday on Reproduction and Development.

Global: Islam test next week; review your notes.

Enjoy the weekend,

February 26, 2009

Liv. En.- finish Reproduction packet for homework!

Global: study your notes

Feb. 25, 2009

Global: Study your notes, DBQ tomorrow

Living Environment: homework tonight: first 2 pages of Reproduction packet.

Study for your geography quiz tomorrow

Global: hw: read "the frontier of knowledge" and answer question 1-5 on work sheet. study your map for tomorrow.

Es: signed test corrections due tomorrow.

Spread of Islam Map

Global: read p. 260=266 in textbook and complete worksheet.
Also study the map your for a geography quiz on Wednesday.

Happy Birthday Mr. Ambraham Lincoln - 16th President of the US

Global: HW: create a new file flip:

Vocab cards: 14

Concept cards:5

ES: continue to study for your Energy Test for tomorrow.

Extra credit for ES is due tomorrow; you should try it.

What happens to the temperature of a block of ice when you put a Bunsen burner underneath it?

You might think that the temperature goes up smoothly, but that's not what happens. The graph of temperature against time is called a heating curve. Let's look at the heating curve for water.

A heating curve for water notice that, in general, the temperature goes up the longer the heating continues. However, there are two horizontal flat parts to the graph. These happen when there is a change of state. The first change of state is melting (changing from a solid to a liquid). The temperature stays the same while a substance melts. For water, this temperature is 0°C because the melting point for water is 0°C. The second change of state is boiling (changing from a liquid to a gas). The temperature stays the same while a substance boils. For water, this temperature is 100°C because the boiling point for water is 100°C.

Click the Macbeth image to connect to a site to read and quiz yourself.

Circulatory System

Click the picture to study the human body

Have a good weekend -STUDY YOUR NOTES

Global: Study for you Byzantine Empire test, it has been moved to next Thursday; 2/12.
ES: Energy test 2/13 Energy lab is due 2/9

Byzantine Empire

As the Western Roman empire disintegrated in the fifth century bce, Roman civilization continued to flourish, lasting as the Byzantine Empire in the Eastern Mediterranean for another thousand years. Centered on Constantinople--named for Constantine--aka New Rome, the Eastern Roman Empire existed as a unique mix of Roman law and urban life, Christianity, Greek culture and language, and a cosmopolitan population. As the dominant culture of the Eastern Mediterranean, Byzantine Rome distinctly shaped the politics, economies, religions and cultures of the newly-emerging states and societies in Eastern Europe, Russia and Anatolia. As such, Russia inherited a civilization much more directly linked to the Greek-speaking (and Orthodox Christian) world than to the Latin West. Russia also became the frontier/border between Europe and Asia.

JUSTINIAN

The greatest of all the eastern emperors was clearly Justinian (c.482-565), who reigned for thirty-eight years between 527 and 565. Justinian was reformer in the fashion of Augustus Caesar. It was Justinian's desire to restore the Empire -- both East and West -- to all of its former glory. In fact, it has been said that his desire to restore the former Roman Empire was an obsession. His greatest accomplishment toward this end was the revision and codification of Roman law. Justinian understood that a strong government could not exist without good laws. Although the Romans prided themselves on their written laws, several centuries of written laws had brought nothing but confusion. In Justinian's day, a man could have spent a lifetime studying the laws without ever mastering them. The laws had grown too numerous and too confusing. Justinian created a commission of sixteen men to bring order out of all the laws. These men worked for six years and studied more than 2000 texts. In 534, the commission produced the Corpus Juris Civilis – the Body of Civil Law. The Corpus, written in Latin, became the standard legal work until the middle of the 19th century. As such, the Corpus is one of the most sophisticated legal systems ever produced and symbolized Justinian's efforts to create a reunited and well-governed Empire.
Justinian was clearly a man who was driven by his obsession. He was aided by his predecessors, who were able to fend off Germanic invasions, something the western empire could not do until much later. Justinian was also aided by his wife, Theodora (c.500-547), the daughter of a bearkeeper at the Hippodrome, and no less ambitious than her husband. Together, she and Justinian brought new energy to an old, conservative regime.

