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Week 1: Sept 4 2017
Monday
Labour Day
Tuesday
Intros, Info sheets, Seating plan, Course outline,
Wednesday
Discuss Warmups
Warmup 1: Describe yourself in two or three sentences. Think before you write.
People Bingo, textbooks, Class rules (Despicable Me),Grade Assembly
Thursday
Warmup 2: Draw your answers for the Tangram Puzzles.
Co-op Games (Who Won the Race, Tangram puzzles), Know Your Textbook
Friday
Warmup: 3: "Who won the Race?"
Observations intro note: Observations/Inferences (qualitative, quantitative)
Candle obs.
Week 2: Sept 11
Monday
Warmup 4: Write 5 observations about the classroom. Label them as qualitative or quantitative.
Lab Safety - "A Case of Being Prepared" Handout, WHMIS Symbols, Household Scavenger Hunt
(Classroom, WHMIS Symbols)
Tuesday
Warmup 5: a) List the 8 WHMIS Symbols and b) draw the 3 outlines for HHPS symbols and state their meaning.
Note: Skills of Scientific Investigation (variables, Types of Inquiry)
The Simpson's - Variables
Wednesday
Warmup 6: Homer's Coconut Juice expt.
Unit 1: Sustainable Ecosystems (Ecology)
Ch 2.1 - Life on Planet Earth - p 29 Read and describe the 4 Spheres (Atmosphere, Lithosphere, Hydrosphere and Biosphere)
Complete the "Try This: A Scale Model of Planet Earth" #1 and Q A-C
Thursday
Supply Teacher - Chromebook PD
Quiz - Lab Safety and WHMIS, Observations, Variables
Title Page - Graphics on front and 10 Ecology Terms and definitions on the back.
Hwk: Text questions p 31 # 1-7
Friday
Warmup 7: Read p 26 "Red Crabs and Crazy Ants." Answer the two questions at the end of the article. (Youtube - Christmas Island Red Crabs)
What do you think? p 27 # 1-6 - Think, Pair, Share
Title pages due
The Microscope HO - Parts and Functions (p 602), viewing a variety of slides
Week 3: Sept 18
Monday
Warmup 8: "What do you Know" p 23 # 1, 5
Pond Water Observations - using the microscopes, stereo dissection scopes
Tuesday
Warmup 9: Make a list of the microorganisms that you could find in the pondwater (go look again)
More pond water and microscope work
discussed Biotic vs Abiotic (file wouldn't open)
Wednesday
Warmup 10: Draw a Venn diagram to compare at least 10 random items as abiotic or biotic.
Ch 2.2 Introducing Ecosystems Note (Biotic/Abiotic factors, Sustainability)
P 35 # 1-7
2.3 Activity: Factors Affecting Aquatic Ecosytems (small jar ecosystems) p 36
Draw detailed diagrams (take pictures?) of the 4 bottles for your group. Observe for the next 2 weeks.
Thursday
RED FEATHER GAME - go to Rm C321
2.7 Read and summarize "Biotic and Abiotic Influences", (Species interactions chart p54) Answer q p 55 #1 - 4, 6-8
Friday
Warmup 11: Give two specific examples of species interactions.
2.4 Energy Flow in Ecosystems p 38 (photosynthesis and Respiration)
Week 4: Sept 25
Monday
Warmup 12: In your own words, describe the process of Photosynthesis.
finish Respiration note
Set up photosynthesis/respiration activity (sprigs of plants in water, limewater and BTB indicator)
Tuesday
Warmup 13: In your own words, describe respiration. What kind of organisms do this?
PEOE - Aquatic Plant Photosynthesis and Respiration
Observe Pond water ecosystems and leaf photosynthesis - chloroplast streaming
Wednesday
Library computer lab - Login to Gizmos - code W4U6KC57FK
Chromebooks - Photosynthesis Gizmo - Complete Warmup and Activities A,B, Extension and Assessment quiz.
Thursday
Warmup 14: Write a food chain for a pond ecosystem, preferably using some of the organisms you saw yesterday.
