Wednesday December 17, 2008

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Tried to do Current Events, but no one was ready.
• No vocabulary today. Is your vocabulary duotang up to date? What about your Journal duotang?
• Watched the end of Apollo 13. This is a TRUE story. The characters are REAL people. What do you think about what happened in this movie? We will talk about it again when we do our ELECTRICITY & SPACE units.
• If you missed a class, you need to find me BEFORE your next class starts.....you have a WHOLE DAY. Email, phone a friend, find me in the morning, at lunch, after school.......
• We did a "pop quiz". How did that go? You got to use your textbook.....we will go over it QUESTION by QUESTION in January.
• TSQ4R sia9 p 144-147. It is about IONIC compounds.
• Do sia9 c&r p149 #1-9.
• What does TSQ4R MEAN?
• HAPPY HOLIDAYS - Remember if you get bored you can REVIEW for 10 minutes everyday......it is what an INDEPENDENT LEARNER would do!

Monday December 15, 2008

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Watched Apollo 13. We will finish it on WEDNESDAY.
• What does this movie have to do with CHEMISTRY & CHEMICALS?
• Current Evnets - you will be going on WEDNESDAY, please be ready if it is your turn.
• Want to work ahead? Figure out the difference between IONIC & MOLECULAR compounds & how to NAME them PROPERLY!
• 9F, it is COLD out. PLEASE dress WARMLY!!!!!

Thursday December 11, 2008

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Got vocabulary #20
• Did current events.....why was only one person ready? Well done to that well prepared person.
• Talked about ELECTRON SHELLS. How many electrons fly around in each shell?
• Talked about ISOTOPES. What is an ISOTOPE?
• How do you tell how many neutrons are in an atom of an element?
• Did a quiz....do you know the difference between physical & chemical changes?
• Did some reaction examples: food colouring & water, alka-seltzer & water, vinegar & baking soda, sugar.
• What is the difference between MELTING & COOKING?
• What happened when we put mentos candies into diet coke? Was there a difference when we used the fruit flavoured ones versus the mint flavoured ones? HOW DID YOU KNOW? WHY did that reaction occur? What do you think is happening? What did our experiment look like? What were the variables?
• Please Complete your journal entry that discusses what you saw, and why you saw this.
• Please read & UNDERSTAND sia9 p138-142. Did you read the Key Concepts & Learning Outcomes? Have you met them?
• Do the skill practice on pg 142.
• Do sia9 p143 c&r #1-3
• ANY QUESTIONS? SEE ME!

9F, thank you for returning the "lab supplies" (fruit mentos).

It is very much appreciated.

Tuesday December 9, 2008

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did current events. GREAT work! Is it your turn on THURSDAY?
• Got vocabulary #19. Due Thursday.
• Talked about predicting atomic numbers and properties of NEW elements.
• What is the difference between atomic # & atomic mass? How can we figure out the number of NEUTRONS in an element? Took notes about it. Do your NOTES make SENSE? MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS BY THURSDAY.
• Read sia9 p135 about quality control. In our JOURNAL we answered the questions and wrote a personal reflection about it.
• Sia9 p 136 #1-6 is due on THURSDAY.
• Want to work ahead??? Try sia9 p134 #1-9.

Friday December 5, 2008

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Had Current Events. WELL DONE! Is it your turn on Tuesday?
• Reviewed our questions from last day.
• Do you understand the difference between Physical & Chemical Properties? Physical & Chemical Changes?
• Can you define the four (4) types of mixtures?
• DO sia9 p111 Focus on #1-3. You had time in class, this should be DONE.
• Talked about ATOMS & ELEMENTS again. How are they related?
• What is a NEUTRAL atom?
• Read p126-133, omit p 130-131
• DO Skill Practice p 129 & 133
• Do you know how to use a periodic table? What do the different numbers mean?
• Want to work ahead? Try sia9 p 136 #1-6.

Wednesday December 3, 2008

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Finished our Famous Scientist Presentations.
• Did Current Events. Remember that FRIDAY is your day to MAKE up a missed current event.
• Got a new Current Events Schedule. You are set until the end of JANUARY.
• Did an on-line activity about the PHYSICAL properties of substances. What did the meteorite contain? How can you SUPPORT your answer?
• Handed in our "no chemical" paragraphs.
• Talked about the STRUCTURE of an ATOM. Again.
• Talked about STATES of MATTER & CHANGES in STATES of Matter. How do the atoms/molecules move? How much space is between them? Watched the changes on the smart board.
• Can you name the 4 states of matter and describe what their atoms/molecules are doing?
• READ: sia9 p97-99 (the green boxes are IMPORTANT), p102-103.
• DO: sia9 p110 ayl #4-10 (YES you do need to write down the question).

Monday December 1, 2008

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Talked about what you did while I was away.
• Did our Famous Scientists Presentations & handed in our write ups.
• Homework:

"This product contains no chemicals"

• Analyse this statement: is it true or false? Why? SUPPORT YOUR ANSWER.
• How could you re-word this statement to make it more accurate?
• CURRENT EVENTS ON WEDNESDAY. YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE. Please be ready.