WHAT DID WE DO IN CLASS TODAY?:
Thursday, June 1, 2017:
1. Finished the multiple choice section of the Chemistry Unit Test. 2. Started notes on section 7.1 Atomic Theory and Radioactivity. No Homework Assigned.
CHEMISTRY UNIT TEST ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 2017
Wednesday, May 31, 2017:
1. Chemistry Unit test, written portion.
The multiple choice section will be completed tomorrow in class.
Tuesday, May 30, 2017:
1. Continued review of chemistry. Went over the chapter 4 review and balancing equations. 2. Students continued to work on chapter 5 and 6 review questions. HOMEWORK: STUDY FOR YOUR CHEMISTRY TEST.
Monday, May 29, 2017:
1. went over a check list of the content from the Chemistry unit. 2. Chapter 4 review book handed out. Students worked on this book during class time. 3. Answer key provided to the students.
Friday, May 26, 2017:
1. Went over the 6.2 workbook. Part was handed in for assessment. Late assignments were not accepted. 2. Chapter 5/6 Review, matching assignment. 3. PROGRESS REPORTS HANDED OUT. 4. Chapter 5/6 Review, Token Mania. HOMEWORK: STUDY FOR YOUR CHEMISTRY (CH4,5,6) TEST.
Thursday, May 25, 2017:
1. 5.2 salts workbook gone over. Last page of the workbook handed in for assessment. 2. Students made notes on section 6.2 reaction rates. These notes were given a mark for complete/incomplete. 3. 6.2 workbook, all worksheets assigned.
Wednesday, May 24, 2017:
1. Video notetaking activity:
Tuesday, May 23, 2017:
1. Chemical Equations concept attainment assessment handed in for assessment. If this assessment was not handed in, students' will need to come in at lunch for a make up assessment.
2. Students worked on finishing up their lab write ups from last week. They then handed in these labs to the lab book box.
3. Acid/Base flip sheet questions finished. The flip sheet is due tomorrow.
Friday, May 19, 2017:
1. Acids/Bases lab. 2. Chemical Equations concept attainment assessment. This is a take home assessment that students are to complete over the weekend and bring back to class on Tuesday, May 23. If students do not return this assessment in Tuesday's class, they will need to do a make up one at lunch during the week.
Friday, May 12, 2017:
1. Re-test on writing and balancing chemical equations. 2. Finished notes on types of chemical reactions. 3. worksheet on identifying types of reactions and balancing them. Due Monday.
Tuesday, May 9, 2017:
1. went over the balancing equations that were assigned for homework. 2. Assigned the rest of the workbook (4.3) worksheets to be completed. Answer key provided for page 78 of the workbook. I will go over any questions tomorrow. Quiz tomorrow.
Monday, May 8, 2017:
1. went over the 4.3 study notes with students. 2. Reviewed balancing chemical equations. 3. Reviewed writing chemical equations. 4. 4.3 Chemical equations workbook handed out. Assigned page 79 #1-6 and page 77 #1,3,5-9 to be finished for tomorrow's class.
Friday, May 5, 2017:
1. Polyatomic Compounds quiz. 2. Notes on Covalent Compounds. 3. Practice on Covalent Compounds. 4. 4.3 Chemical Equations, Study Notes. Due Monday.
Thursday, May 4, 2017:
1. Reviewed and practiced Polyatomic Compounds. Quiz tomorrow.
Wednesday, May 3, 2017:
1. Went over the homework (multivalent metals). 2. Quiz on Multivalent Metals. 3. Notes on Polyatomic Groups. 4. Practice: worksheets (previously handed out), p. 193 #1,2 (textbook, answers on p. 591)
Tuesday, May 2, 2017:
1. Went over the homework (binary compounds). 2. Quiz on Binary Compounds. 3. Notes on multivalent metal compounds
Monday, May 1, 2017:
1. Went over the 4.1 study book. Students handed this in for assessment. 2. Quiz: 4.1 Atomic Structure. 3. Notes and practice on Binary compounds.
Thursday, April 27, 2017:
1. went over the 4.1 workbook. 2. 4.1 Study notes handout. Students are to finish this for Monday. Quiz Monday on section 4.1.
Wednesday, April 26, 2017:
1. Reviewed and finished the notes on 4.1 atomic theory. 2. the rest of the 4.1 workbook is assigned and due tomorrow.
EARTH SCIENCE STUDY BOOK DUE DATES:
10.1 AND 10.2 DUE APRIL 10, 2017
12.1 AND 12.2 DUE APRIL 21, 2017 *New Date*
Tuesday, April 25, 2017:
1. 4.1 Atomic Theory. Notes to Bohr diagrams. 2. 4.1 workbook handed out. Students are to complete pages 60-61.
Monday, April 24, 2017:
MIDTERM TEST. PROGRESS REPORTS HANDED OUT
Wednesday, April 19, 2017:
1. Video on plate tectonics. 2. Finished the 12.2 study book.
Tuesday, April 18, 2017:
1. 12.2 notes and video. 2. Students should get the next two pages in the study book completed tonight for homework.
Thursday, April 13, 2017:
1. 12.1 Questions handed in for assessment. 2. 12.1 Quiz. 3. 12.2 study book handed out. Students are to have the first 6 pages complete for Tuesday, April 18. I will do a homework check worth 10 marks for this.
Wednesday, April 12, 2017:
1. Went over parts of the 12.1 study book. 2. 12.1 Review questions, p517 #1-12, Sentence answers assigned. Due tomorrow. 3. Quiz tomorrow on section 12.1.
Tuesday, April 11, 2017:
1. Marked the 10.2 review questions. Questions handed in for assessment. 2. 10.2 Quiz. 3. continued work on the 12.1 study book. Students should get this study book completed for tomorrow's class.
Monday, April 10, 2017:
1. chapter 10 study books handed in. Students could use the 10.2 study book tonight to study for their quiz and hand it back in on Tuesday. 2. 10.2 flip sheet of questions worked on during the AM class. These questions are due tomorrow. 3. 10.2 quiz tomorrow. 4. 12.1 Continental Drift notes and video clips. 5. 12.1 study book handed out. Not assigned for homework.
Tuesday, April 4, 2017:
1. Homework check done, went over the information in the study book. 2. finished the notes and video clips (10.1) on heat transfer. 3. Completed the 10.1 study book. Due April 10. 4. 10.1 review questions assigned and worked on in class. Due tomorrow. HOMEWORK: 1. 10.1 review questions, 2. 10.1 Quiz
Monday, April 3, 2017:
1. Terms to know, Chapter 10 handed out to students. By the end of the chapter, students should be able to use these terms and explain them. 2. 10.1 Temperature, Thermal Energy and Heat, notes and video clips. We completed the notes up to and including temperature, thermal energy and heat p.424-427. Students are to complete the first five pages of the 10.1 study book (handed out in class) for tomorrow. HOMEWORK: first five pages of the 10.1 study book
Friday, March 17, 2017:
Problem Solving Activity: Marble Drop
Thursday, March 16, 2017:
Chapter 9 Test
Wednesday, March 15, 2017:
1. Chapter 9 Review questions, gone over. 2. Practice worksheet on section 9.2 completed and gone over. STUDY FOR YOUR CHAPTER 9 TEST TOMORROW
Tuesday, March 14, 2107:
1. worksheets gone over. 2. Chapter 9 review questions handed out and students worked on these during class. I will go over the review questions tomorrow.
Monday, March 13, 2017:
1. 9.2 four square was handed in for assessment. 2. went over the questions and the practice problem. 3. finished the notes on 9.2 Calculating Acceleration. 4. worksheets on calculating acceleration HOMEWORK: worksheets on calculating acceleration
Friday, March 10, 2017:
1. Went over the homework from last day. 2. 9.1 Calculating change in velocity worksheet. Students handed this in for assessment. 3. 9.2 Calculating Acceleration reading. 4. Calculating Acceleration notes. HOMEWORK: 1. Reading Check p. 195 #1,2, Practice problem from the notes, 9.2 Four square practice worksheet.
Thursday, March 9, 2017:
1. Chapter 8 Test. 2. 9.1 Describing Acceleration notes. 3. Worksheets on section 9.1 (3), due tomorrow. HOMEWORK: 9.1 worksheets.