CLICK THE MAD GLIBS PIC TO LINK TO SITE.
FILL IN THE CORRECT GRAMMAR, PRINT OUT THE "CAMP" STORY AND PRINT OUT FOR EXTRA CREDIT. (APPROPRIATE WORDS ONLY!!)

Grammar

A noun is a naming word.


It names a person, place, thing, idea, living creature, quality, or action. Examples:cowboy, theatre, box, thought, tree, kindness, arrival



Verb A verb is a word which describes an action (doing something) or a state (being something). Examples:walk, talk, think, believe, live, like, want



Adjective
An adjective is a word that describes a noun. It tells you something about the noun. Examples:big, yellow, thin, amazing, beautiful, quick, important



Adverb
An adverb is a word which usually describes a verb. It tells you how something is done. It may also tell you when or where something happened. Examples:slowly, intelligently, well, yesterday, tomorrow, here, everywhere



Pronoun
A pronoun is used instead of a noun, to avoid repeating the noun. Examples:I, you, he, she, it, we, they

TRY THIS: SUBMIT THIS ANSWER TO ME TOMORROW FOR EXTRA CREDIT.

Byzantine Empire

Global: Complete documents.
Study the map for Friday's quiz.
Byzantine Empire test 2/13

Byzantine Empire

Global: Study for your Byzantine geography quiz on Friday.

ES: Study your Energy notes.

THINK!!!

Which pictures show potential enegry and which show kinetic energy?

Living environment Mid-Term

Well, we received 5 inches of snow and an inch of ice yesterday causing Mahopac to cancel school yesterday. Hope you enjoyed the day like these two pooches. Now it's time to continue to study for your Living Environment test. It has been rescheduled for Monday 2/2/09 , (9:55am) same room number; Rm. 114 if you have Mrs. C. and Rm. 124 if you have Mrs. G.

Again, I cannot stress how important it is for you to continue your studies for this test.

SOME MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES TO INSPIRE YOU.

In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No
reasons or principle contain it or stand against it.
Jane Smiley

Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.

Stephen R. Covey

Success is getting what you want, and happiness is wanting what you get.

Dave Gardner

The first and most important step toward success is the feeling that we can succeed.

Nelson Boswell

Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.

Napoleon Hill

practice test for global midterm

TRY THIS TEST TO HELP YOU WITH YOUR GLOBAL MIDTERM CONTINUE TO STUDY FOR BOTH LIVING ENVIRONMENT AND GLOBAL.

GLOBAL: COMPLETE THE GLOBAL REVIEW PACKET FOR TOMORROW.

Living Environment:

Click --------->for online Topics tests for Living Environment Midterm

Scientific Method
Measurement
Tools (including Microscope)
Cells
Biochemistry (organic, pH, enzymes)
Cellular Respiration
Fermentation
Photosynthesis
Life Processes (pg. 16 in textbook)

Welcome President Obama

The mrlambertsupportpage.blogspot.com would like to welcome the United States of America's 44th President; Barack Obama. Good Luck and serve our country well.

Global Studies: Finish the Gladiator essay for tomorrow; also continue to study for your Ancient Rome test which is tomorrow.

HERE IS YOUR SCHEDULE FOR NEXT WEEKS MIDTERMS

IF YOU TAKE A DIFFERENT MATH, GLOBAL OR LIVING ENVIRONMENT CLASS THE ROOM ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE DIFFERENT. ASK YOUR TEACHER FOR THE ROOM NUMBER.

Global Studies

Watch this video on Gladiator combat to help you write your gladiator story. (due 1/21)

Enjoy the long weekend and remember the struggles of the American Hero, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, who fought to bring justice, equality and civil rights to all mankind.

Global

HW: Gladiator writing assignment due 1/21

Ancient Rome test 1/21

Schlacter's Global Midterm 1/27 at 9:55 in room 137
Cauthers Living Environment Midterm 1/29 at 7:40, Rm. 114


Gladiators
Only 10% of the gladiators died in the ring (gladiators were expensive to purchase and they were needed for more than one match)
The term ‘Bread and Circuses” is used to describe the free food given out at the gladiator fights and the atmosphere of the arena
Gladiator was derived from the Latin word Gladius which means sword

Ancient Rome

Global: HW: read " the rise and spread of Christianity" answer questions 1-5.

