Chapter 8 - The Caribbean Islands Started

I started the day today by notifying the students of the grades they made on the Chapter 7 test last Friday. The grades have been entered into the grade book should you want to check them out online. I have not yet returned the tests to the students as I had several that were absent Friday. I don't want the tests floating around until everyone has taken them. Once returned, the kids can do test corrections in order to improve their grades.

Next, we started the notes for Chapter 8 - The Caribbean Islands. The notes can be found below. Key items discussed were the three island groups found in the region and the two ways islands can form. I showed the Pixar short "Lava" to the kids as it actually does a fairly good job of illustrating the life of a volcano from birth to extinction... plus it is fun. Check it out for yourself. The Lesson 1 notes are below as well.

Link to the "Lava" video: http://dai.ly/x354ycl