1. November 11, 2009 BExam 3 Friday Ch. 8-12 NC school sells test points for $20 to raise money GOLDSBORO, N.C. -A middle school in North Carolina is selling test scores to students in a bid to raise money. The Raleigh newspaper reported Wednesday that a parent advisory council came up with the fundraising plan after last year's chocolate sale flopped.The school will sell 20 test points to students for $20. Students can add 10 extra points to each of two tests of their choice. The extra points could take a student from a "B" to an "A" on those tests or from a failing grade to a passing grade. Principal Susie Shepherd says it's not enough of an impact to change a student's overall grades. Officials at the state Department of Public Instruction say exchanging grades for money teaches children the wrong lessons.

2. Late Paleozoic (“Carboniferous” & Permian) BPhysical setting Absaroka transgression  Different sedimentary facies from weathering of uplifted regions of craton (east) Cyclothems  Repeat sets of strata suggesting rapid fluxes in sea level due to glaciation Coal  Loads of organic matter, anoxia, rapid burial –“carboniferous”

3. http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookPaleo4.html http://science.nationalgeographic.co.in/science/photos/carboniferous-period/carboniferous-landscape.html

4. What else is happening? BSevere deformation continues… Thrust faulting from collision with Gondwana  Appalachian orogeny (final one)  Southern activity –Ouachita Mtns http://www.nvcc.edu/home/cbentley/gol_135/sideling_hill/readings.ht m

5. Supercontinent Pangea BLate Paleozoic continental collisions Gondwana & Laurasia  Europe & N. Africa  Siberia and Europe  Appalachian and Ouachita Mtns Climate affected  Glaciers forming & retreating