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Daily Summaries and Assigned Homework - Instant Classroom
Science Exam - Tuesday, June 19
Thursday, May 24, 2012
9F: Worked on Electricity Webquest.
HOMEWORK: If you did not hand in your Chapter 9 Summary Assignment, it
is now late. Band students - Electricity Webquest is due on Monday, May 28.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
9F: Worked on Electricity Webquest.
HOMEWORK: If you did not hand in your Chapter 9 Summary Assignment, it
is now late. Band students - Electricity Webquest is due on Monday, May 28.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
9F: Completed Section 9.1 Investigation.
HOMEWORK: If you did not hand in your Chapter 9 Summary Assignment, it
is now late. Band students - Electricity Webquest is due on Monday, May 28.
Friday, May 18, 2012
9F: Watched Raging Planet - Lightning video and completed listening sheet.
HOMEWORK: No homework.
Thursday, May 17, 2012
9F: Watched Bill Nye Video - Static Electricity and completed listening
sheet; Copied notes from Section 9.2
HOMEWORK: Chapter 9 Summary Assignment due tomorrow.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
9F: Worked on Chapter 9 Summary Assignment.
HOMEWORK: Chapter 9 Summary Assignment due Friday, May 18.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
9F: Worked on Chapter 9 Summary Assignment.
HOMEWORK: Chapter 9 Summary Assignment due Friday, May 18.
Friday, May 11, 2012
9F: Introduction to Electricity; Chapter 9 Summary Assigned.
HOMEWORK: Chapter 9 Summary Assignment due Friday, May 18.
Thursday, May 10, 2012
9F: Completed Chapter 4 Quiz
HOMEWORK: Complete Electricity Overview
Monday, May 7, 2012
9F: Completed Section 4.3 Assignment
HOMEWORK: Complete word search handout; Chapter 4 quiz on Wednesday
Thursday, May 3, 2012
9F: Went over
Periodic Table PowerPoint
HOMEWORK: Chapter 4 quiz on Tuesday, May 7
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
9F: Finished reading Section 4.1
HOMEWORK: Complete Understanding Concepts #1-3 p. 105
Monday, April 30, 2012
9F: Watched video Matter: Atoms & Molecules and completed listening sheet.
Started talking about Section 4.1
HOMEWORK: Finish reading Section 4.1
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
9F: Worked on Periodic Table assignment
HOMEWORK: Periodic Table of the Elements Assignment - due on Monday,
April 30.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
9F: Chemistry - A Volatile History video; Work on Periodic Table Assignment
HOMEWORK: Periodic Table of the Elements Assignment - due on Monday,
April 30.
Monday, April 23, 2012
9F: Chapter 2/3 Test
HOMEWORK: No homework.
Friday, April 20, 2012
9F: Review for chapter 2/3 test.
HOMEWORK: Test on Monday - 1st Period! Be on time!
Thursday, April 19, 2012
9F: Went over Section 3.6;
HOMEWORK: Review for test on Monday, April 23. Review sheet was given
out on Monday
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
9F: Continued working on Bohr-Rutherford models for ions.
HOMEWORK: Review for test on Monday, April 23. Review sheet was given
out yesterday.
Monday, April 16, 2012
9F: Continued working on Bohr and Bohr-Rutherford models.
HOMEWORK: Tomorrow we'll be drawing Bohr diagrams for ions.
Friday, April 13, 2012
9F: Started drawing Bohr
diagrams.
HOMEWORK: Complete the Bohr diagrams sheet and half the
Bohr-Rutherford sheet.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
9F: Reviewed sheet
3.3. If you're still having trouble with the Electrical Charges of Ions handout,
check your answers with the key on the website. Started going over Bohr
diagrams.
HOMEWORK: No homework tonight. Tomorrow we will be drawing Bohr
diagrams for the first 20 elements.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
9F: Reviewed Counting Subatomic Particles (Section 3.3) and completed Sheet
3.3; Went over ions.
HOMEWORK: Complete Electrical Charges of Ions handout.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
9F: Went over Subatomic Particles (Section 3.3); Completed Standard Atomic
Notation sheet and started Sheet 3.3
HOMEWORK: No Homework...we'll finish Sheet 3.3 in class tomorrow as a
group.