2.5 Note: Trophic Levels, Food chains, webs, Pyramids (of energy, numbers, biomass)
"Try This - Weaving a Food Web" p 45 - build and ans q A-F on the back, add feeding level terms tomorrow (Detritus, Decomposers, Producer(s), Consumer(s), Trophic level(s), Carnivore(s), Herbivore(s), Top Carnivore(s))
Friday
PD DAY
Week 5: Oct 2
Monday
Warmup 15: Give an example of an "inverted" pyramid of numbers. Can you have an inverted pyramid of energy?
Finish Food Webs
BLM 1-4 and 1-5 "Getting to the Top" and "Matching Feeder Terms" - handout
Observe ecosystems (day 13)
Tuesday
Warmup 16: Make observations of your ecosystems. (day 14)
Hand in Food web
Take up BLM's
Water Cycle and States of Matter (s, l, g and changes of state) handout
Bill Nye - water cycle (handout)
Wednesday
Ecology Quiz - terms
Warmup 17: Draw a labelled sketch of the water cycle.
Activity: OH Deer - Factors that affect population - Handout q 1-6
Thursday
Computer lab 2 - Biogeochemical Cycles Webquest: carbon and nitrogen cycles - on Google Classroom
Friday
Computer lab
Graphing the Relationship between the Hare and Lynx (on google classroom) - and Case Study: Yeast population.
Week 6: Oct 9
Monday
Thanksgiving Holiday
Tuesday
Warmup 18: Draw and label a simplified version of the nitrogen cycle.
Video: Nature: The Thin Green Line - Handout (video can be found at U:\TeachersOnly\Science Department\02 - Science Videos\Ecosystems)
Wednesday
Warmup 19: Observe jar ecosystems (Day 23)
Population Growth and Growth Curves Note
Thursday
Warmup 20: Summarize the results of your ecosystem observations. (4 sentences)
4.5 Issues with Pesticides - Bioaccumulation and Bio Magnification - activity and note
Friday
Warmup 21: What does it mean to be successful?
3.2 Equilibrium and Change (Primary and Secondary Succession)
Forest Succession Quadrat Activity - Handout - Q 1 - 9
Week 7: Oct 16
Monday
Warmup 22: Cut up cards for Checks and Balances.
Checks and Balances (Graph using google sheets and answer questions 1-7 in a google doc, submit by Thurs)
Biodiversity - Read and summarize the main points from Ch 3.3 - 3.5 -Jigsaw - Placemat Poster Notes and Share info
Tuesday
Review for Test - focus on ch 2 and 3 review ch 4 - bioaccumulation
Bill Nye -Biodiversty? Ecological Footprint video?
Add Soil profiles
Wednesday
Ecology Unit Test
Hand in Warmups (12 - 22)
Astronomy Unit
Astronomy Unit
Astronomy Title page - Graphics on front and p 299 # 1-6 on the back
Thursday
Warmup 23: Read p 297 "Encounter with Titan", and answer q 2.
Astronomy Diagnostic - Answer on your own
Note: Intro to Astronomy (defns) Note
Friday
Warmup 24: Order the following from smallest to largest: molecules, cells, universe, atom, proton, galaxy, planet, asteroid.
Hand in Checks and Balances graphs and q 1-7 on google classroom
Make Star Wheels
Using the Star Wheels - Start Astronomy Journals ASAP - handout in folder (due in 2 weeks, need 7 observation dates)
Week 8 Oct 23
Monday
Warmup 25: Name 7 constellations.
Title pages due
Read Ch 8.1 Touring the Night Sky Do p 308 # 1-9
Handout - Using a star map
Start the Introduction to Astronomy Stations (handout)
Tuesday
Warmup 26: Distinguish between rotation and revolution and give a synonym for each.
Finish astronomy intro stations
Handout: What do you Know About the Sun?
Bill Nye: The Sun
Wednesday
Warmup 27: Draw the relative positions of the Big Dipper and Little Dipper.
8.2 The Sun (Handout)
Video: Nova: Secrets of the Sun
Thursday
Warmup 28: Write the names of the layers of the sun in order from the inside to the surface.
Planets foldable - info ch 8.4 - p 319, Our Universe Texts, Internet,
- In each space of your foldable draw a picture/ sketch for each of the eight planets. Include a description using point form and make at least 5 important points for every planet. see p 319
- Include distance in A.U. from Table 1 pg. 318
Friday
PD DAY
Week 9: Oct 30
Monday
Warmup 29: p 314 "Try This: Represent the Size of the Planets" - need modelling clay. Answer A,B,C
8.3 Solar System: The Sun and the Planets ppt note
P 317 #1-5,7-9
Tuesday
Warmup 30: a) If you looked at earth from directly above the south pole, which way would it be turning? b) Standing on the North pole, which way are you facing?
