SNC1D

Welcome to grade 9 Science! This course is made up of 4 units:

• Physics: The Characteristics of Electricity
• Chemistry: Atoms, Elements, and Compounds
• Biology: Sustainable Ecosystems
• Earth and Space Science: The Study of the Universe

Some important expectations:

• no cellphones, backpacks, food, or drinks allowed
• follow the seating plan - team work required daily

Below you will find details about the lessons of the course, including homework, test due dates, links to videos and hand-outs, etc.

Jan. 31-Feb. 7

• Introductory Unit - Scientific Investigation Skills
  • Introduction Unit
    • TDSB Science Risk and Safety Notice (Due Tue. Feb. 4)
  • Team roles and team work
    • The Tower Challenge
  • letter to parents (Due Wed. Feb. 5)
• Michael Smith Challenge
  • Dancing raisins experiment
  • Learning How we Learn - pages 7 and 8 (Due Thurs. Feb. 6)
  • Density (Science Max episode)
    • Density homework (Due Mon. Feb. 10)
    • The Cartesian diver
    • Bowling ball density

Feb. 6 - 14

• Density p.II
  • sample problems
  • Density Quiz (Tue. Feb. 11 and 12)
• Electricity Unit

Feb. 18 - 21

• Attraction and Repulsion
• Charging and Discharging
• electron, and other assumptions
  • Sticky tape experiment
• Conductors and Insulators homework (DUE Mon. Feb. 24)

Feb. 24 - 28

• Conductors vs Insulators
• Contact vs. Induction (Polarization)
  • PHET animation
  • Permanent charge by induction?
• Static Electricity Quiz (Fri. Feb. 28)

Mar. 2 - 6

• Current electricity
  • 9V battery fires
  • Current (table)
  • Rope analogy (from 5:38 to 8:38)
  • Electric Circuits & Current / Current Flow & Loads homework (DUE Fri. Mar. 6)
    • PHET animation

Mar. 9 - 13

• Electricity Unit Test (first Thursday back)
  • Voltage (table)
  • Resistance table
  • Ohm's Law
    • Voltage vs Current graph
  • Circuits in Series, in Parallel

Hi everyone,

Online school up and running, yeah!!! To me, it feels like the first day of school all over again, seriously.

So we are trying this, which we haven't tried ever before. Please be patient, persistent, and mature about it. It will work, even with so many unanswered questions everywhere.

In case you didn't know, I will not post new material to this website. Instead, I have invited all my students to Google Classroom. Please check your emails and join ASAP.

Google Classroom Codes, by class:

per. 1 (SNC1D1-02) - dsxxacz

per. 3 (SNC1D1-06) - jwgwexb

per. 4 (SNC1D1-08) - fq54ylj

Also, you were asked last week to answer this survey in order to see what you will need to continue your learning: https://forms.gle/tG8Sn6beP732Vtu5A

If you haven't already, please answer it right away!

Finally, a gentle reminder that this is school, so it requires school-approved behaviour.

Thank you.

Felipe Ibarra-Martinez