- Welcome and Introduction to the SNC1PL course

- Class expectations

- Overview of projects and evaluation

- Overview of scientific method & scientific problem solving

- Class discussion: the science of diet and exercise

-Video: Junk Science 

- All SNC1PL Unit 1 handouts distributed

- Binders may be kept in class

Unit 1

- Task 1: Scientific Method

- Task 3: Scientific Inquiry: Gadget lab

- Complete tasks 1 and 3

 ...if incomplete in class.

Complete the safety page in the unit one booklet

Monday,

February 9, 2009

- Review of safety lesson, part 1

- Safety lesson part 2: Task 7, unit 1 booklet.

- WHMIS and International safety symbols

- Tour of chemical storage room

- Chemical classification criteria (Health, Reactivity, Flammability)

Homework:

Read the article "Safety in the Science Classroom" and answer the questions following the article in your unit 1 booklet. Homework will be checked tomorrow.

Tuesday,

February 10, 2009

- Review of homework answers

- Science safety, part 3

- Terms and Definitions

-Complete task 6: safety terms and labels

Wednesday,

February 11, 2009

- What is a scientific "law"?

• Examples: Darwin (Evolution)
• Malthus & population
• International birth rates

-Review of Scientific observations: qualitative vs. quantitative

-Calculating volume & Archimedes Principle

-Science equipment vocabulary: task 5 (Unit 1 booklet)

-Complete task 5 if unfinished in class

-Boat Project update: Boats will be completed outside of class time and are due on Thursday February 19th.  Late projects will be accepted until Monday February 23rd.

-Hardcopy handout:

SNC1P Determining volume.

Thursday,

February 12, 2009

-Video: Life After People 

-chemistry word search (vocabulary)

-Begin building your boat for next thursday. You may use:

• 5  pieces of 8.5x11 of paper
• 1 meter of tape
• Unlimited white glue 

Remember, you want your boat to hold as many marbles as possible!

Keep working on your boat!

Have a great weekend. 

Part II: Life After humans

Part I: The Future is Wild

-Homework check

-Plant PPT information: select a plant to take care of to earn 4%!

-Units of measurement/volume using scientific equipment.

-Task 8: Qualitative observations/ microscope lab

Review:

- Density = Mass/Volume

- Density does not equal thickness!

- Task 9:

Quantitative Observations: Cola Lab

- Boat challenge!

Jordan and Michael: Your boats are past due: bring them in on Monday!

- Boat challenge part 2

- Periodic table /periodic element worksheet 

- Review of the homework

- Classification of matter using the periodic table, examination

- Physical and Chemical Properties, Task 10/11

- Chemical reactions, part 1 

- Physical and Chemical Changes

- Chemical reactions, part 2 

Review of answers to density lab

-Bohr video (Introduction to the Bohr model of an atom)

- Examination of Bohr Diagrams:

- Role of Protons, Neutrons and Electrons & changes during chemical reactions.

-Lab: Chemical reations in Sparklers 

-Video Clip: Nova: The Science of Dirigibles

- Chemical reactions continued:

-Hindenberg explosion video

-Introduction to balancing chemical equations

-Signs of a chemical reaction 

Task 12-15: 

-Classification of matter 

-Structure of an Atom

-Chemical symbols

Task 16: Element riddles

Task 17-2, part I: Building Atoms 

(ball and spring models)

Task 17, part II, Building Atoms

-Conservation of Matter/

CO2 Vaccum lab 

-Major ideas:

1. Atoms combine in single whole number ratios

2: Mass of the reactants = Mass of the products.

-Review of conservation of mass

-Lab: Bouncing polymer ball!

- PPT instructions continued (garbage audit project - see hardcopy handouts)

- Ottawa landfill video

- Swamp water lab 

- Disposal of hazardous materials

- The carbon cycle

- The water cycle 

(See note and hard copy handouts)

Space videos: introduction to space themes in the grade 9 curriculum. 

- Conclusion of Chemistry Unit

- Handouts (3 pages, hardcopy): glow stick chemistry, wint-o-green chemistry, mentos chemistry.

- Mentos lab and demonstration

 - Take home test due Friday!

- Make sure to complete the glossary and review questions in your Unit 1 package

-NEW UNIT: Introduction to electricity.

-Unit 2 handout packagae disributed

-Activity: design a rec room

- Take home test due Friday!

- Make sure to complete the glossary and review questions in your Unit 1 package

Parent teach interview day

-Task 1: Electricity anticipation quiz

-Rec room planning part II

- Take home test due Friday!