Planet walk (scale model,) - 1/2 hr
9.1 Astronomical Units and Light Years (calculations)
Wednesday
Take Our kids to Work Day
Thursday
Warmup 31: Define Solstice and Equinox. When do these events happen.
Finish Astronomical Calculations, Other Light Year Calculations. p 369 # 1-3, 6,7, 10,11
Friday
Warmup 46: Polaris is 400 ly from earth. Calculate the distance from earth to Polaris in km and in AU.
Chromebooks - Gizmos
Phases of the The Moon, Activities A,B and quiz
Extras (Seasons: Why do we have them? Act A,B and quiz, Summer and Winter, Act A,B and quiz)
Week 10: Nov 6
Monday
Warmup 33: Name and draw the phases of the moon in the correct order starting with a new moon.
Model this using the Try This on p 325 (need styrofoam moons and a sun)
Read Ch 8.5 Motion of Earth Moon and planets p 320 – 328. Answer q 1- 14 p 328
Read Ch 8.6 Patterns in the Night Sky. Answer q 1- 8
Tuesday
Warmup 34: Draw two constellations you can see in the night sky at this time of year. Name one star in each.
Impact Crater Activity - Handout (assign groups of 3) - ppt note and fill in handout ppt , KT impact vid, impact sim video,
Wednesday
Warmup 35: Who is Mr K's favourite kid right now? Why?
Drama presentation
Impact Crater - Student lab worksheet -
Thursday
Warmup 36: Name all of the different types of Stars you know.
Impact Crater Experiment - hand in writeup before you go
Friday
P2 Assembly Day
Warmup 37: What time is sunrise and sunset, and what phase of the moon are we in right now?
video: How the Universe Works (HTUW): Extreme Stars handout
Week 11: Nov 13
Monday
Warmup 38: What's left after a star goes supernova?
Chromebooks - APOD (Astronomy Picture of the Day) Assignment (Hitchhikers Guide to the Universe).
Tuesday
Warmup 39: What do you think is the greatest discovery in astronomy? Support your Answer.
Life Cycle of Stars (Handout)
Wednesday
Chromebooks
Gizmo: Star Spectra - handout (Line spectra and colours and composition of stars, red and blue shift)
Take up Gizmo
Thursday
Warmup 40: Arrange the following in the correct order: supernova, clouds of gas and dust, red dwarf, red giant, white dwarf, black dwarf, main sequence, gravity compresses gas and dust, fusion begins and star shines, supergiant, black hole, neutron star, temperature rises
Take up Hwk:
Historical Development of Astronomy - HO - Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Newton, Herschel, Einstein, Hubble
Friday - PD Day
Week 12: Nov 20
Monday
Warmup 41: Try This: Model the Expanding Universe - p 397 A- C
Bill Nye top 100 Astronomy Discoveries https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJSWI0MPrAw
Tuesday
Warmup 42: Draw a sketch of Saunders looking at it from the west side. Estimate how high the building is in metres.
Using Altimeters: How tall is Saunders?
9.6 Other Components of the Universe - Galaxies
9.7 Origin and Evolution of the Universe - Expanding universe, Big Bang Theory, Dark Energy
Solar Nebula Theory
Wednesday
Warmup 43: What is the evidence for the Big Bang Theory?
Video: PI Black Hole Video
Thursday
Warmup 44: What are a few of the challenges of getting into and staying in space for long periods of time?
Canadian Astronomers and Contributions - 2 paragraphs on classroom
Note: Space Exploration and Challenges
Friday
Astronomy Journals Due
Warmup 45: What are Newton's Three Laws of Motion?
Build pop-bottle rockets instruction handout
Rocket Build, theory, Using calculations
Review questions for test: Ch 8 self quiz p 358 # 1-10; ch 9 SQ p 402 # 1-11,12,14,16,18,20-24; ch10 sq p442 # 1,2,13,14,16,19,21;Unit D sq p454 #1-13,14,16,19,21; Unit D Review p 358 M/C, T/F 1-23 (extra - ch 8 and 9 Review)
Video: Nova: Monster of the Milky Way
Week 13:Nov 27
Monday
Warmup 46: What were your most and least liked things from the Astronomy Unit?