Wednesday, March 8, 2017:
1. Chapter 8 problem solving questions. CHAPTER 8 TEST TOMORROW.
Tuesday, March 7, 2017:
1. Went over the 8.2 questions. Some questions were handed in for assessment. 2. Chapter 8 Review: true/false, multiple choice, matching. Worked on during class. We went over the answers to these questions at the end of class. HOMEWORK: STUDY FOR YOUR CHAPTER 8 TEST ON THURSDAY.
CHATPER 8 TEST ON THURSDAY.
Monday, March 6, 2017:
1. Went over the 2.2 worksheets. The worksheet on matching and multiple choice was handed in for assessment. 2. Marked work was returned to students. 3. 8.2 review questions handed out. This was worked on in class and is due tomorrow. 4. Progress reports handed out.
Friday, March 3, 2017:
1. Went over the 8.2 Average Velocity notes. 2. worksheets on 8.2 average velocity. Worksheets due Monday.
Thursday, March 2, 2017:
1. 8.1 Review Questions handed in. 2. 8.2 Average Velocity notes. 3. 8.2 Average Velocity reading. 4. p156 worksheet (all except 3e and 3g) and p157 worksheet (all)
Wednesday, March 1, 2017:
1. Lab work handed in for assessment. 2. 8.1 review questions. These are due tomorrow and will be handed in for assessment. HOMEWORK: 8.1 review questions
Tuesday, February 28, 2017:
1. Went over the worksheets from yesterday. 2. Activity 8-1B, Activity 8-1C, and Activity 8-1D worked on and need to be completed for homework. HOMEWORK: Activity 8-1B, Activity 8-1C, and Activity 8-1D
PROGRESS REPORTS HANDED OUT ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2017
Monday, February 27, 2017:
1. Genetic Unit Projects are due and should be handed in. Students have til Friday, March 3 to hand in the assignment late. 2. Pre-reading on section 8.1 handed out. 3. Notes on section 8.1: the language of motion. 4. worksheets: Scalars vs Vectors (147), Distance, position and displacement (148-149), Positive, negative and zero slopes (150). Students worked on these in class. Please finish for homework. HOMEWORK: 3 worksheets from class
Friday, February 24, 2017:
1. Genetic Disease Poster research. 2. Creating New Alien Animation Characters.
BOTH PROJECTS ARE DUE ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27.
Thursday, February 23, 2017:
1. Genetic Disease Poster research. 2. Creating New Alien Animation Characters.
BOTH PROJECTS ARE DUE ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27.
Wednesday, February 22, 2017:
1. Genetic Disease Poster research. 2. Creating New Alien Animation Characters started.
BOTH PROJECTS ARE DUE ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27.
Tuesday, February 21, 2017:
1. Handed back Post Lesson 1 and 2 questions. 2. Finished lesson #3 notes. 3. Lesson #3 questions completed and handed in for assessment. 4. Activity #4 completed and handed in for assessment. 5. Genetics Final started. Students picked a genetic disease to begin research on.
Monday, February 20, 2017:
1. Handed back marked work. 2. Progress reports handed out and discussed. 3. Lesson #3 notes started. HOMEWORK: Lesson #3 reading
Thursday, February 16, 2017: Last chance to hand in Create a New Creature from DNA
1. Went over how to self assess lab write ups. Students then self assessed their lab write up for activity #1. 2. Went over the lesson 2 questions. The Wanted Poster, concept map, Activity 2 and Activity 3 were handed in for assessment. 3. Post Lesson 1 and 2 questions handed out. These questions are due on Monday, February 20. HOMEWORK: Post Lesson 1 and 2 Questions.
Wednesday, February 15, 2017:
1. Lesson #1 questions handed in for assessment. 2. Reviewed the notes from Lesson #2. 3. Lesson #2 questions, Activity 2 and Activity 3 started. HOMEWORK: Lesson #2 questions and Activity 2 and 3.
Tuesday, February 14, 2017:
1. Create a New Organism from DNA handed in for assessment. Last chance to hand it in will be this Thursday. 2. Continued with the lab write up for Activity 1: Modeling Inheritance Patterns. 3. Lesson #1 questions (handout). These were worked on during class. The answers are to be handed in tomorrow for assessment. 4. Lesson #2 Mendel's Gene Hypothesis Notes started. HOMEWORK: 1. Lesson #1 questions. 2. Finish reading the Lesson #2 reading.
Friday, February 10, 2017:
1. Homework check completed and gone over. 2. Finished notes on Lesson #1. 3. Started Activity 1: Modeling Inheritance Patterns. Data collected. Formal lab write up will be finished on Tuesday. HOMEWORK: Create a new organism from DNA activity due Tuesday. Please make sure that your data is collected and collated for Activity 1.
Thursday, February 9, 2017:
Genetics: 1. Read/highlight activity. 2. Lesson #1 (Mendel) notes and reading. Homework: Define 7 terms from the notes based on the reading provided.
Wednesday, February 8, 2017:
Create a New Organism from DNA activity. Due Tuesday February 14.
Tuesday, February 7, 2017:
Create a New Organism from DNA activity
Monday, February 6, 2017:
1. Introduction. 2. Went over the course outline. 3. Started the Create a new organism from DNA,
END OF TERM TEST, TUESDAY JANUARY 31
Monday, January, 23, 2017:
1. went over the homework from Friday: velocity/speed worksheet, analyzing p-t graphs and constructing and interpreting p-t graphs. 2. 8.2 review questions, due tomorrow. 3. ch 8 review matching worksheet, completed and gone over in class. HOMEWORK: 8.2 review questions.
Thursday, January 19, 2017:
1. Activity 8-1B, 8-1C and 8-1D handed in for assessment. 2. 8.1 assessment worksheet, in class activity. 3. Notes on 8.2 Average Velocity. Practice questions. 4. Homework: worksheets, Slopes of position-time graph #1-5 and Analyzing position-time graphs #2 and 3.
Wednesday, January 18, 2017:
1. Reading checks handed in for assessment. 2. Activity 8-1B, Activity 8-1C and Activity 8-1D completed in class. Due tomorrow.
Tuesday, January 17, 2017:
1. 8.1 Notes and worksheets. 2. HOMEWORK: Reading Checks p347 #1-3 and p351 #1-3, plus 2 questions that you make up about this section.
Monday, January 16, 2017:
1. Chapter 12 Test. 2. Assignments from chapter 12 handed in for assessment. 3. Reading on 8.1 The Language of Motion handed out. Students should read this over and highlight important sections in preparation for class tomorrow.
CHAPTER 12 TEST ON MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 2017. 12.1 and 12.2 study books are to be handed in for assessment on test day.
Friday, January 13, 2017:
1. 12.2 review questions handed in, marked and returned to students. 2. TOKEN MANIA REVIEW GAME. 3. Chapter 12 test on Monday. HOMEWORK: Study for your chapter 12 test. Monday will be the last day to hand in the 12.1 questions, 12.2 questions and the 12.1 study booklet, 12.2 study booklet.
Thursday, January 12, 2017:
1. Went over the worksheets in the 12.2 study book. 2. 12.2 review questions handed out. The questions were worked on in class and are due tomorrow. HOMEWORK: 12.2 review questions.
Wednesday, January 11, 2017:
1. 12.2 Plate Tectonics study book. This study book will be handed in on the day of the Chapter 12 test for assessment.
Tuesday, January 10, 2017:
1. 12.1 review questions handed in for assessment. 2. 12.2 Plate Tectonics reading. Students read the handout and highlighted sections. 3. 12.2 Plate Tectonics notes. NO HOMEWORK assigned.
Monday, January 9, 2017:
1. Went over the worksheets in the 12.1 study booklet. This booklet will be handed in for assessment on the day of the chapter 12 test. 2. 12.1 review questions handed out. These are due for assessment tomorrow, Tuesday January 10. 3. Progress reports handed out. HOMEWORK: 12.1 Review questions.
Friday, January 6, 2017:
1. 12.1 study book was worked on. This study booklet is due on Monday. 2. An Ipad with an interactive ap on continental drift was available for students to access to help with the concepts.
