7th Grade Geography
ATTENTION ALL GEOGRAPHY STUDENTS: WE WILL BE MOVING OUR GEOGRAPHY CLASS TO GOOGLE CLASSROOM BEGINNING APRIL 14TH AFTER SPRING BREAK TO KEEP ALL OF OUR CLASSES ON THE SAME PLATFORM. I HAVE INVITED ALL STUDENTS TO MY GOOGLE CLASSROOM. IF, FOR SOME REASON, YOU DID NOT FIND THE INVITATION, CLASS CODES ARE BELOW. I WILL KEEP ALL LINKS AND WORK FROM THE PAST TWO WEEKS (MARCH 23-APRIL 3) HERE, BUT ALL OTHER ASSIGNMENTS FROM HERE ON WILL BE IN GOOGLE CLASSROOM. THANKS TO ALL FOR BEING AWESOME AND UNDERSTANDING!! GOOGLE CLASSROOM CLASS CODES: Period One: hfsv2jv Period Two: hh3b2uj Period Four: yzrmf7u Period Seven: wy6syad Period Eight: mtqwysn ______________________________________________________________________________ 3/16-3/20 UPDATE: NO SCHOOL WORK IS DUE FOR THIS WEEK. WE HAVE FIVE "SNOW" DAYS. STAY SAFE. ________________________________________________________________________________________ ***Office hours for the week of 3/23-3/27 are from 12pm-2pm via the Zoom platform each day. If you have any questions or are confused, you are welcome to join the Zoom meeting for the day any time between those times and quick chat with Mr. Ley about your assignments (please don't plan on chatting longer than 5-10 minutes though, as many will likely have questions which need to be answered). You DO NOT need to be in attendance if you understand the day's assignment and don't need questions answered. Otherwise, feel free to email me at [email protected] 3/23: Canada vs. The USA (due April 14th) 1. Make sure you have read the above text about office hours. Plan on joining in on the day's Zoom session for Geography ANY time from 12pm-2pm if you have questions about the day's assignments! 2. Today, you will be learning about how Canada is both similar and different than the United States. 3. Log in to Office 365 and go to your Class Notebook (if unsure how to do this, see below. -Go to portal.office.com -Log in using your normal school username (with @k12.sd.us) and password (with RCAS at the end) -Click on "OneNote" (purple icon). -Find Mr Ley Geography Period (INSERT CLASS PERIOD YOU ARE IN HERE) and click it. 4. Find the assignment titled "Canada vs. The USA" 5. Complete the entire assignment. Write your answers to the assignment online by clicking on your name to the left, clicking on "Homework" and clicking the "+ Page" at the bottom left. If this is confusing, watch this video. (I made this video Sunday March 15th so the dates will be different especially with the new information that the week of March 16-March 20 are all snow days WITHOUT any school work due.) 6. Once you are finished, you do not have to email the assignment or anything. Class Notebook automatically saves after you type, and I am able to access your work. Thanks! 3/24: Canada Study Guide (due by April 14th) 1. Make sure you have read the above text about office hours. Plan on joining in on the day's Zoom session for Geography ANY time from 12pm-2pm if you have questions about the day's assignments! 2. Today, you will be completing a Canada study guide. Your study guide is accessible by going to your Geography Class Notebook just like yesterday (see yesterday's video if you don't know how to access your Class Notebook or create an online assignment). 3. You will need to click here to access an online version of the Western World textbook we have been using for Canada. 4. Complete the assignment. 5. Once you are finished, you do not have to email the assignment or anything. Class Notebook automatically saves after you type, and I am able to access your work. Thanks! 3/25: Canada Quiz (due by April 14th) 1. Make sure you have read the above text about office hours. Plan on joining in on the day's Zoom session for Geography ANY time from 12pm-2pm if you have questions about the day's assignments! 2. Click here when ready to take the quiz on Canada! This quiz will take you over an hour, and be our assessment for our Canada unit. This is obviously an open notes/open Internet quiz! Make sure your essay questions are in YOUR words, and not copied and pasted. Click submit at the bottom of your quiz when finished! Don't worry what it says for your score, as I still have to go through everyone's quiz and correct the essay questions!! 3/26: Mexico's Physical Geography (due by April 14th) 1. Make sure you have read the above text about office hours. Plan on joining in on the day's Zoom session for Geography ANY time from 12pm-2pm if you have questions about the day's assignments! 2. You should have taken the Canada quiz yesterday. We are finished with our Canada unit! 3. Watch this video on the Cave of Swallows, a cenote (sinkhole) in Mexico! 4. Click here to access our Western World online textbook. Read pages 204-209 in the online textbook on Mexico's Physical Geography. 5. After reading, your assignment is to complete the section review on page 209. The assignment is posted in Class Notebook titled "Mexico's Physical Geography (3.26)" 6. Create a new assignment in class notebook (see this video again if you don't know how to create an assignment in Class Notebook) and title it "Mexico's Physical Geography." Complete the assignment. 7. Once you are finished, you do not have to email the assignment or anything. Class Notebook automatically saves after you type, and I am able to access your work. Thanks! 3/27: Mexico Map (due by April 14th) 1. Make sure you have read the above text about office hours. Plan on joining in on the day's Zoom session for Geography ANY time from 12pm-2pm if you have questions about the day's assignments! 2. Today you will be familiarizing yourself with important cities, locations, and physical features of Mexico! Mexico is a land of diversity with almost every type of biome (habitat) possible. From mountains and deserts, to volcanoes and rainforests, Mexico has it all and would be perfect for a vacation...especially now! 3. Go to your One Note Class Notebook and find the assignment titled "Mexico Map (3.27)." 