Work on Rockets and or review
Tuesday
Launch Day - record pressures, volume of water and altitude
Wednesday
Astronomy Unit Test - ch 8,9,(some of 10)
Hand in Warmups 23 - 44
Electricity Unit:
Electricity Unit:
Title pages - Graphic(s) on front and 10 unit vocabulary definitions on the back, refer to Ch 11-13) - due Fri
Thursday
Warmup 47: Tell me a good electricity joke.
Retake Astronomy diagnostic
Electricity Diagnostic Handout - fill in at home
Bill Nye - Static (HO)
11.1 What is Static Electricity (atoms, p, n, e, ), introduce Pith ball and metal leaf electroscopes STATIC ELECTRICITY NOTES
Friday
Warmup 48: Draw a Carbon-14 atom
Mini Investigation: Laws of Static Charge (HO)
Do p 471 # 1-9
Week 14: Dec 4
Monday
Warmup 49: State the three laws of electric charge
11.5 Testing for Conductors and Insulators (using the Tesla Coil to test materials)
11.2 Charging by Contact (Friction, Electrostatic Series, Grounding)
11.3 Invest: Predicting Electric Charges (friction lab)
Tuesday
Warmup 50: Predict the charge produced on glass when it is rubbed with silk. Explain your answer with a diagram (before and after).
p 477 # 1-6, 8
11.6/11.7 Charging by Induction - p 489 # 2,3
Wednesday
Warmup 51: Explain the steps to charge an object without physically touching it with another charged object. Then go do it (Activity: 11.7 Charging Objects by Induction)
p 489 # 2,3
"Static Electricity in Your Life" -Applications of Static handout
Thursday
Warmup 52: Draw a sketch of the lightning house demo. Describe what happens during the demo and explain how a lightning rod protects the house.
Go to Mr Hiscox's class for Product Testing
Van de Graff, Whimshurst generator demos
Friday
Video - Nova: Lightning (HO) 50 min - handout - Add lightning safety rules on the back
review - Self Quiz p 500 # 1-23 (think about 13-23) and handout
Week 15: Dec 11
Monday
Static Quiz/test (up to Applications)
Pop Can Races?
Read Ch 12.1 and do P 508 # 2 - 6
Tuesday
Warmup 53: Compare and contrast current vs. static electricity using a Venn Diagram.
Intro Current Electricity - light up a bulb, circuit symbols,
Intro Arduino Kits: make an LED light up - https://goo.gl/FSYbZm
Wednesday
Warmup 54: How is an LED different than an old incandescent lamp bulb?
Work with Snap Circuits (different kits than Arduino's) to create simple circuits. Do as many projects as you can using the booklet in the kit as a guide.
Hwk: Circuit Symbols handout. Use your text to fill in the front side
Thursday
Dance Show?? (Bring two cans or $2)
Friday
Go Back to Arduinos - make a flashing LED blink (change blink time), 2 LED's and worksheets
Electricity Generation Assignment - See Classroom - use "How it Works: Electricity Generation" Booklet and web sources for info.
Week 16: Dec 18
Monday
Warmup 55: Measure the voltage supplied by 2 individual dry cells, 2 dry cells in series and 2 dry cells in parallel.
Reading a digital multimeter and an analog multi meter (3 scales) - fill in handout(s)
Ch 12.2 Electric Circuits, Electric Cells p 510 # 2,5,6
13.1 Circuits and Circuit Diagrams - Series and Parallel Circuits
Read Ch. 12.4 Forms of Current Electricity (AC/DC) p 514 # 4-8
Tuesday
Warmup 56: Some electronic devices use cells in parallel and some will set the cells in series. Describe an advantage for each setup.
Series and Parallel Circuits problems p 554 # 1-7
HWK: Read and make jot notes on Ch 13.3 Electric Current, 13.5 Potential Difference
Arduinos - build 2 and 3 LED circuits in series and parallel. Draw the schematics and measure the voltage changes at the source and across each of the loads in the system. Draw a schematic of each.