Thursday, January 5, 2017:
AM class: Chapter 10 Test
PM class: 1. 12.1 Evidence for Continental Drift. Notes and video clips 2. 12.1 study booklet handed out. Students should have between 2-4 pages completed for tomorrow's class.
Wednesday, January 4, 2017:
1. Chapter 10 review continued. Chapter 10 test tomorrow. 10.1 and 10.2 study books need to be handed in for assessment on test day (tomorrow) 2. Progress reports handed out.
Friday, December 16, 2016:
1. Problem solving activity. 2. 10.2 study book and 10.2 questions are due Tuesday, Jan 3, 2016
Thursday, December 15, 2016
1. Finished the 10.2 notes. 2. Went over the first 4 pages of the study book. 3. Students worked on the remainder of the study book.
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
1. 10.1 questions handed in for assessment. 2. 10.2 Notes started. 3. 10.2 study book started, first 4 pages due tomorrow.
Tuesday,December 13, 2016:
1. Finished the 10.1 workbook. Answers gone over in class. 2. 10.1 questions handed out and worked on in class. These questions are due tomorrow. 3. 10.2 Energy in the Atmosphere notes started. We will finish these questions tomorrow. HOMEWORK: 10.1 Questions.
Monday, December 12, 2016:
1. Genetics Project handed in. The absolute last day is Wednesday. 2. Progress Reports handed out. 3. Notes on 10.1 Temperature, Thermal Energy and Heat. 4. Workbook notes, drawings and questions on 10.1 started. Homework: 30 minutes working on this workbook.
GENETICS PROJECT: ANIMATION CHARACTERS AND GENETIC DISEASE DUE MONDAY, DEC 12, 2016.
Friday, December 9, 2016:
Genetics Unit Assessment: Part 2-A Genetic Disease Poster. This is due on Monday, Dec 12 along with the part 1: Creating New Animation Characters.
Thursday, December 8, 2016:
1. Creating New Animation Characters assessment worked on in class.
Wednesday, December 7, 2016:
1. Post lesson #3 questions handed in for assessment. 2. Genetics Unit Assessment started: Part 1-Creating New Animation Characters. This assessment is due Monday, Dec 12. The absolute last day I will accept this assessment is Wednesday, Dec 14.
Tuesday, December 6, 2016:
1. Activity 4 handed in for assessment. 2. Progress reports handed out. 3. Post lesson #3 questions handed out and students worked on them. These questions are due tomorrow. Last day to hand in late/missing work is Friday, Dec 9, 2016.
Friday, December 2, 2016:
1. Worked on the questions from yesterday. These questions were to be handed in during class time. 2. Lesson #3 Notes: Other patterns of inheritance. 3. Activity #4, due on Tuesday, December 6, 2016.
Thursday, December 1, 2016:
1. Questions from last day handed in for assessment (Wanted poster, Concept mapping and Activity #3). Lesson 1/2 Review questions assigned. Due tomorrow.
Wednesday, November 30, 2016:
1. Lesson 1 questions handed back to students. 2. Lesson #2 questions, Activity 2 and 3, and Concept mapping worked on in class. These are due tomorrow, Thursday and will be handed in for assessment.
Tuesday, November 29, 2016:
1. Quick check questions handed in for assessment. Lab book handed in for assessment. 2. Students read, then highlighted the sections on the second read of the article. 3. Notes on Mendel's Gene Hypothesis. No Homework Assigned.
Monday, November 28, 2016:
1. Creating an Organism from DNA handed in. 2. Finished Activity 1. Lab write up due tomorrow. 3. Quick Check questions from lesson 1. Due tomorrow.
Friday, November 25, 2016:
Where is the geneticist's favorite place to swim? (the gene pool)
1. Notes on Genetics and Gregor Mendel. 2. Started Activity 1: Modeling Inheritance Patterns started. Students recorded the results of 100 coin flips of two coins (head, head or head, tail or tail, tail). We will analyze the results on Monday and finish the lab write up then. Homework: a) finish the 100 coin flips and record the data, b) define using words and pictures the terms dominant and recessive (use page 49 from the reading). Creating an Organism from DNA, due Monday!
Thursday, November 24, 2016:
Creating an Organism from DNA. Last class working on this project. Project due on Monday, November 28, 2016.
Wednesday, November 23, 2016:
Creating an Organism from DNA activity. This project will be due on Monday, November 28, 2016
Tuesday, November 22, 2016:
1. Genetics begins! Intro Activity: Creating an Organism from DNA. This project will be due on Monday, November 28.
Monday, November 21, 2016:
1. Midterm Test
MID TERM EXAM WILL BE ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2016. THE EXAM WILL COVER ALL OF CHEMISTRY.
Friday, November 18, 2016:
1. Video note taking activity
Thursday, November 17, 2016:
Midterm test review. Students worked on flashcards and review questions. The long sheet of review questions handed out yesterday will be handed in for assessment on the Midterm test day (Monday)
Wednesday, November 16, 2016:
Midterm review
Tuesday, November 15, 2016:
1. 5.1 check your understanding handed in for assessment. 2. Reminder that lab books are due tomorrow. 3. Chemistry Unit Review notes. 4. Chemistry Unit review important terms and textbook questions handed out. 5. Students worked on either creating flashcards, mind maps or answered questions from the textbook. 6. No specific homework was assigned. Students should continue to work on their flashcards tonight and questions. We will continue to work on this tomorrow for the first block and then I have additional questions for the second block of class.
Monday, November 14, 2016:
1. Lab books, assessment completed on 5.1 Acids and Bases lab. Last day to hand in lab books for recording is Wednesday, November 16. 2. Marked work handed back to students. Progress reports handed out. 3. Assignment: 5.1 Check Your Understanding p.233 #2, 3, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15. Sentence answers required. Due Tuesday, November 15, 2016.
Friday, November 4, 2016
1. Lab Activity: 5.1 Acids and Bases. Lab completed and write up done in class. Handed in for assessment.
RE-TEST FOR STUDENT WHO DID NOT COMPLETE THE IN-CLASS, TAKE-HOME ASSESSMENT WILL BE ON THURSDAY, NOV 3 AT LUNCH IN ROOM 213.
LAB BOOKS NEED TO BE HANDED IN BY THURSDAY, NOV 3 FOR ASSESSMENT!
Thursday, November 3, 2016:
1. Handed in the 6.2 check your understanding. 2. Went over the 5.1 Study Notes. 3. Lab Activity 6.1 replacement reactions should be in the lab book and ready for assessment. 4. Discussed the next lab (tomorrow) on Acids and Bases. Students started their formal lab write ups. For the procedure, students will develop a flow chart of instructions.
Wednesday, November 2, 2016:
1. 5.1 Acids and Bases Study Notes. 2. If time, worksheet on Acids and Bases.
Tuesday, November 1, 2016:
1. Went over the answers to the 6.2 workbook. 2. Assignment (to be handed in for assessment): 6.2 Check Your Understanding p. 281 #1-13, sentence answers required. This is due on Wednesday, Nov 2.
Monday, October 31. 2016:
1. Students handed in the Take Home Test that was issued on Friday. If students did not complete the assignment or would like a second chance at the assessment, there will be a lunch assessment offered. The second assessment will be at lunch on Thursday, Nov 3 in room 213. This assessment will NOT be open book. 2. Notes on 6.2 Factors affecting the rate of reactions pages 272-281. 3. 6.2 workbook worksheets.
COMPLETED! MONDAY, OCTOBER 31. ( Started Friday, Oct 28): ASSESSMENT (QUIZ/TEST) OF CLASSIFYING CHEMICAL EQUATIONS AND BALANCING THEM. This will start on Friday, October 28 and be due on Monday, October 31.
Friday, October 28, 2016:
AM Class: 6.1 Replacement Reactions Lab Activity. This lab will need to be completed and handed in by Wednesday, Nov 2.
PM Class: In Class/ Take Home Assessment Activity. This activity is due Monday at 10 am. This assessment will not be accepted late.
Thursday, October 27, 2016:
1. Went over the homework. 2. Introduced the lab activity: 6.1 Replacement Reactions. This lab will be completed tomorrow. Students need to have the procedure filled out and the picture procedure for parts 1 and 2. 3. Practice worksheet, Predicting the Products. #1a-k, omit f.
