Tuesday September 2, 2008 

-Welcome and Course Description

-Started Learning Styles Survey

Wednesday September 3, 2008

-Introduction to Chemistry: Mixtures and Compounds Worksheet

-Textbooks assigned. Learning Styles forms collected.

-Classifying Matter Note and Flowchart.

Thursday September 4, 2008

- Safety Quiz

- Periodic Table Worksheet/Copy of Periodic Table

- Properties and Change handout & Worksheet

 Friday September 5, 2008

Monday September 8, 2008

-Bell work: identifying element symbols/notation

-Gas Tests for Oxygene, Hydrogene and Carbon dioxide (demonstration, worksheet)

Tuesday September 9, 2008

- Chemistry Key Term Wordsearch

- Atomic Notation Note

- Structure of Atoms Worksheet: how to calculate Number of Neutrons in elements

Wednesday September 10, 2008

- Review of answers: Structure of Atoms worksheet

- Note: Bohr-Rutherford Diagrams

- Creation of Bohr-Rutherford Game Cards

Thursday September 11, 2008

 -Investigation: Bohr-Rutherford Game Card questions page (yellow handout)

Friday September 12, 2008

 - Quiz 1

- Video: Chemistry at Work

No Homework. Have a Great Weekend.

-Ionic compound sheet

-Criss-Cross methods (compounds)

-Ionic compund worksheet 1

-Ionic compund worksheet 2

 -Study for quiz on Friday

-Ionic Compunds worksheet 2 (review)

-Naming Ionic compounds note

-Polyatomic Ions handout/worksheet

-Lab: Testing Ionic compounds

-Criss-Cross methods practice (Formulas for compunds), including polyatomic compunds

(1 worksheet, dual sided)

-Study for quiz tomorrow!

- Quiz

- Computer Lab 1

-Read pg. 86-87, answer p. 87# 1-3

-Note: Describing chemical reactions (fill in the blank worksheet)

-Balancing chemical equations note

-Demos: magnesium, sodium

-Balancing equations activity page and fill in the blank worksheet

-Guided in class assignment: balancing chemical equations

-Article: Chemical Wizardry: Synthetic Substances (read article, answer questions 1 to 9 at end of article)

-Part II, balancing chemical equations, guided practice

-In class assignment: balancing chemical equations

-Crossword of definitions (review)

-Water testing lab

Have a great weekend!

-Factors that effect rates of reaction (note)

-Homework: Read Section 2.9 #1,2,3,5 (p.95)

-Review of homework answers

-Note: what are Acids and Bases?

-Acid and Bases demo

-Acid and Bases worksheets

-Acid and Base indicator, the PH scale (Note)

-Lab: testing indicators and the PH of common household products

-Acids, bases and neutralization reactions, part II & III

-Chemistry Unit Practice Test (individual and partner)

-All answers provided at the end of class

Homework:

Study for the unit test! The real test will take place on Monday!

-Introduction to Unit 2: Biology & Ecosystems

-PowerPoint presentation: key terms and definitions

-Film: BBC: Planet Earth, as you've never seen it before

-Accompanying video questions will be taken up tomorrow

-Reading: Food Web article. Colour the Food-Web.

-Activity: Ecology: Food Web, In Class Assignment

-PowerPoint Presentation: Going, Going, Gone!

-Worksheet: Threatened and Endangered Species

-Reading pg(s) 8-10 text, questions # 3, 4

-Computer Lab Project: Endangered Species in Canada 

-To hand in your project:

Save your file as a PDF and put a copy in Mr.C's hand-in folder. 

-Ecology: 1.3, fill in the blank guided note

-Ecology definitions worksheet (8 definitions)

-Homework: 1.3, answer #1-5 p.15 (This will be checked tomorow!)

-Components of an Ecosystem (Note)

-Creation of a pictoral chart of a pond community

-Preparation of habitat game cards

-Ecosystem Photo Essay or PowerPoint assignment explained, work period

-Use this link for your research: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/

-The Carbon Cycle (handout)

-Energy from the Sun: note

-The Nirogen Cycle (handout)

-The Carbon Cycle work sheet (pg. 29/ section 1.8  text).