13.6 Measuring Voltage and Current in Circuits - Do Parts A and B, Record Observations, Do Analysis questions a - c.
Circuits Worksheets due
Wednesday
Energy Production Assign due to classroom
Energy Production Assign due to classroom
Voltage and Current and measuring V and A
used Arduinos - parallel circuits - filled in handout and
Thursday
Current Electricity quest (QUIZ) - 20 MC on circuits, circuit diagrams, voltage, current, and V=IR calc's
Gizmo -Circuits - Activities A: Ohm's Law ,B: Series Circuits and C: Parallel Circuits
Warmup 14: 1. Define a) current and, b) potential difference. 2. Compare what a voltmeter and ammeter measure in circuits. How are each connected to get proper readings?
Current and Voltage Calculations, I = Q/t, V = E/Q - Complete handout
13.8 Determining the Relationship Between Current and Potential Difference Resistance in circuits - Ohm's Law graph, V = IR
Warmup 15: Write all three variations of the equations for Current and Voltage.
Resistance and Resistance Calculations - V=IR Handout
Friday - short period
Finish Gizmo or
Warmup 16: Ohm's Law riddles on board.
Power and Efficiency Handout # 1-4 and #1- 5, p 535 # 2-7
Review topics and questions here
Answers to calculations handouts here
Warmup 17: Draw a circuit including three light bulbs, two in series and one in parallel with the two in series. Add a voltmeter and ammeter to measure the voltage drop and current through the single bulb.
Week 18: Jan 8
Monday - Snowy Day
Chemistry Unit: Atoms, Elements and Compounds (Ch 5,6,7)
Chemistry Unit: Atoms, Elements and Compounds (Ch 5,6,7)
What do You Know p 169 # 1-7
Tuesday
Warmup 57: work on your title page
Chemistry Title Page - graphics on front, 10 unit vocabulary definitions on back
The Bunsen burner: safety and operation (handout), Giant Bunsen Burner demo
Wednesday
Warmup 58: Make a diagram to represent the three states of matter and the changes between them.
Finish Bunsen burner lab and discussion questions (Hand in)
Bill Nye: Phases of Matter (handout)
Thursday
Hand in title pg and Bunsen Burner Act. **Gave out Hard copies of Review ***return them later****
Warmup 59: Describe how to control: a) the height and b) the temperature of a Bunsen burner.
Particle Theory - Eureka videos for particle theory
p 178 # 1-10
Friday
Warmup 60: Write your best chemistry joke.
Lab: Heating Curve of Water (melting and boiling ice) Handout on Google classroom - Use Google Sheets to make your table and graph and submit a finished report Tues.
Week 19: Jan 15
Monday
Warmup 61: Draw a heating curve for iron with a melting point of 1535 oC and boiling point of 2750 oC.
Ch 5.1 Particle Theory note, PEOE Demos (water/water, water/alcohol. stones/sand, handboiler, ball/ring
Changes of State Activities.
Tuesday
Warmup 62: Observe (draw) and explain the handboiler.
Heating Curve of Water Due
Note: Matter, Physical Properties, Describing Matter
Act: Physical Properties of Matter Stations
Physical vs Chemical properties worksheet (first section only), p 182 # 1-5
Making Ice Cream
Wednesday
Warmup 63: a)Compare and contrast Heterogenous and Homogenous mixtures and b) give an example of each.
5.6 Characteristic Physical Properties: Density, Boiling, freezing, and melting points.
Density activity - Density Stations, handout (a physical quantitative property)
Wrap up density. Density handout problems # 1- 7 and p 198 # 4- 9
Thursday
Warmup 64: Estimate your volume and mass and calculate your density.
Density of a human (handout - measure your volume and mass)
Chemical Properties /Chemical Change Note and demos
Demo's: Hoffman apparatus - electrolysis of water (turning water into Hydrogen and oxygen)
Read Ch 5.3 Chemical Properties Do p 186 #1 - 7
Friday
Supply teacher
Warmup 65: Classify the following as chemical or physical changes: A rusting bicycle, glass breaking, cutting your hair, burning leaves.
Density Quiz
Review Note : Atomic Theory (protons, neutrons, electrons, Bohr-Rutherford)
Hwk: Read Ch 6.6 Theories of the Atom and fill in the handout “Evolution of Atomic Theory”.
