Thursday February 26, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did Current Events.
• Did Vocabulary #33. I am going to mark this soon, please have it up to date & handed in.
• Did our High School Registration stuff. Are you all sorted out for next year?
• Handed in our FRUIT LAB REPORTS.
• Watched an electricity video from the UK National Geographic Show "What Would Happen If.......? So, is it a good idea to pee on an electric fence? Why or Why NOT?
• We need to talk about our next POTENTIAL field trip. Remind me please.
• Quiz on MONDAY: Vocabulary and Sections 1.0 & 2.0.
• Did sia9 c&r p 305 #1-5. We did these as a class. You just had to write it up.
• HOMEWORK: finish sia9 p295 #1-11. FORMAT IT PROPERLY.
• There is a new seating plan. There are good reasons for seating plans. They are in place to facilitate your learning. Use them to your advantage.

Tuesday February 24, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did Current Events.
• Did Vocabulary #32. You had time in class, how did you use it?
• Talked about the information we have been reading. What is the difference between volts & amps?
• Handed in our homework.
• Did the quick lab on sia9 p290. What fruit or vegetable did you bring? They were worth marks!
• For Thursday be prepared to hand in a formal lab write up that includes: Purpose/problem/question, hypothesis, materials, methods, observations, results, conclusions, and at least four possible sources of error. We discussed this in class today, there is also some information in the toolbox of your textbook.
• Homework: Read & UNDERSTAND sia9 p298-310.

Friday February 20, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did vocabulary #31
• Did Current Events.
• Handed in our Homework.
• Talked about Circuits. Tried to build one. What VARIABLES can affect our ability to build a working circuit?
• HOMEWORK: DO sia9 p283 #1-9. Read & UNDERSTAND: sia9 p284-294.
• What is a volt? A millivolt?
• Remember to bring a FRUIT or VEGETABLE & some spare change on TUESDAY.

Wednesday February 18, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did current events. You should have completed at LEAST one current event for this term.
• Did Vocabulary #30. Did you alphabetize? Definition in your own words? Use the word correctly in a sentence? Include a picture?
• Got alot of work back. Are you up to date? Is the work you are handing in your best effort?
• Talked about STATIC electricity. What is it?
• What are the sub-atomic particles that move?
• Played with the van der Graaf Generater & wrote a journal entry. HOW DOES IT WORK? Why does it crackle? What are the sparks made of?
• Watched the Brainiac Video - electric fence. What happens in this video?
• Read & UNDERSTAND sia9 p272-283, omit p277. We have already talked about this content & done vocabulary related to it. You had 15 minutes of class time to do this.
• HOMEWORK: do sia9 p278 #1-8. Remember to format your assignment properly. We have already answered most of these questions, if you have trouble with these questions you need to pay me a visit & get it sorted out.

What were the two alkali metals used in the second brainiac video?

What did they do?

Monday February 9, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did current events. You. Need. To. Be. Ready.
• Did not do vocabulary.....instead we used this time to study. Did you use it wisely?
• Handed in our unit review.
• Did our Unit Final for Matter & Chemical Change.
• Read sia9 p360.
• Started our title page for our Electricity Unit. Due Wednesday February 18. That is HEAPS of time!
• So you want to do experiments. Well you know what has to happen.
• You want to go on another field trip? You know what has to happen.

Over this little break I suggest you think about what it means to be an

INDEPENDENT LEARNER.

How can you become one?

Special Alert

Check it out: Erin Brockovich will be interviewed on CBC's show The Hour!

http://www.cbc.ca/thehour/

Thursday February 5, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did current events. New schedule. Enough said.
• Vocabulary #29. What does that word squander mean?
• Worked on our Unit Review. SIA9 p175-176 #1-17. Yes you need to write the question down. Don't forget to format your assignment properly.
• Got a review quiz. Are you comfortable picking the best answer?
• There was an additional reveiw booklet available if you wanted.
• Do you understand the key concepts from this unit? The vocabulary? What could you tell me about them? You must use them all together to be successful.

Tuesday February 3, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did vocabualary #28.
• Did current events. Well tried to, no one was ready. You know, that "I forgot" line is really old. You HAVE the new schedule - use it.
• Watched the end of our movie Erin Brockovich. What did you think?
• Homework: Complete your Journal entry: 1) Summarize the movie, 2) what did you think about the movie. This should be put in your duotang at the begining of class on Thursday.
• You have a Unit final on Monday. If I were you I would get myself sorted out and what I don't understand figured out and what I don't remember worked out.