CONTINUE TO STUDY FOR YOUR ANCIENT ROME TEST ON 1/21. STUDY YOUR FILE FLIP CARDS.

ES: ROCK LAB DUE & SIGNED GRADE REPORT DUE 1/16, ES MID-TERM IS 1/21 & 1/22

BEGIN STUDYING.

Click the rock cycle diagram to go to regents prep for extra studying.

global studies

Global: read " A successful failure" answer questions 1-5. continue to study for ancient rome test 1/21.

ES: we are studying rocks and how they are formed.
1. Sedimentary
2. Igneous
3. Metamorphic

work on your rocks, rocks, and more rocks lab.

MID TERM IS NEXT WEEK DURING CLASS.

I. Igneous Rocks
1. The same geologic processes have always been at work.
2. These processes formed the Earth as it is today over a long
period of time.

B. Rock: - a group of minerals bound together in some way.

C. Igneous rocks form from molten rock.

D. Molten rock is called magma.

E. Rocks that cool underground are called intrusive or plutonic rocks.

1. Distinct mineral crystals are present

F. Rocks that cool quickly are extrusive or volcanic rocks.
1. Cool quickly, so very small mineral crystals are present.

G. Magma comes in different types, ranging from
600 to 1200 degrees C :
1. Felsic magma - High in SiO2 silicates. Light in color.
Typically forms at the top of a magma chamber because of
its lower density.
Examples : Granite, quartz, orthoclase feldspar
2. Mafic magma - Low in silicates. Denser material higher in
magnesium and iron. Dark colored minerals form in this. Typically forms at the bottom of a magma chamber.
Examples : Basalt, hornblende, augite, biotite.

H. Igneous rock textures:
1. Crystal size is dictated by the rate of cooling of the magma
body. A slower cooling rate results in larger mineral
crystals being formed in the rocks as they cool.
2. Porphyritic texture - Large crystals surrounded by fine
grained rock. The rock initially cools slowly to form some large crystals and then cools quickly to form the fine grained rock surrounding them.

I. Common igneous rocks
1. Granite - Felsic. Coarse grained rock high in quartz,
micas, and feldspar
2. Gabbro - Mafic. Large crystals. Dark minerals dominant,
3. Rhyolite - Light colored, fine-grained igneous rock.
4. Obsidian - Cools very quickly. Forms volcanic glass.
Conchoidal fracture.
5. Pumice - Felsic lava that hardened with a lot of gases in it.
Many air bubbles in it make it possible for this
mineral to float on water.

II. Sedimentary Rocks
A. 3 kinds of sediments make up sedimentary rocks:
1. Clastics - fragments of other rocks.
2. Chemical - minerals that precipitate out of a watery
solution
3. Organic - Remains of plants and animals.

B. Clastic Sedimentary Rocks
1. Fragments that make up these rocks come in many sizes
and shapes.
2. Come from the erosion or weathering of pre-existing rocks
on land or underwater.
3. Sediments are cemented together with either silica, calcite,
or iron oxide.
4. Sediments running into a body of water are sorted by size
primarily. Larger particles settle out first because they're
heavier. Lighter silts and clays settle out last because of
their light weight.
5. 3 types of clastic rocks:
a. Conglomerate - Large rounded pebbles and sand
grains cemented together in rough
water.
b. Sandstones - Mostly grains of quartz. Many pores in
it can cause 30% of it to be air! Water
can usually pass through it.
c. Shale - Tiny flakes of the mineral kaolin are cemented
together. Easily broken. Usually form from
muds.

C. Chemically originated sedimentary rocks
1. Usually form when swamps, lakes, ore seas evaporate.
2. Limestone - Tiny grains of calcite cemented together.
3. Rock salt (Halite) - Table salt. Crystals form as seas
evaporate.
4. Gypsum - Form from evaporating seas as well. Main
ingredient of wallboard.

D. Organic Sedimentary Rocks
1. Mostly limestone and coal.
2. Organic limestones form from the shells of dead
microscopic organisms and the shells of ancient marine
mollusks.