Wednesday, October 26, 2016:
1. We went over the homework. 2. In-class assignment on identifying and balancing equations. Marked in class. Will be returned to the students tomorrow. 3. 6.1 Check Your Understanding p. 271 #1, 4, 5 assigned for homework.
Tuesday, October 25, 2016:
1. Homework mark given out. 2. Went over the homework. 3. In-class assignment on identifying and balancing equations, completed, marked and returned to students. 4. Word Equations worksheet: write the skeleton equation, balance and identify the equation. Started in class. Assigned for homework if not completed during class time.
Monday, October 24, 2016:
1. Went over the quiz from Friday. Re-test on Thursday, Oct 27 at lunch in room 213. 2. Checked homework originally due on Thursday, Oct 20. 3. Finished notes on Combustion. 4. Practice questions on Neutralization and Combustion. 5. worksheet on identifying equations and then balancing them assigned for work. If not finished in class, then it's homework and due tomorrow.
Thursday, October 20, 2016:
1. Went over the homework handed in yesterday for assessment. Students checked their answers and made corrections. 2. Quiz on Writing and Balancing Equations. 3. Continued with the notes on types of chemical reactions.
Wednesday, October 19, 2016:
1. Homework handed in for assessment. 2. Notes on Types of Chemical Reactions (synthesis, decomposition, single replacement, double replacement) pages 256-262. 3. Assignment: Practice Problems: p. 259 #1, p. 260 #1, p. 261 #1, p. 262 #1.
Tuesday, October 18, 2016:
1. Practice writing and balancing equations. Quiz on Thursday. 2. Homework assigned: Worksheet #1 on writing and balancing chemical equations (#1-12)
Monday, October 17, 2016:
1. Balancing Chemical Equations #4 and 5 handed in for assessment. 2. Practice: writing skeleton equations from word equations and then balancing the equation.
Friday, October 14, 2016:
1. Went over the homework. 2. Balancing Chemical Equations #4 and 5 handed out. These will be handed in on Monday for assessment.
Thursday, October 13, 2016
1. Went over Balancing Chemical Equations #2 worksheet. 2. In class assignment, Check Your Understanding p.215 #3 a-j. Students worked on this during class and we went over the answers. 3. Worksheet #3 was handed out and students are to answer 10 of the possible 20 questions on balancing skeleton equations.
Wednesday, October 12, 2016:
1. Practice writing and balancing chemical equations. Worksheet #2 assigned for homework.
Tuesday, October 11, 2016:
1. Chemical Equations (4.3): notes and practice. 2. Chapter 4 (4.1&4.2) tests handed back. 3. Progress Reports handed out. 4. Re-test for Chapter 4 (4.1&4.2) will be Friday at lunch. Students must book the test with Ms. Moore prior to Friday.
Friday, October 7, 2016:
1. Chapter 4 (4.1 & 4.2) Test today.
OCTOBER 7, 2016: MARKS IN MYED HAVE BEEN UPDATED
Wednesday, October 5, 2016:
1. Quiz on Naming Ionic compounds. Completed and marked in class. 2. Went over the answers to the homework. 3. Multiple choice review #1-11. Completed and marked in class.
4. Chapter 4 Review p. 216-217 #1-18. CHAPTER 4 TEST (4.1 & 4.2), FRIDAY OCT 7, 2016
Tuesday, October 4, 2016:
1. Went over the homework from last day, pink sheet. 2. Extra practice on Naming and Writing Ionic compounds handed out. Answer key posted for students to view. 3. Quiz on Naming Ionic Compounds tomorrow. 4. Notes on covalent compounds. 5. Practice worksheet on covalent compounds.
Monday, October 3, 2016:
1. Practice worksheets on Naming Ionic Compounds. Quiz Wednesday. 2. Homework: Pink Sheet.
CHAPTER 4 TEST (4.1 & 4.2), FRIDAY OCT 7, 2016
Friday, September 30, 2016
1. Went over the homework. 2. Quiz on Writing Ionic compounds, marked in class. 3. Notes on Naming Ionic compounds. Homework: from the textbook, p.187 #1, p.191 #1, p.193 #1, answers on p.591
Thursday, September 29, 2016
1. Went over the homework (pink) from last day. 2. New practice sheet, completed and gone over. 3. Blue sheet on writing formulas handed out, due tomorrow. 4. Quiz on Writing Ionic Compounds formulas tomorrow. 5. Extra practice: Textbook, p.188 #2, p.190 #1, p. 193 #2, answers to the extra practice are found on p.591 in the textbook.
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
1. Compounds introduction, Sorting activity. 2. Video clips on compounds. 3. Notes on Writing Ionic Compounds: binary, multivalent, polyatomic. 4. Practice sheets: Buff, completed, answers given, Pink, assigned for homework. 5. Extra practice: Textbook, p.188 #2, p.190 #1, p. 193 #2, answers to the extra practice are found on p.591 in the textbook.
Tuesday, September 27, 2016:
1. Peer marked the 4.1 Study notes assignment. Handed in for recording. 2. Video clips of atoms/ions and Bohr/Lewis diagrams. 3. Quiz: 4.1 Atomic Structure. No Homework assigned.
Monday, September 26, 2016:
1. Finished the 4.1 Study Notes. This is due tomorrow. 2. 4.1 Quiz tomorrow. PROGRESS REPORTS HANDED OUT.
Thursday, September 22, 2016:
Chemical Spill outside of PSO. No classes.
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
1. Lab Activity: Ions and Atoms. Lab write up due Thursday, September 22. 2. The 4.1 Quiz for Thursday has been moved to Monday, September 26.
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
1. Went over the answers to the 4.1 flipsheet. 2. Discussed the lab activity scheduled for tomorrow. Lab: Ions and Atoms. 3. Started the 4.1 Study Notes. These will be handed in on Thursday for assessment. REMINDER: 4.1 QUIZ ON THURSDAY. No specific homework assigned other than students need to have their lab write ups prepared in order to do the lab tomorrow.
Monday, September, 19, 2016
1. Went over the homework on Lewis diagrams and Atomic Theory and bonding multiple choice worksheets.
2. 4.1 flipsheet, due tomorrow. 3. Started prep for lab activity: Ions and Atoms.
Friday, September 16, 2016
1. checked homework. 2. went over the homework, Bohr diagrams. 3. Notes on Lewis diagrams. 4. Practice: Lewis diagrams handout p(.62 from the workbook) and Atomic theory and bonding multiple choice worksheet. These worksheets are due on Monday.
Thursday, September 15, 2016
Double block day
1. went over the homework on atomic theory. 2. continued notes and review of atomic theory with a worksheet on atomic theory from the BC Science workbook, p.60. 3. Notes on Bohr diagrams (p.174-177 in the textbook.) 4. worksheet from the workbook on Bohr diagrams, p.61. Assigned for homework. Extra practice on Bohr diagrams can be found in the Sept 14 handouts.
Wednesday, September 14, 2016:
1. Safety contracts handed in. 2. Notes on 4.1 Atomic theory. 3. Atomic theory worksheet assigned for homework. 4. Textbooks handed out.
Tuesday, September 13, 2106:
1. Safety Unit Test. The map of the classroom was handed in with the test.
Monday, September 12, 2016:
1. Went over the safety unit questions. Discussed what to do in an emergency. How to use a fire extinguisher. 2. Finished the map of the classroom. This is due tomorrow and will be added to the safety test. 3. Safety Warning Poster started. This poster is due on Friday, Sept 16, 2016. SAFETY UNIT TEST TOMORROW!
Friday, September 9, 2016:
1. Finished the power point notes. 2. Video: The Accident at Jefferson High. Students took notes and then handed the notes in for assessment. I've put the video link in the science 10 video tab. 3. Safety handout and safety questions given out. Students worked on answering the questions. Students also started a map of the safety equipment in room 213. HOMEWORK: 1. Finish the safety questions, due Monday. 2. Safety Test on Tuesday, Sept 13.
Thursday, September 8, 2016:
1. Went over the course outline. 2. Started the safety unit. Power point notes and some video clips. SAFETY TEST scheduled for Monday, September 12, 2016.