Thursday, April 5, 2012
9F: Reviewed answers to Section 2.10 and completing Section 2.9 Activity.
HOMEWORK: No Homework. Happy Easter!
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
9F: Went over Section 2.10
HOMEWORK: Complete Understanding Concept p. 65 #1-5
Monday, April 2, 2012
9F: Went over Counting Atoms Sheet #2; Section 2.9 and copied notes.
HOMEWORK: No homework.
Thursday, March 29, 2012
9F: Checked Sheets 2.7a/b and UC; Completed Counting Atoms sheet #2 (handout
in class)
HOMEWORK: Complete Counting Atoms handout started in class. Grade 9
Registration tomorrow at Colonel Grey - no classes for grade 9 students.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
9F: Copied Section 2.7 notes; Worked on Sheets 2.7a and 2.7b
HOMEWORK: Complete Understanding Concepts p. 59 #1-5 and sheets 2.7a/b
Monday, March 26, 2012
9F: Went over Section 2.7 and Counting Atoms
HOMEWORK: Make sure Matter timeline and Section 2.8 assignments are
handed in.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
9F: Went over Section 2.1.
HOMEWORK: Complete Matter Concept Map handout (Band students will be
given this tomorrow)
Monday, March 5, 2012
9F: Wrote Chapter 1 test.
HOMEWORK: Gattaca sheet and crossword/word search due on Thursday.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
9F: Completed Chem/Phys Changes lab
HOMEWORK: Gattaca will be shown
tomorrow starting at 12:15. Chapter 1 test is on Monday, March 5. Review was
given out in class and is also on the website.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
9F: Completed Section 1.11; Went over procedure for Chem/Phys Changes lab
HOMEWORK: Make sure procedure is filled in. Gattaca will be shown
tomorrow starting at 12:15
Monday, February 27, 2012
9F: Watched Bill Nye - Chemical Reactions
HOMEWORK: Matter crossword and Chemical/Physical Properties word
search - due by Friday of this week. Gattaca and Word Search assignments are due
by Friday, March 2. Chapter 1 test will be on Monday, March 5.
Friday, February 24, 2012
9F: Combined class with 9H. Finished watching Gattaca.
HOMEWORK: Matter crossword and Chemical/Physical Properties word
search - due by Friday of this week. Students on grade 9 trip will receive these
handouts when they return and must complete them within 1 cycle to receive
marks. Students must also watch the Gattaca movie on their own time (rent or
watch at lunch here at school) and complete assignment.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
9F: Combined class with 9H. Watched Bill Nye Cloning video. Students will be
given a Gattaca assignment tomorrow in class. This must be completed while
watching the video. All students on Gr. 9 trip are responsible for completing
this assignment as well.
HOMEWORK: Matter crossword and Chemical/Physical Properties word
search - due by Friday of this week. Students on grade 9 trip will receive these
handouts when they return and must complete them within 1 cycle to receive
marks.
Thursday, February 16, 2012
9F: Checked Physical and Chemical Changes Vocab handout; Went over Section
1.9 Corrosion and copied notes.
HOMEWORK: No homework.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
9F: Went over Section 1.7 Physical and Chemical Changes.
HOMEWORK: Complete Physical
and Chemical Changes Vocab handout.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
9F: Completed Lab Investigation 1.3
HOMEWORK: Lab analysis and conclusion must be handed in tomorrow.
Monday, February 13, 2012
9F: Checked Matter
(Examples of Physical Properties) handout; Went over Lab Investigation 1.3 -
we will be conducting this lab tomorrow in class.
HOMEWORK: Complete the lab
handout (Question, Hypothesis, Materials and Procedure) for the
investigation. This must be done before you enter the lab tomorrow.
Friday, February 10, 2012
9F: Checked Section 1.2 fill in the blanks handout; completed slideshow from
yesterday; watched Bill Nye video
HOMEWORK: Complete Matter
(Examples of Physical Properties) handout
Thursday, February 9, 2012
9F: Reviewed Physical & Chemical Properties Slideshow
HOMEWORK: No homework.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
9F: Went over Section 1.2 Properties of Matter and completed
fill-in-the-blanks handout.