E. Stratification is the visible layering of many sedimentary rocks.
Gives geologists clues about how rocks had formed.


III. Metamorphic Rocks
A. Regional Metamorphism, where certain areas of the Earth's crust
undergo extreme heat and pressure form most metamorphic
rocks.

B. When shale undergoes metamorphism, it can form many new
minerals:
1. Slate - 1st rock formed when shale is metamorphosed.
2. Schists - Named for primary mineral in it. Larger crystals present.

3. Gneiss - Coarsest grained metamorphic rock. Minerals form in bands in the rock. Usually light vs. dark colored bands



C. Contact metamorphism occurs when hot magma melts the rocks
in contact with it. Chemicals can react with the rocks along with
the heat and pressure.

Global, living environment

Living Environment: Respatory and Digestive systems test tomorrow. ( study ALL notes)

(25 multiple choice questions)

One way passage
Gastrointestinal tract
Extracellular digestion
PERISTALSIS: rhythmic muscular contraction, moves food down digestive tract

Interactive human body

Click the Mr. Bones to take you down the incredible path called the Human Body. You may have a test tomorrow or possibly Monday in LIVING ENVIRONMENT class on digestion and respiration.

Global: read "struggle for Equal Rights" & answer ques. for review 1-5
upcoming: Ancient Rome test on 1/21. (study your notes and File flips)
global MID TERM ON 1/27 (MULTIPLE CHOICE & dbq)

Click here for another tutorial about the human body systems.

Global & Living Environment

Global: create a new file flip with 24 vocab cards and 8 concept cards. Also, Complete packet on the geography of Italian Peninsula.

Living Environment: "quiz" on Respiration and Digestion Friday… might be postponed depending on tomorrow. (STUDY FOR THIS QUIZ, THE WEATHERMEN MAKE MISTAKES TOO)

January 5, 2009

Ancient Greek test tomorrow in rm 213. STUDY.

Click the link for a practice online test.

Ancient Greece test moved to 1/6

Global: Continue to study for your ancient greece test, it will be 1/6 after your holiday break.

Also completethe DBQ documents for 1/5

THINK SNOW

Friday snowstorm????

SUPPORT EXTRA CREDIT.

NAME TWO CITIES THAT MAY GET RAIN TOMORROW AND ONE CITY THAT IS PREDICTED TO GET HEAVIEST SNOW.

WRITE QUESTIONS WITH THEIR ANSWERS ON PROPERLY HEADED PAPER AND SUBMIT TO ME THE NEXT DAY WE SEE EACH OTHER.

MR. L

Living Environment

Liv En:
- Living Environment test on Classification
The test is on the general classification of characterististics of each kingdom. It will also include bacteria, protists, archaea, and viruses.

Global: Ancient Greek test 12/23 STUDY

answer your bdq ouline for next week.

support class

Global: hw: read p. 116-120 in text; identify and describe 6 achievements of the city states using the worksheet recieved today. 12/23/08 Ancient Greece test.

Liv. En test this Fri.

Greek City States

Global: hw: read p. 113 and 114 in textbook & complete handout.

ANCIENT GREECE TEST NEXT MONDAY.

STUDY THE FOLLOWING:

1. MINOANS: The legend of King Minos: According to Greek legend, the god Zeus fell in love with a beautiful princess called Europa. He turned himself into a bull and swam to Crete with the princess on his back. King Minos of Crete was one of Princess Europa's sons. The Minoans take their name from King Minos who ruled the island.

The end of the Minoans:

Possibly a natural disaster weakened the land and the people and left them compromised making it easier for the invading Mycenaeans from Greece to conquer them. They never recovered and eventually died out.

2. MYCENAEANS: The Mycenaeans c 1600BC - 1200BCMapping the Mycenaean World: 2000 BC The Mycenaeans settle in Greece1600 -1200BC The Mycenaeans are rich and powerful.

traders

Mycenaean traders sailed as far as Egypt and Italy. They bought ivory and precious metals in exchange for wine, olive oil, weapons, pots and bowls.

Warriors
1450 BC Mycenaean warriors sailed to Crete and took control of the palace and Knossos. They also took over the Minoans sea trade and became the leading traders in the eastern Mediterranean.

3. SPARTANS

4. ATHENIANS

ES: continue to study for the erosion & deposition test on 12/17