4. Complete the assignment. 5. Once you are finished, you do not have to email the assignment or anything. Class Notebook automatically saves after you type, and I am able to access your work. Thanks! Have a wonderful weekend! ____________________________________________________________ ***Office hours for the week of 3/30-4/3 are from 12pm-1pm via the Zoom platform each day. If you have any questions or are confused, you are welcome to join the Zoom meeting for the day any time between then and quick chat with Mr. Ley about your assignments. You do not need to be in attendance if you understand the day's assignment and don't need questions answered. Otherwise, feel free to email me at [email protected] 3/30: Mexico - The Royal Tour 1. Check out our continuation of the quote board we began at the start of the year in Geography! New quotes and funny student work/comments will be added daily! 2. Make sure you have read the above text about office hours. Plan on joining in on the day's Zoom session for Geography ANY time from 12pm-1pm if you have questions about the day's assignments! 3. Click here to watch part one of the video, "Mexico - The Royal Tour." Your assignment is to watch the video. There is no assignment in Class Notebook. Make sure to watch the video though as there will be questions on our future assessment from the video. 4. Click here to watch part two of the video, "Mexico - The Royal Tour." UPDATE: YOU WILL HAVE TWO WEEKS FROM THE DAY AN ASSIGNMENT IS ASSIGNED TO COMPLETE IT. DUE DATES ARE NOW POSTED NEXT TO EACH DAY'S ASSIGNMENT. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS! 3/31: Mexico - The Royal Tour 1. Make sure you have read the above text about office hours. Plan on joining in on the day's Zoom session for Geography ANY time from 12pm-1pm if you have questions about the day's assignments! 2. Click here to watch part three of the video, "Mexico - The Royal Tour." Your assignment is to watch the video. There is no assignment in Class Notebook. Make sure to watch the video though as there will be questions on our future assessment from the video. 3. Click here to watch part four, the final part of the video, "Mexico - The Royal Tour." UPDATE: YOU WILL HAVE TWO WEEKS FROM THE DAY AN ASSIGNMENT IS ASSIGNED TO COMPLETE IT. DUE DATES ARE NOW POSTED NEXT TO EACH DAY'S ASSIGNMENT. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS! 4/1: Mexican History and Culture (due by April 15th) 1. For anyone interested, I will be hosting a Minecraft server Thursday and Friday (completely optional and not required) for anyone who would like to play! Even if you haven't played before, join us! It is completely free! This is for fun and to get away from everything for a couple of hours. We are going to spend Thursday building a Mayan temple, and Friday trying to fend off hordes of mobs on top of the temple as a group. Let your friends know so they can join. See Thursday and Friday's schedule for more details! 2.Make sure you have read the above text about office hours. Plan on joining in on the day's Zoom session for Geography ANY time from 12pm-1pm if you have questions about the day's assignments! Click here to access today's Zoom with Mr. Ley! 3. Go to your One Note Class Notebook and find the assignment titled "Mexican History and Culture." 4. Complete the assignment. UPDATE: YOU WILL HAVE TWO WEEKS FROM THE DAY AN ASSIGNMENT IS ASSIGNED TO COMPLETE IT. DUE DATES ARE NOW POSTED NEXT TO EACH DAY'S ASSIGNMENT. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS! 4/2: Catch-Up Day/Mayan Minecraft Madness! 1. Make sure you have read the above text about office hours. Plan on joining in on the day's Zoom session for Geography ANY time from 12pm-1pm if you have questions about the day's assignments! 2. If you are not finished with your Geography assignments from last week or this week, today and tomorrow are catch-up days so you can work on them! 3. OPTIONAL: For those of you that are caught up on your assignments or are simply interested in playing or learning how to play Minecraft, I will be hosting a Mayan Minecraft Madness server today and tomorrow starting at 2pm and lasting however long we want. This is free for everyone. All you will need to do is download the free Minecraft Education edition and sign in with your Office 365 account! Click here for further instructions. The server will be limited to the first 30 individuals. UPDATE: YOU WILL HAVE TWO WEEKS FROM THE DAY AN ASSIGNMENT IS ASSIGNED TO COMPLETE IT. DUE DATES ARE NOW POSTED NEXT TO EACH DAY'S ASSIGNMENT. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS! 4/3: Mayan Minecraft Madness!/Catch-Up Day 1. Check out our AMAZING Minecraft projects from yesterday!! Make sure you have read the above text about office hours. Plan on joining in on the day's Zoom session for Geography ANY time from 12pm-1pm if you have questions about the day's assignments! 2. If you are not finished with your Geography assignments from last week or this week, today is a catch-up day so you can work on them! 3. OPTIONAL: For those of you that are caught up on your assignments or are simply interested in playing or learning how to play Minecraft, I will be hosting a Mayan Minecraft Madness server today starting at 2pm and lasting however long we want. This is free for everyone. All you will need to do is download the free Minecraft Education edition and sign in with your Office 365 account! Click here for further instructions. The server will be limited to the first 30 individuals. Otherwise, have a great day! ______________________________________________________________ 4/6-4/13: SPRING BREAK! ______________________________________________________________ 4/14-END OF SCHOOL YEAR: SEE TEXT AT TOP OF WEBSITE |
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