HOMEWORK: Complete handout if not finished in class.
Monday, February 6, 2012
9F: Completed lab safety quiz and handed in lab safety poster.
HOMEWORK: Lab safety poster is now late if not handed in today.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
9F: Worked on Poster assignment
HOMEWORK: Lab safety poster due Monday. Lab safety quiz is on Monday, February 6.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
9F: Went over lab safety rules; Discussed poster assignment
HOMEWORK: Students will have time to work on their poster assignments
in class on Thursday, but they should start designing their projects at home
before then. Lab safety quiz is on Monday, February 6.
Monday, January 30, 2012
9F: Went over WHMIS safety sheet.
HOMEWORK: Find 5-10 products in your home that fall under the
Hazardous Household Products System. Write down the name of product and the
category.
Friday, January 27, 2012
9F: Completed the WHMIS activity (note: school closed at 1pm due to pending
storm)
HOMEWORK: No Homework.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
9F: Went over the Chapter 1 overview questions; Completed the Lab Safety
activity.
HOMEWORK: Finish questions if not completed in class.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
9F: Returned Chapter 7/8 Quiz; Completed Chapter 1 overview
HOMEWORK: Finish questions if not completed in class.
Monday, January 23, 2012
9F: Completed Chapter 7/8 Quiz
HOMEWORK: No homework
Friday, January 20, 2012
9F: Section 8.6 Reproductive Technologies; Complete Understanding Concepts
#1-4
HOMEWORK: Chapter 7/8 Quiz will be on Monday, January 23. Review
sheets were given out in class.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
9F: Discussed genetic screening
HOMEWORK: Write down reasons for and against genetic screening. Chapter 7/8 Quiz will be on Monday, January 23. Review
sheets were given out in class today.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
9F: Completed the karyotype activity.
HOMEWORK: Chapter 7/8 Quiz will be on Monday, January 23. Review
sheets were given out in class today.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
9F: Went over Section 7.9 - Atypical Meiosis; Watched "Sequence on
Downs"
HOMEWORK: We will be completing the karyotype activity tomorrow in
class. No homework tonight.
Monday, January 16, 2012
9F: Completed Flower Investigation Lab
HOMEWORK: Flower Anatomy Lab is due tomorrow if not completed in
class.
Friday, January 13, 2012
9F: Completed Section 7.3 - Flowering Plants (Pollination); Watched Bill Nye
Flower video
HOMEWORK: No homework; We will be completing our flower dissection
next class.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
9F: Completed Section 7.3 - Flowering Plants; labeled flower diagram and
watched flower dissection video
HOMEWORK: No homework
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
9F: Returned Chapter 6 Quiz; Went over Section 7.1 Case Study; Started going
over Section 7.3 - Flowering Plants
HOMEWORK: No homework
Monday, January 9, 2012
9F: Went over answers to Chapter7/8 Overview; Started working on the Section
7.1 Case Study
HOMEWORK: Complete Section 7.1 Case Study.
Friday, January 6, 2012
9F: Completed Chapter 6 Quiz; Started Chapter7/8 Overview
HOMEWORK: Complete Ch 7/8 overview
Thursday, January 5, 2012
9F: Only 5 students had their homework completed from last night.
Students spent this class completing the sheet. Students had time to review on
their own.