- Make sure to complete the glossary and review questions in your Unit 1 package

-Properties of electricity

-Unit 2: Task 3, Task 4

-Attraction Laws:

• opposites attract 
• charged attracts neutral
• neutral has no effect on neutral
  • Electrons move!

- Lab (Task 5): Pithball electroscopes & the electrostatic series

-Review of charge laws from Task 5

-Video: The science of lightning! 

-Task 4: Static Electricity: Jumping electrons

-Task 6: Diagram, how is lightning generated? 

-Task 7: Lightning Safety

-Rec room project discussion and project planning

-Practical applications of electrostatics (Task 8)

-Electrostatics part II 

-Task 9 Currents: water vs. electricity

-Video: Environmental impact of oil spills

(cause and effect of oil production and the need for electricity)

Notebooks will be collected at the end of class tomorrow! Your notebook should include:

• Tasks (Unit 1, Unit 2 up to 12 complete)
• Take home test
• Review from text
• Safety Survey
• Garbage Audit
• Rec Room plan

Space Video: Colonizing space and the mission to Mars. 

-Textbooks collected!

-Field trip to home depot: Rec room (electricity) project

New Unit: Introduction to Biology

-Harcopy handouts provided

-Life cycle of the butterfly

- Laws of Biology

- Example: effect and impact of flu epidemics

- Video: Continuing the Line

- Biological study of sex and gender

- Part II: continuing the line 

-Rec room projects collected

-Baby book project discussion

-Video: From Conception to Birth (Biology of human reproduction)

- Overview of Biology labs

- Characteristics of living things

- Cell Theory (Leeuwenhoek)

- Micoscope sketching activity

- Qualitative observations (sketches)using magnification

- Microscope basics

- Microscope lab 1 (skin cell, apple cell, banana cell)

- Microsope activity: observation of a goldfish's circulatory system 

- National genographic video clip: the biology of sound.

- Sound generator demonstration,  human limits of auditory ability.

- Typical Eukaryotic cell (label)

- How a cell works, note

- Cell Theory (Structural units of life, functional unit of life, cells come from other humans)

- Introduction to genetics

Video: Mission to Mars 

- limitations and considerations for a space colony

- Textbooks assigned

- Note: Review of 9 characteristics of living things

-Class discussion: Cell Division, Growth and Reproduction: p.68-69

- Copy of biology textbook chapter assigned. Please refer to this copy for homework (textbooks will be kept in class)

-Reading and questions (which will be completed over the next week) is available for download as a PDF.

-We will continue this work next week.

 Biology reading and questions.pdf

No homework - Have a great weekend.

-Baby book project: day one

-Work in computer lab, hardcopy assignment handout provided.

-Baby book project: day two

-All materials for the project should now be printed. We will spend some time assembling your finished products in class tomorrow.

-Baby book assembly. All baby books are due tomorrow. 

-Cancer/Lifestyle and Cancer:

Reading p. 78-81

Answer # 1-6 p.79, # 1-4 p.81

-Baby book project due!

Video: The blue Planet, Sea of Life (Conclusion of the biology unit)

Robert B., Michael L., Jordan R.,Tom W. : your baby books must be handed in on Monday!

Travis, Morgan and Matt, thank you for handing in your work on time!

Have a great weekend!

- New Unit: Space

- Space Model projects assigned (due Friday).

- Space notes package provided.

Note: Star constellations, objects in the solar system.

-Answer the following questions:Text: p. 193 #1-5

-Model building time (due Friday)

-Project rubric and checklist provided

-Note: observing stars and planets, effects of earth's rotation

-Textbook reading: 4.2, answer #1-4 p.195 

Students may take materials home, however, it is the STUDENT'S RESPONSIBILITY to bring their materials back to class daily. 

Robert: hand in your baby book project tomorrow ...it is past due.

- Final in class session for model building

- Video: The Sun and Planets. 

-Textbook reading and questions:

• Read 4.5 p. 200-203
  • Answer #1-4p.20
• Read 4.6 p. 204-205
  • Answer # 1-4 p. 205
• Read 4.7 p. 206-209
  • Answer # 1-5 p. 209
• Read 4.8 p. 210-212
  • Answer # 1-3 p. 212

-Projects collected: great job! Michael L., hand in your prject ASAP.

- PowerPoint presentation project: day one. Criteria: 10 slides, student choice of topic (must be space related), must be factual and include scientificly reliable information.

-Summative Day 1

-Powerpoint presentation is due/handed in