Week 20: Jan 22
Monday
Review Atomic Structure, Atomic Notation and Bohr-Rutherford Diagrams
Label a Periodic Table (groups alkali, alkaline earth, halogens, noble gases)
Read 6.7 Explaining the Periodic Table - p 240 # 1-10
Chemical Symbols and Formulae (read ch 6.1)
Elements to know - Symbols and Names for # 1-20,
Tuesday
Warmup 66: Write the atomic notation for Cl - 37 and draw its Bohr-Rutherford diagram.
Demo - Physical and chemical properties of the alkali metals, magnesium
note: metal and non-metals
Elements, compounds and chemical formulas
Periodic Table Puzzle(s),
Wednesday
Take up density quiz.
REVIEW (sci inquiry skills, ecology, astronomy)
http://sites.tvdsb.ca/webpages/kleuskensd/files/exam%20review%20jan%202016.doc
Thursday
REVIEW (electricity, chemistry)
Friday
EXAM DAY - P1 (extra help available after exam)
Monday
Monday
EXAM DAY - P2 SNC1D1
EXAM DAY - P2 SNC1D1
Tuesday
EXAM DAY - p4
Wednesday
EXAM DAY - p5
Thursday
Friday
Extra Chemistry
Warmup 27 : What is Alchemy?
Warmup 26: Name the elements present and the number of of each atom in: a) CO2 and b) H2SO4.
6.2 Invest: Becoming a Metal Detective - Observations and Analysis a,b,g
5.5 Activity: Forensic Chemistry (observations and discussion q p 190 a,d,e)
Element Bingo
Tuesday
Warmup 28: Element Scrabble. Make up 5 words using the Symbols from the periodic table. (ie. CAr - Carbon, Argon)
Hwk: Gizmos - Element Builder - do the Warmup, Activities A and B and the Assessment quiz (by Friday)
Wednesday
6.6 Atomic Theory Timeline - Sort the cards and fill in the handout. p 228- 233
(review - p 233 # 1-7)
Thursday
Element Quiz (20 - 25 symbols and names of elements)
Crookes Tubes, Line Spectra, Paddle Wheel
Take up timeline (intro - Bohr Rutherford Diagrams)
Friday
Week
Tuesday
Counting atoms problems.
Warmup 32: Name 4 families (groups) in the periodic table.
Take up puzzles and B-R diagrams
Read ch 7.1 and do p 261 #1-7
Demo: Li, Na and K with water (relate to trends)
Worksheet – How are Chemical Formulas Decided – Do examples on board
Check that they have the right combinations of atoms and that each atom has the right “combining capacity” (ie. Carbon – 4, Oxygen – 2)
Wednesday
Warmup 33: Compare the reactions of sodium and potassium with water. Suggest why potassium seems to react more violently. Predict how Cs would look and react.
Ch 7.1 Putting Atoms Together (Molecular Elements and Compounds, Ionic compounds)
Ch 7.3 How Atoms Combine (metal/metal, metal/Non-Metal, and Non - Metals/Non - metals) Read ch 7.3 and Do p 266 # 1-10
Activity: 7.4: Making Molecular Models - Copy the observation table on p 269 and add a column for a sketch of each molecule.
Thursday
Warmup 34: Use molecular model diagrams to show how H2 and O2 react to make water.
Act: 7.5 What is This Gas? - p 270 (Gas tests for Hydrogen, oxygen and carbon dioxide) - Complete the Handout
Library Computer Lab - Research Project – Usefulness and Hazards of Chemicals
Wednesday
Warmup 35: Describe the Cannon demonstration. Explain why it didn't work at first.
Finish Gas Tests
Review for Test - Text Self Check Quizzes - See folder front page
Review - Hunting the Elements?? Finish the Bohr - Rutherford and Bonding (Ionic /covalent - gizmo examples)
Thursday
Chemistry Unit Test
Friday
Monday
finish video, work on Concept Map
Exam review questions Handout
Tuesday
Review - Science Skills of Inquiry, Space, and Electricity
Simpsons variables, Eclipse manipulatives
Wednesday
Review - Ecology and Chemistry
Bohr-Rutherford models, Methane bubbles
Course Concept Map due
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