Upcoming and Extra Credit

Hey There,

This week marks the end of the first 3 weeks of school and thus the first progress report. Students will receive their progress reports next week so they can bring them home. If you have any questions please email me at:
chris.hanson@manorisd.net

Wednesday, September 15th MMS will be hosting a Back to School Night. Parents, come meet the teachers and find out more about what they are learning. I will arrive late because of a cross country meet, but I will have a sign in sheet by my door. Parents that sign in will earn their students extra credit.

We have been working with map skills and students are working hard at mapping hurricanes, both past and present. We will wrap up our activity on Monday but students might be interested in the following extra credit project (worth a replacement major grade!):

Hurricane Reporting:
You are a meterologist tracking a hurricane for a major news company. Your job is to track that hurricane and map out the coordinates every day. You also need to write a one page report describing one of the following:

Formation
Strengthening
Landfall/Effects and Damage

Your report should be followed by at least two pictures of the hurricane/hurricane damage. They can be printed from the internet or cut out from a newspaper.

To find the latitude and longitude go to this national hurricane site. You can use google or yahoo to research the other items.

Hurricanes can be current or be famous past hurricanes. I have maps available for the tracking part, but the rest is up to you. These projects will be accepted for extra credit until October 13th.