Thursday, June 1, 2017:
1. Finished the multiple choice section of the Chemistry Unit Test. 2. Started notes on section 7.1 Atomic Theory and Radioactivity. No Homework Assigned.
CHEMISTRY UNIT TEST ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 2017
Wednesday, May 31, 2017:
1. Chemistry Unit test, written portion.
The multiple choice section will be completed tomorrow in class.
Tuesday, May 30, 2017:
1. Continued review of chemistry. Went over the chapter 4 review and balancing equations. 2. Students continued to work on chapter 5 and 6 review questions. HOMEWORK: STUDY FOR YOUR CHEMISTRY TEST.
Monday, May 29, 2017:
1. went over a check list of the content from the Chemistry unit. 2. Chapter 4 review book handed out. Students worked on this book during class time. 3. Answer key provided to the students.
Friday, May 26, 2017:
1. Went over the 6.2 workbook. Part was handed in for assessment. Late assignments were not accepted. 2. Chapter 5/6 Review, matching assignment. 3. PROGRESS REPORTS HANDED OUT. 4. Chapter 5/6 Review, Token Mania. HOMEWORK: STUDY FOR YOUR CHEMISTRY (CH4,5,6) TEST.
Thursday, May 25, 2017:
1. 5.2 salts workbook gone over. Last page of the workbook handed in for assessment. 2. Students made notes on section 6.2 reaction rates. These notes were given a mark for complete/incomplete. 3. 6.2 workbook, all worksheets assigned.
Wednesday, May 24, 2017:
1. Video notetaking activity:
Tuesday, May 23, 2017:
1. Chemical Equations concept attainment assessment handed in for assessment. If this assessment was not handed in, students' will need to come in at lunch for a make up assessment.
2. Students worked on finishing up their lab write ups from last week. They then handed in these labs to the lab book box.
3. Acid/Base flip sheet questions finished. The flip sheet is due tomorrow.
Friday, May 19, 2017:
1. Acids/Bases lab. 2. Chemical Equations concept attainment assessment. This is a take home assessment that students are to complete over the weekend and bring back to class on Tuesday, May 23. If students do not return this assessment in Tuesday's class, they will need to do a make up one at lunch during the week.
Friday, May 12, 2017:
1. Re-test on writing and balancing chemical equations. 2. Finished notes on types of chemical reactions. 3. worksheet on identifying types of reactions and balancing them. Due Monday.
Tuesday, May 9, 2017:
1. went over the balancing equations that were assigned for homework. 2. Assigned the rest of the workbook (4.3) worksheets to be completed. Answer key provided for page 78 of the workbook. I will go over any questions tomorrow. Quiz tomorrow.
Monday, May 8, 2017:
1. went over the 4.3 study notes with students. 2. Reviewed balancing chemical equations. 3. Reviewed writing chemical equations. 4. 4.3 Chemical equations workbook handed out. Assigned page 79 #1-6 and page 77 #1,3,5-9 to be finished for tomorrow's class.
Friday, May 5, 2017:
1. Polyatomic Compounds quiz. 2. Notes on Covalent Compounds. 3. Practice on Covalent Compounds. 4. 4.3 Chemical Equations, Study Notes. Due Monday.
Thursday, May 4, 2017:
1. Reviewed and practiced Polyatomic Compounds. Quiz tomorrow.
Wednesday, May 3, 2017:
1. Went over the homework (multivalent metals). 2. Quiz on Multivalent Metals. 3. Notes on Polyatomic Groups. 4. Practice: worksheets (previously handed out), p. 193 #1,2 (textbook, answers on p. 591)
Tuesday, May 2, 2017:
1. Went over the homework (binary compounds). 2. Quiz on Binary Compounds. 3. Notes on multivalent metal compounds
Monday, May 1, 2017:
1. Went over the 4.1 study book. Students handed this in for assessment. 2. Quiz: 4.1 Atomic Structure. 3. Notes and practice on Binary compounds.
Thursday, April 27, 2017:
1. went over the 4.1 workbook. 2. 4.1 Study notes handout. Students are to finish this for Monday. Quiz Monday on section 4.1.
Wednesday, April 26, 2017:
1. Reviewed and finished the notes on 4.1 atomic theory. 2. the rest of the 4.1 workbook is assigned and due tomorrow.
EARTH SCIENCE STUDY BOOK DUE DATES:
10.1 AND 10.2 DUE APRIL 10, 2017
12.1 AND 12.2 DUE APRIL 21, 2017 *New Date*
Tuesday, April 25, 2017:
1. 4.1 Atomic Theory. Notes to Bohr diagrams. 2. 4.1 workbook handed out. Students are to complete pages 60-61.
Monday, April 24, 2017:
MIDTERM TEST. PROGRESS REPORTS HANDED OUT
Wednesday, April 19, 2017:
1. Video on plate tectonics. 2. Finished the 12.2 study book.
Tuesday, April 18, 2017:
1. 12.2 notes and video. 2. Students should get the next two pages in the study book completed tonight for homework.
Thursday, April 13, 2017:
1. 12.1 Questions handed in for assessment. 2. 12.1 Quiz. 3. 12.2 study book handed out. Students are to have the first 6 pages complete for Tuesday, April 18. I will do a homework check worth 10 marks for this.
Wednesday, April 12, 2017:
1. Went over parts of the 12.1 study book. 2. 12.1 Review questions, p517 #1-12, Sentence answers assigned. Due tomorrow. 3. Quiz tomorrow on section 12.1.
Tuesday, April 11, 2017:
1. Marked the 10.2 review questions. Questions handed in for assessment. 2. 10.2 Quiz. 3. continued work on the 12.1 study book. Students should get this study book completed for tomorrow's class.
Monday, April 10, 2017:
1. chapter 10 study books handed in. Students could use the 10.2 study book tonight to study for their quiz and hand it back in on Tuesday. 2. 10.2 flip sheet of questions worked on during the AM class. These questions are due tomorrow. 3. 10.2 quiz tomorrow. 4. 12.1 Continental Drift notes and video clips. 5. 12.1 study book handed out. Not assigned for homework.
Tuesday, April 4, 2017:
1. Homework check done, went over the information in the study book. 2. finished the notes and video clips (10.1) on heat transfer. 3. Completed the 10.1 study book. Due April 10. 4. 10.1 review questions assigned and worked on in class. Due tomorrow. HOMEWORK: 1. 10.1 review questions, 2. 10.1 Quiz
Monday, April 3, 2017:
1. Terms to know, Chapter 10 handed out to students. By the end of the chapter, students should be able to use these terms and explain them. 2. 10.1 Temperature, Thermal Energy and Heat, notes and video clips. We completed the notes up to and including temperature, thermal energy and heat p.424-427. Students are to complete the first five pages of the 10.1 study book (handed out in class) for tomorrow. HOMEWORK: first five pages of the 10.1 study book
Friday, March 17, 2017:
Problem Solving Activity: Marble Drop
Thursday, March 16, 2017:
Chapter 9 Test
Wednesday, March 15, 2017:
1. Chapter 9 Review questions, gone over. 2. Practice worksheet on section 9.2 completed and gone over. STUDY FOR YOUR CHAPTER 9 TEST TOMORROW
Tuesday, March 14, 2107:
1. worksheets gone over. 2. Chapter 9 review questions handed out and students worked on these during class. I will go over the review questions tomorrow.
Monday, March 13, 2017:
1. 9.2 four square was handed in for assessment. 2. went over the questions and the practice problem. 3. finished the notes on 9.2 Calculating Acceleration. 4. worksheets on calculating acceleration HOMEWORK: worksheets on calculating acceleration
Friday, March 10, 2017:
1. Went over the homework from last day. 2. 9.1 Calculating change in velocity worksheet. Students handed this in for assessment. 3. 9.2 Calculating Acceleration reading. 4. Calculating Acceleration notes. HOMEWORK: 1. Reading Check p. 195 #1,2, Practice problem from the notes, 9.2 Four square practice worksheet.
Thursday, March 9, 2017:
1. Chapter 8 Test. 2. 9.1 Describing Acceleration notes. 3. Worksheets on section 9.1 (3), due tomorrow. HOMEWORK: 9.1 worksheets.