HOMEWORK: Chapter 6 Quiz - Friday, January
6, 2012 (Review sheet handed
out in class on Tuesday)
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
9F: Completed Section 6.9: Cloning
HOMEWORK: complete cloning handout; Chapter 6 Quiz - Friday, January
6, 2012 (Review sheet handed
out in class today)
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
9F: Welcome back and Happy New Year! Completed Section 6.5: Regeneration
HOMEWORK: Complete Understanding Concepts p.187 #1-4; Chapter 6 Quiz -
Friday, January 6, 2012 (Review
sheet handed out in class today)
Friday, December 16, 2011
9F:
Completed Section 6.3 Activity
HOMEWORK: No homework
Thursday, December 15, 2011
9F:
Went over Section 6.2 and copied notes; Reviewed Cancer slideshow
HOMEWORK: No homework
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
9F:
Went over
DNA Webquest
HOMEWORK: Read Section 6.2
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
9F:
Finished DNA slideshow; Completed
DNA Webquest
HOMEWORK: Finish DNA Webquest
Monday, December 12, 2011
9F:
Watched Bill Nye video "Genes"; Went over DNA slideshow from website
HOMEWORK: No homework
Friday, December 9, 2011
9F:
Went over Section 6.1 and copied notes; Completed Understanding Concepts #1-4
HOMEWORK: No homework
Thursday, December 8, 2011
9F:
Returned Chapter 5 test and watched video Genetics: The Basis of Heredity
HOMEWORK: Read Section 6.1
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
9F:
Completed Chapter 6 Overview questions
HOMEWORK: No homework
Monday, December 5, 2011
9F:
Chapter 5 Test
HOMEWORK: No homework
Friday, December 2, 2011
9F:
Reviewed for test
HOMEWORK: Chapter
5 Test is on Monday, December 5; Meiosis vs. Mitosis poster is now late
Thursday, December 1, 2011
9F:
Worked on Case Study handout (Sections 5.12 and 5.13)
HOMEWORK: Meiosis vs. Mitosis poster - due Friday, December 2; Chapter
5 Test is on Monday, December 5
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
9F:
Worked on Stages of Meiosis handout
HOMEWORK: Meiosis vs. Mitosis poster - due Friday, December 2; Chapter
5 Test is on Monday, December 5
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
9F:
Worked on Mitosis vs. Meiosis poster
HOMEWORK: Meiosis vs. Mitosis poster - due Friday, December 2
Monday, November 28, 2011
9F:
Completed Cell Division Quiz; Ch. 5 review sheet passed out; Went over Meiosis
vs. Mitosis poster requirements; Comparison of Mitosis and Meiosis sheet
HOMEWORK: Meiosis vs. Mitosis poster - due Friday, November
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
9F:
Went over Section 7.2 - Meiosis
HOMEWORK: Quiz 2 on Monday, November 27
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
9F:
Finished discussing forms of asexual reproduction
HOMEWORK: Complete Asexual Reproduction Handout
Monday, November 21, 2011
9F:
Finished watching Cell Division Video; Went over key for Stages of Mitosis
handout; Discussed forms of asexual reproduction
HOMEWORK: No homework. Cell Division quiz on Monday, November 28
Friday, November 18, 2011
9F:
Finished notes from Section 5.5; Watched Cell Division Video; Started Stages of
Mitosis handout
HOMEWORK: Complete Stages of Mitosis handout
Thursday, November 17, 2011
9F:
Copied notes from Section 5.4 and discussed the Cell Cycle and Cell division
(Section 5.5); Watched videos from website.
HOMEWORK: No homework
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
9F:
Wrote Cell structure quiz; Read and discussed Section 5.4
HOMEWORK: No homework
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
9F:
Worked on Cell History Timeline assignment in library.
HOMEWORK: Students can hand their timelines in tomorrow; Cell
structure quiz tomorrow.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
9F:
Worked on Cell History Timeline assignment in library.
HOMEWORK: Timeline is due on Tuesday, November 15; Cell structure quiz
on Wednesday, November 16
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
9F:
Worked on Cell History Timeline assignment in library.
HOMEWORK: Finish rough draft of timeline and do questions from
website.
Monday, November 7, 2011
9F:
Finished notes from Section 5.2 and labelled plant and animal cells. Discussed
Cell Theory Timeline assignment
HOMEWORK: Read Section 5.3
Friday, November 4, 2011
9F:
Went over Section 5.2 and started to copy notes
HOMEWORK: Complete Understanding Concepts p.143 #1-4
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
9F:
Went over test; Introduction to Cellular Reproduction (Chapter 5 overview)
HOMEWORK: Complete the
Chapter 5 Overview questions for Thursday
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
9F:
Reviewed for test
HOMEWORK: Test tomorrow
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
9F:
We corrected the Star Discovery Assignment; Went over Section 14.7 - The Sun
HOMEWORK: Review for test on Thursday.