-Canadian Biomes

-Soil Types across Canadian biomes

-In class assignment: identification of biomes, biome features and soil layers.

-(Edible) Soil Layer lab

-Video: Ocean Biomes: Shark habitat

-Should we interfere with Natural cycles? Crossword

-Note: Should we interfere with Natural Cycles?

-Ecological Footprint Calculator Survey (hardcopy and online)

Check out this website: http://www.myfootprint.org/en/

-Completion of the photo essay assignment in the computer lab

-4 Corners activity: Are Pesticides Safe to Use?

-Note: Pesticides

-Article reading: The Pesticide Debate (CBC News Online, May 21, 2004)

-Class debate: pesticide use

-Debate part 2: pesticides, smoking an envrionmental care

-Note: Populations part 1

-Populations worksheet 1

 HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

- Population histograms, Limits on population

-Article and questions: Sea Otters, Kelp and Killer Whales 

-Note: Logging forests ( topics: Forestry, combustion, acid preciitation, cars and acid precipitation)

-Homework: page 53 # 1, 2, 3

-Crossword review

-Practice Test

 Ecology Unit Test

-Photo essay is due - collected

- Introduction to Physics

- Measurement and Calculations Worksheet

- Explore an issue: Progress and speed on Canadian Highways

- Reading from text: p.146-147

- Calculating motion assignment: due at the end of class!

-In class assignment: calculating motion (...due at the end of class)

-Reminder: balloon car building time will take place tomorrow. Please bring your building materials!

-Balloon car building/ Test runs. Your final balloon car is due on November 17th!

-Late motion assignments collected

- Instantaneous and Constant Speed: Note

- Review of materials, Speed quiz (Physics Intro)

- Extension: please complete your balloon car for Friday!

-Review of answers from guided activity

-Determining speed from disatnce (d-t) Graphs: in class assignment 

  Fast and the Furious: movie lab!...to be continued on Monday.

Have a great weekend!

-Part 2: Fast and the Furious lab (complete the handout and calculations)

-Testing of balloon cars: make changes and be ready to race tomorrow!

-Highway safety: Read textbook page 158-159, answer questions # 1-5

 - Review of answers to Fast and the Furious lab

 - Review of answers to highway safety homework

 - Vector Quantities (Guided note)

 - Vector worksheet

- Balloon car races

- Review of Vector concepts/worksheets

Monday,

December 1, 2008

- Velocity: Guided note (examples), fill in the blank note

- Velocity worksheet (5 questions)

Coming up: Physics Test next Tuesday

Tuesday,

December 2, 2008

 - Review of answers to the velocity worksheet

 - Speed and Velocity worksheet (selecting the appropriate equation)

Wednesday,

December 3, 2008

 - Review of answers to the speed and velocity worksheet

 - Position-Time Graphs guided note and activity

 - Homework: read section 3.16 and answer # 1-5 on p.176. 

Thursday,

December 4, 2008

 - Position time guided note and examples

 - Position-Time graphs worksheet 

Friday,

December 5, 2008

Monday,

December 8, 2008

Tuesday,

December 9, 2008

Wednesday,

December 10, 2008

Thursday,

December 11, 2008

Friday,

December 12, 2008

Monday,

December 15, 2008

Tuesday,

December 16, 2008

Wednesday,

December 17, 2008

Thursday,

December 18, 2008

Friday,

December 19, 2008

              Happy Holidays! 

Regional Weather:

- Fill in the blank note.

- Topics: Thermals, Sea Breezes, Land Breezes,  Lake-Effect Snow, Chinook winds

- Read section 4.5 answer # 2 and 4 on p.211

Water and Weather:

- Fill in the blank note

- Read section 4.6 and answer #1-3 on p. 212 

Documentry film:

The Great Global warming swindle

- Forecasting the weather Web Quest , part 1

- weather systems note

- Summative presentations

- Nick, Mike P. and JP: you must hand in your completed summative project.

Case Study - Weather across Canada 

-Fill in the blank note

- Practice Exam Part 2

- Review of multiple choice answers (part 1)