Wednesday, March 8, 2017:
1. Chapter 8 problem solving questions. CHAPTER 8 TEST TOMORROW.
Tuesday, March 7, 2017:
1. Went over the 8.2 questions. Some questions were handed in for assessment. 2. Chapter 8 Review: true/false, multiple choice, matching. Worked on during class. We went over the answers to these questions at the end of class. HOMEWORK: STUDY FOR YOUR CHAPTER 8 TEST ON THURSDAY.
CHATPER 8 TEST ON THURSDAY.
Monday, March 6, 2017:
1. Went over the 2.2 worksheets. The worksheet on matching and multiple choice was handed in for assessment. 2. Marked work was returned to students. 3. 8.2 review questions handed out. This was worked on in class and is due tomorrow. 4. Progress reports handed out.
Friday, March 3, 2017:
1. Went over the 8.2 Average Velocity notes. 2. worksheets on 8.2 average velocity. Worksheets due Monday.
Thursday, March 2, 2017:
1. 8.1 Review Questions handed in. 2. 8.2 Average Velocity notes. 3. 8.2 Average Velocity reading. 4. p156 worksheet (all except 3e and 3g) and p157 worksheet (all)
Wednesday, March 1, 2017:
1. Lab work handed in for assessment. 2. 8.1 review questions. These are due tomorrow and will be handed in for assessment. HOMEWORK: 8.1 review questions
Tuesday, February 28, 2017:
1. Went over the worksheets from yesterday. 2. Activity 8-1B, Activity 8-1C, and Activity 8-1D worked on and need to be completed for homework. HOMEWORK: Activity 8-1B, Activity 8-1C, and Activity 8-1D
PROGRESS REPORTS HANDED OUT ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2017
Monday, February 27, 2017:
1. Genetic Unit Projects are due and should be handed in. Students have til Friday, March 3 to hand in the assignment late. 2. Pre-reading on section 8.1 handed out. 3. Notes on section 8.1: the language of motion. 4. worksheets: Scalars vs Vectors (147), Distance, position and displacement (148-149), Positive, negative and zero slopes (150). Students worked on these in class. Please finish for homework. HOMEWORK: 3 worksheets from class
Friday, February 24, 2017:
1. Genetic Disease Poster research. 2. Creating New Alien Animation Characters.
BOTH PROJECTS ARE DUE ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27.
Thursday, February 23, 2017:
1. Genetic Disease Poster research. 2. Creating New Alien Animation Characters.
BOTH PROJECTS ARE DUE ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27.
Wednesday, February 22, 2017:
1. Genetic Disease Poster research. 2. Creating New Alien Animation Characters started.
BOTH PROJECTS ARE DUE ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27.
Tuesday, February 21, 2017:
1. Handed back Post Lesson 1 and 2 questions. 2. Finished lesson #3 notes. 3. Lesson #3 questions completed and handed in for assessment. 4. Activity #4 completed and handed in for assessment. 5. Genetics Final started. Students picked a genetic disease to begin research on.
Monday, February 20, 2017:
1. Handed back marked work. 2. Progress reports handed out and discussed. 3. Lesson #3 notes started. HOMEWORK: Lesson #3 reading
Thursday, February 16, 2017: Last chance to hand in Create a New Creature from DNA
1. Went over how to self assess lab write ups. Students then self assessed their lab write up for activity #1. 2. Went over the lesson 2 questions. The Wanted Poster, concept map, Activity 2 and Activity 3 were handed in for assessment. 3. Post Lesson 1 and 2 questions handed out. These questions are due on Monday, February 20. HOMEWORK: Post Lesson 1 and 2 Questions.
Wednesday, February 15, 2017:
1. Lesson #1 questions handed in for assessment. 2. Reviewed the notes from Lesson #2. 3. Lesson #2 questions, Activity 2 and Activity 3 started. HOMEWORK: Lesson #2 questions and Activity 2 and 3.
Tuesday, February 14, 2017:
1. Create a New Organism from DNA handed in for assessment. Last chance to hand it in will be this Thursday. 2. Continued with the lab write up for Activity 1: Modeling Inheritance Patterns. 3. Lesson #1 questions (handout). These were worked on during class. The answers are to be handed in tomorrow for assessment. 4. Lesson #2 Mendel's Gene Hypothesis Notes started. HOMEWORK: 1. Lesson #1 questions. 2. Finish reading the Lesson #2 reading.
Friday, February 10, 2017:
1. Homework check completed and gone over. 2. Finished notes on Lesson #1. 3. Started Activity 1: Modeling Inheritance Patterns. Data collected. Formal lab write up will be finished on Tuesday. HOMEWORK: Create a new organism from DNA activity due Tuesday. Please make sure that your data is collected and collated for Activity 1.
Thursday, February 9, 2017:
Genetics: 1. Read/highlight activity. 2. Lesson #1 (Mendel) notes and reading. Homework: Define 7 terms from the notes based on the reading provided.
Wednesday, February 8, 2017:
Create a New Organism from DNA activity. Due Tuesday February 14.
Tuesday, February 7, 2017:
Create a New Organism from DNA activity
Monday, February 6, 2017:
1. Introduction. 2. Went over the course outline. 3. Started the Create a new organism from DNA,
END OF TERM TEST, TUESDAY JANUARY 31
Monday, January, 23, 2017:
1. went over the homework from Friday: velocity/speed worksheet, analyzing p-t graphs and constructing and interpreting p-t graphs. 2. 8.2 review questions, due tomorrow. 3. ch 8 review matching worksheet, completed and gone over in class. HOMEWORK: 8.2 review questions.
Thursday, January 19, 2017:
1. Activity 8-1B, 8-1C and 8-1D handed in for assessment. 2. 8.1 assessment worksheet, in class activity. 3. Notes on 8.2 Average Velocity. Practice questions. 4. Homework: worksheets, Slopes of position-time graph #1-5 and Analyzing position-time graphs #2 and 3.
Wednesday, January 18, 2017:
1. Reading checks handed in for assessment. 2. Activity 8-1B, Activity 8-1C and Activity 8-1D completed in class. Due tomorrow.
Tuesday, January 17, 2017:
1. 8.1 Notes and worksheets. 2. HOMEWORK: Reading Checks p347 #1-3 and p351 #1-3, plus 2 questions that you make up about this section.
Monday, January 16, 2017:
1. Chapter 12 Test. 2. Assignments from chapter 12 handed in for assessment. 3. Reading on 8.1 The Language of Motion handed out. Students should read this over and highlight important sections in preparation for class tomorrow.
CHAPTER 12 TEST ON MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 2017. 12.1 and 12.2 study books are to be handed in for assessment on test day.
Friday, January 13, 2017:
1. 12.2 review questions handed in, marked and returned to students. 2. TOKEN MANIA REVIEW GAME. 3. Chapter 12 test on Monday. HOMEWORK: Study for your chapter 12 test. Monday will be the last day to hand in the 12.1 questions, 12.2 questions and the 12.1 study booklet, 12.2 study booklet.
Thursday, January 12, 2017:
1. Went over the worksheets in the 12.2 study book. 2. 12.2 review questions handed out. The questions were worked on in class and are due tomorrow. HOMEWORK: 12.2 review questions.
Wednesday, January 11, 2017:
1. 12.2 Plate Tectonics study book. This study book will be handed in on the day of the Chapter 12 test for assessment.
Tuesday, January 10, 2017:
1. 12.1 review questions handed in for assessment. 2. 12.2 Plate Tectonics reading. Students read the handout and highlighted sections. 3. 12.2 Plate Tectonics notes. NO HOMEWORK assigned.
Monday, January 9, 2017:
1. Went over the worksheets in the 12.1 study booklet. This booklet will be handed in for assessment on the day of the chapter 12 test. 2. 12.1 review questions handed out. These are due for assessment tomorrow, Tuesday January 10. 3. Progress reports handed out. HOMEWORK: 12.1 Review questions.
Friday, January 6, 2017:
1. 12.1 study book was worked on. This study booklet is due on Monday. 2. An Ipad with an interactive ap on continental drift was available for students to access to help with the concepts.