Monday, October 24, 2011
9F:
We went over Section 15.1 - The Life of a Star and worked on the Star Discovery
Assignment
HOMEWORK: Complete Star Assignment for tomorrow and review for test.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
9F:
We reviewed the Nebula Theory (handout & questions); Discussed other objects in
the solar system and started watching the Bill Nye Video - "The Sun"
HOMEWORK: Space Learning Stations are due by the end of the day today.
All 8 stations must be completed by Wednesday, October 19, arranged in order and
stapled together. SPACE UNIT TEST on Thursday, October 27 -
Review sheet was given out
today in class. Students should be reviewing this weekend for their test.
Monday, October 17, 2011
9F:
Students are continuing to work on their Space Learning Stations in the library.
All 8 stations must be completed by Wednesday, October 19; arranged in order and
stapled together.
HOMEWORK: You can work on Learning Stations at home if required. Check
with me if necessary.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
9F:
Students will be working on their Space Learning Stations in the library for the
next week.
HOMEWORK: You can work on Learning Stations at home if required.
Friday, October 7, 2011
9F:
Students started their Space Learning Stations in the library. We will be
working on these 8 stations during class next week as well.
HOMEWORK:
Planet Brochure due by Friday, October
7; Nebula Theory handout questions are now due on Tuesday.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
9F:
We watched "Birth
of the Universe"
HOMEWORK:
Planet Brochure due by Friday, October
7; Nebula Theory handout questions are due on Friday.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
9F:
We had a shortened class due to the QCIS symbol assembly. We read through
Section 13.15 and discussed "Minor Bodies". Tomorrow we will be watching "Birth
of the Universe"
HOMEWORK:
Planet Brochure due by Friday, October
7; Nebula Theory handout questions are due on Friday.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
9F:
Went over Section 15.2 - Origin of the Planets; Students were given the Nebula Theory handout and questions
HOMEWORK:
Planet Brochure due by Friday, October
7; Nebula Theory handout questions are due on Friday.
Monday, October 3, 2011
9F:
Day 4 - no class
HOMEWORK:
Planet Brochure due by Friday, October
7.
Friday, September 30, 2011
9F:
Worked on Planet Brochure in IT lab. We will not be working on the brochure in
class next week, but the IT lab will be open at lunch each day if students need
extra time to finish it.
HOMEWORK:
Planet Brochure due by Friday, October
7.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
9F:
Worked on Planet Brochure in library
HOMEWORK:
Planet Brochure due by Friday, October
7.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
9F:
Worked on Planet Brochure in library
HOMEWORK: We will be working on the
Planet Brochure for the next 2 classes
in the library. The brochure is due on Friday, October 7.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
9F:
Went over Understanding Concepts Answers and Section 13.14; Discussed Planet
Brochure Assignment
HOMEWORK: We will be working on the
Planet Brochure for the next 2 classes
in the library. The brochure is due on Friday.
Monday, September 26, 2011
9F:
Went over Sections 13.10 and 13.14
HOMEWORK: Understanding Concepts p. 419 #1-5;
Planetary summary handout
(notes)
must be completed by tomorrow.
Friday, September 23, 2011
9F:
Worked on Universe Timeline Assignment and Planetary Summary handout
HOMEWORK: If your timeline is not handed in, it must be in at the
beginning of class on Monday;
Planetary summary handout
(notes)
must be completed over the weekend.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
9F:
Worked on Universe Timeline Assignment
HOMEWORK: Timeline Assignment is due on Friday, September 23
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
9F:
Day 4 - no class
HOMEWORK: Timeline Assignment is due on Friday, September 23
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
9F:
Section 15.5 - The Origin of the Universe notes and videos
HOMEWORK: Timeline Assignment is due on Friday, September 23
Monday, September 19, 2011
9F:
Section 14.1 - Changing Ideas about the Universe
HOMEWORK: None
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Updated 05/24/2012