Thursday, January 5, 2017:
AM class: Chapter 10 Test
PM class: 1. 12.1 Evidence for Continental Drift. Notes and video clips 2. 12.1 study booklet handed out. Students should have between 2-4 pages completed for tomorrow's class.
Wednesday, January 4, 2017:
1. Chapter 10 review continued. Chapter 10 test tomorrow. 10.1 and 10.2 study books need to be handed in for assessment on test day (tomorrow) 2. Progress reports handed out.
Friday, December 16, 2016:
1. Problem solving activity. 2. 10.2 study book and 10.2 questions are due Tuesday, Jan 3, 2016
Thursday, December 15, 2016
1. Finished the 10.2 notes. 2. Went over the first 4 pages of the study book. 3. Students worked on the remainder of the study book.
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
1. 10.1 questions handed in for assessment. 2. 10.2 Notes started. 3. 10.2 study book started, first 4 pages due tomorrow.
Tuesday,December 13, 2016:
1. Finished the 10.1 workbook. Answers gone over in class. 2. 10.1 questions handed out and worked on in class. These questions are due tomorrow. 3. 10.2 Energy in the Atmosphere notes started. We will finish these questions tomorrow. HOMEWORK: 10.1 Questions.
Monday, December 12, 2016:
1. Genetics Project handed in. The absolute last day is Wednesday. 2. Progress Reports handed out. 3. Notes on 10.1 Temperature, Thermal Energy and Heat. 4. Workbook notes, drawings and questions on 10.1 started. Homework: 30 minutes working on this workbook.
GENETICS PROJECT: ANIMATION CHARACTERS AND GENETIC DISEASE DUE MONDAY, DEC 12, 2016.
Friday, December 9, 2016:
Genetics Unit Assessment: Part 2-A Genetic Disease Poster. This is due on Monday, Dec 12 along with the part 1: Creating New Animation Characters.
Thursday, December 8, 2016:
1. Creating New Animation Characters assessment worked on in class.
Wednesday, December 7, 2016:
1. Post lesson #3 questions handed in for assessment. 2. Genetics Unit Assessment started: Part 1-Creating New Animation Characters. This assessment is due Monday, Dec 12. The absolute last day I will accept this assessment is Wednesday, Dec 14.
Tuesday, December 6, 2016:
1. Activity 4 handed in for assessment. 2. Progress reports handed out. 3. Post lesson #3 questions handed out and students worked on them. These questions are due tomorrow. Last day to hand in late/missing work is Friday, Dec 9, 2016.
Friday, December 2, 2016:
1. Worked on the questions from yesterday. These questions were to be handed in during class time. 2. Lesson #3 Notes: Other patterns of inheritance. 3. Activity #4, due on Tuesday, December 6, 2016.
Thursday, December 1, 2016:
1. Questions from last day handed in for assessment (Wanted poster, Concept mapping and Activity #3). Lesson 1/2 Review questions assigned. Due tomorrow.
Wednesday, November 30, 2016:
1. Lesson 1 questions handed back to students. 2. Lesson #2 questions, Activity 2 and 3, and Concept mapping worked on in class. These are due tomorrow, Thursday and will be handed in for assessment.
Tuesday, November 29, 2016:
1. Quick check questions handed in for assessment. Lab book handed in for assessment. 2. Students read, then highlighted the sections on the second read of the article. 3. Notes on Mendel's Gene Hypothesis. No Homework Assigned.
Monday, November 28, 2016:
1. Creating an Organism from DNA handed in. 2. Finished Activity 1. Lab write up due tomorrow. 3. Quick Check questions from lesson 1. Due tomorrow.
Friday, November 25, 2016:
Where is the geneticist's favorite place to swim? (the gene pool)
1. Notes on Genetics and Gregor Mendel. 2. Started Activity 1: Modeling Inheritance Patterns started. Students recorded the results of 100 coin flips of two coins (head, head or head, tail or tail, tail). We will analyze the results on Monday and finish the lab write up then. Homework: a) finish the 100 coin flips and record the data, b) define using words and pictures the terms dominant and recessive (use page 49 from the reading). Creating an Organism from DNA, due Monday!
Thursday, November 24, 2016:
Creating an Organism from DNA. Last class working on this project. Project due on Monday, November 28, 2016.
Wednesday, November 23, 2016:
Creating an Organism from DNA activity. This project will be due on Monday, November 28, 2016
Tuesday, November 22, 2016:
1. Genetics begins! Intro Activity: Creating an Organism from DNA. This project will be due on Monday, November 28.
Monday, November 21, 2016:
1. Midterm Test
MID TERM EXAM WILL BE ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2016. THE EXAM WILL COVER ALL OF CHEMISTRY.
Friday, November 18, 2016:
1. Video note taking activity
Thursday, November 17, 2016:
Midterm test review. Students worked on flashcards and review questions. The long sheet of review questions handed out yesterday will be handed in for assessment on the Midterm test day (Monday)
Wednesday, November 16, 2016:
Midterm review
Tuesday, November 15, 2016:
1. 5.1 check your understanding handed in for assessment. 2. Reminder that lab books are due tomorrow. 3. Chemistry Unit Review notes. 4. Chemistry Unit review important terms and textbook questions handed out. 5. Students worked on either creating flashcards, mind maps or answered questions from the textbook. 6. No specific homework was assigned. Students should continue to work on their flashcards tonight and questions. We will continue to work on this tomorrow for the first block and then I have additional questions for the second block of class.
Monday, November 14, 2016:
1. Lab books, assessment completed on 5.1 Acids and Bases lab. Last day to hand in lab books for recording is Wednesday, November 16. 2. Marked work handed back to students. Progress reports handed out. 3. Assignment: 5.1 Check Your Understanding p.233 #2, 3, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15. Sentence answers required. Due Tuesday, November 15, 2016.
Friday, November 4, 2016
1. Lab Activity: 5.1 Acids and Bases. Lab completed and write up done in class. Handed in for assessment.
RE-TEST FOR STUDENT WHO DID NOT COMPLETE THE IN-CLASS, TAKE-HOME ASSESSMENT WILL BE ON THURSDAY, NOV 3 AT LUNCH IN ROOM 213.
LAB BOOKS NEED TO BE HANDED IN BY THURSDAY, NOV 3 FOR ASSESSMENT!
Thursday, November 3, 2016:
1. Handed in the 6.2 check your understanding. 2. Went over the 5.1 Study Notes. 3. Lab Activity 6.1 replacement reactions should be in the lab book and ready for assessment. 4. Discussed the next lab (tomorrow) on Acids and Bases. Students started their formal lab write ups. For the procedure, students will develop a flow chart of instructions.
Wednesday, November 2, 2016:
1. 5.1 Acids and Bases Study Notes. 2. If time, worksheet on Acids and Bases.
Tuesday, November 1, 2016:
1. Went over the answers to the 6.2 workbook. 2. Assignment (to be handed in for assessment): 6.2 Check Your Understanding p. 281 #1-13, sentence answers required. This is due on Wednesday, Nov 2.
Monday, October 31. 2016:
1. Students handed in the Take Home Test that was issued on Friday. If students did not complete the assignment or would like a second chance at the assessment, there will be a lunch assessment offered. The second assessment will be at lunch on Thursday, Nov 3 in room 213. This assessment will NOT be open book. 2. Notes on 6.2 Factors affecting the rate of reactions pages 272-281. 3. 6.2 workbook worksheets.
COMPLETED! MONDAY, OCTOBER 31. ( Started Friday, Oct 28): ASSESSMENT (QUIZ/TEST) OF CLASSIFYING CHEMICAL EQUATIONS AND BALANCING THEM. This will start on Friday, October 28 and be due on Monday, October 31.
Friday, October 28, 2016:
AM Class: 6.1 Replacement Reactions Lab Activity. This lab will need to be completed and handed in by Wednesday, Nov 2.
PM Class: In Class/ Take Home Assessment Activity. This activity is due Monday at 10 am. This assessment will not be accepted late.
Thursday, October 27, 2016:
1. Went over the homework. 2. Introduced the lab activity: 6.1 Replacement Reactions. This lab will be completed tomorrow. Students need to have the procedure filled out and the picture procedure for parts 1 and 2. 3. Practice worksheet, Predicting the Products. #1a-k, omit f.
Wednesday, October 26, 2016:
1. We went over the homework. 2. In-class assignment on identifying and balancing equations. Marked in class. Will be returned to the students tomorrow. 3. 6.1 Check Your Understanding p. 271 #1, 4, 5 assigned for homework.
Tuesday, October 25, 2016:
1. Homework mark given out. 2. Went over the homework. 3. In-class assignment on identifying and balancing equations, completed, marked and returned to students. 4. Word Equations worksheet: write the skeleton equation, balance and identify the equation. Started in class. Assigned for homework if not completed during class time.
Monday, October 24, 2016:
1. Went over the quiz from Friday. Re-test on Thursday, Oct 27 at lunch in room 213. 2. Checked homework originally due on Thursday, Oct 20. 3. Finished notes on Combustion. 4. Practice questions on Neutralization and Combustion. 5. worksheet on identifying equations and then balancing them assigned for work. If not finished in class, then it's homework and due tomorrow.
Thursday, October 20, 2016:
1. Went over the homework handed in yesterday for assessment. Students checked their answers and made corrections. 2. Quiz on Writing and Balancing Equations. 3. Continued with the notes on types of chemical reactions.
Wednesday, October 19, 2016:
1. Homework handed in for assessment. 2. Notes on Types of Chemical Reactions (synthesis, decomposition, single replacement, double replacement) pages 256-262. 3. Assignment: Practice Problems: p. 259 #1, p. 260 #1, p. 261 #1, p. 262 #1.
Tuesday, October 18, 2016:
1. Practice writing and balancing equations. Quiz on Thursday. 2. Homework assigned: Worksheet #1 on writing and balancing chemical equations (#1-12)
Monday, October 17, 2016:
1. Balancing Chemical Equations #4 and 5 handed in for assessment. 2. Practice: writing skeleton equations from word equations and then balancing the equation.
Friday, October 14, 2016:
1. Went over the homework. 2. Balancing Chemical Equations #4 and 5 handed out. These will be handed in on Monday for assessment.
Thursday, October 13, 2016
1. Went over Balancing Chemical Equations #2 worksheet. 2. In class assignment, Check Your Understanding p.215 #3 a-j. Students worked on this during class and we went over the answers. 3. Worksheet #3 was handed out and students are to answer 10 of the possible 20 questions on balancing skeleton equations.
Wednesday, October 12, 2016:
1. Practice writing and balancing chemical equations. Worksheet #2 assigned for homework.
Tuesday, October 11, 2016:
1. Chemical Equations (4.3): notes and practice. 2. Chapter 4 (4.1&4.2) tests handed back. 3. Progress Reports handed out. 4. Re-test for Chapter 4 (4.1&4.2) will be Friday at lunch. Students must book the test with Ms. Moore prior to Friday.
Friday, October 7, 2016:
1. Chapter 4 (4.1 & 4.2) Test today.
OCTOBER 7, 2016: MARKS IN MYED HAVE BEEN UPDATED
Wednesday, October 5, 2016:
1. Quiz on Naming Ionic compounds. Completed and marked in class. 2. Went over the answers to the homework. 3. Multiple choice review #1-11. Completed and marked in class.
4. Chapter 4 Review p. 216-217 #1-18. CHAPTER 4 TEST (4.1 & 4.2), FRIDAY OCT 7, 2016
Tuesday, October 4, 2016:
1. Went over the homework from last day, pink sheet. 2. Extra practice on Naming and Writing Ionic compounds handed out. Answer key posted for students to view. 3. Quiz on Naming Ionic Compounds tomorrow. 4. Notes on covalent compounds. 5. Practice worksheet on covalent compounds.
Monday, October 3, 2016:
1. Practice worksheets on Naming Ionic Compounds. Quiz Wednesday. 2. Homework: Pink Sheet.
CHAPTER 4 TEST (4.1 & 4.2), FRIDAY OCT 7, 2016
Friday, September 30, 2016
1. Went over the homework. 2. Quiz on Writing Ionic compounds, marked in class. 3. Notes on Naming Ionic compounds. Homework: from the textbook, p.187 #1, p.191 #1, p.193 #1, answers on p.591
Thursday, September 29, 2016
1. Went over the homework (pink) from last day. 2. New practice sheet, completed and gone over. 3. Blue sheet on writing formulas handed out, due tomorrow. 4. Quiz on Writing Ionic Compounds formulas tomorrow. 5. Extra practice: Textbook, p.188 #2, p.190 #1, p. 193 #2, answers to the extra practice are found on p.591 in the textbook.
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
1. Compounds introduction, Sorting activity. 2. Video clips on compounds. 3. Notes on Writing Ionic Compounds: binary, multivalent, polyatomic. 4. Practice sheets: Buff, completed, answers given, Pink, assigned for homework. 5. Extra practice: Textbook, p.188 #2, p.190 #1, p. 193 #2, answers to the extra practice are found on p.591 in the textbook.
Tuesday, September 27, 2016:
1. Peer marked the 4.1 Study notes assignment. Handed in for recording. 2. Video clips of atoms/ions and Bohr/Lewis diagrams. 3. Quiz: 4.1 Atomic Structure. No Homework assigned.
Monday, September 26, 2016:
1. Finished the 4.1 Study Notes. This is due tomorrow. 2. 4.1 Quiz tomorrow. PROGRESS REPORTS HANDED OUT.
Thursday, September 22, 2016:
Chemical Spill outside of PSO. No classes.
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
1. Lab Activity: Ions and Atoms. Lab write up due Thursday, September 22. 2. The 4.1 Quiz for Thursday has been moved to Monday, September 26.
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
1. Went over the answers to the 4.1 flipsheet. 2. Discussed the lab activity scheduled for tomorrow. Lab: Ions and Atoms. 3. Started the 4.1 Study Notes. These will be handed in on Thursday for assessment. REMINDER: 4.1 QUIZ ON THURSDAY. No specific homework assigned other than students need to have their lab write ups prepared in order to do the lab tomorrow.
Monday, September, 19, 2016
1. Went over the homework on Lewis diagrams and Atomic Theory and bonding multiple choice worksheets.
2. 4.1 flipsheet, due tomorrow. 3. Started prep for lab activity: Ions and Atoms.
Friday, September 16, 2016
1. checked homework. 2. went over the homework, Bohr diagrams. 3. Notes on Lewis diagrams. 4. Practice: Lewis diagrams handout p(.62 from the workbook) and Atomic theory and bonding multiple choice worksheet. These worksheets are due on Monday.
Thursday, September 15, 2016
Double block day
1. went over the homework on atomic theory. 2. continued notes and review of atomic theory with a worksheet on atomic theory from the BC Science workbook, p.60. 3. Notes on Bohr diagrams (p.174-177 in the textbook.) 4. worksheet from the workbook on Bohr diagrams, p.61. Assigned for homework. Extra practice on Bohr diagrams can be found in the Sept 14 handouts.
Wednesday, September 14, 2016:
1. Safety contracts handed in. 2. Notes on 4.1 Atomic theory. 3. Atomic theory worksheet assigned for homework. 4. Textbooks handed out.
Tuesday, September 13, 2106:
1. Safety Unit Test. The map of the classroom was handed in with the test.
Monday, September 12, 2016:
1. Went over the safety unit questions. Discussed what to do in an emergency. How to use a fire extinguisher. 2. Finished the map of the classroom. This is due tomorrow and will be added to the safety test. 3. Safety Warning Poster started. This poster is due on Friday, Sept 16, 2016. SAFETY UNIT TEST TOMORROW!
Friday, September 9, 2016:
1. Finished the power point notes. 2. Video: The Accident at Jefferson High. Students took notes and then handed the notes in for assessment. I've put the video link in the science 10 video tab. 3. Safety handout and safety questions given out. Students worked on answering the questions. Students also started a map of the safety equipment in room 213. HOMEWORK: 1. Finish the safety questions, due Monday. 2. Safety Test on Tuesday, Sept 13.
Thursday, September 8, 2016:
1. Went over the course outline. 2. Started the safety unit. Power point notes and some video clips. SAFETY TEST scheduled for Monday, September 12, 2016.