Week 16: May 28
Monday
Warmup 52: Describe the processes of Photosynthesis and Respiration. How are they similar?
Review Topics text work
Ch 2 Self Quiz p 70 - 71 #1-23, 25,27,29 (Skip these if you did them last Thursday)
Ch 2 Review p 72 - 73 # 1-23
extra Review questions for Test
Review - Text Questions, Terms Quiz/Quiz/trade, crossword
Bioaccumulation game, Biomagnification, Acid Rain,
Acid Rain Investigation - Radish seeds
Ecology Challenge writeup Assignment
ecological footprint video - handout
Tuesday
Ecology Unit Test
Astronomy Title Page - graphic(s) on front with 10 words from the unit defined on the back
Wednesday
Catch up day/Dance Show
Thursday
Warmup 53: Do the Astronomy Diagnostic Multiple choice 1-16.
Note: Introduction note
Space Unit Introduction - models and posters at stations - handout
Ch __Read p 285 - 291 - Do p 287 # 1-6
Astronomy Title Page due
Friday
Warmup 54: Do the Chromebook Survey - Go to - tiny.url.com/SCBPP
Intro the Astronomy Journal assignment on Classroom, making and using star maps (Stellarium APP)- demo obs
finish Stations.
Make StarWheels
Hwk: Start your Astronomy Journal
Week 17: June 4
Monday
Warmup 55: List the 9 planets, in order, from the sun outward (include Pluto)
Gizmos - go to
https://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=cUser.dspLoginJoin
Use this code to enroll: W4U6KC57FK
Phases of the Moon Gizmo - Activities A,B and quiz
The Moon, Effects of Moon on Earth - Tides, Eclipses
Extra??? (1. Seasons: Why do we have them? Act A,B and quiz 2. Summer and Winter, Act A,B and quiz)
Hwk: Astronomy Journal
Tuesday
Warmup 56: What are the phases of the moon?
Take up Moon Gizmo and Intro to Astronomy Handout
Contellations handout (using the star maps for the Journal)
Hwk: Astronomy Journal
Wednesday
Warmup 57: a) Define/describe waxing and waning with regard to the moon. b) Draw a sketch of a lunar eclipse. (check the order of the sun,moon and earth)
Crater Inquiry - moon video ppt note with group inquiry
Hwk: Astronomy Journal
Thursday
Warmup 58: Draw a sketch of earth, moon and sun to show how a solar eclipse occurs. When will the next one occur?
Crater activity data collection (hand in group portion)
Intro Planet Foldable . (handout) - use the posters or the web to fill it in.
Hwk: Astronomy Journal
Friday
Warmup 59: Finish Crater activity and hand it in (12 min)
Tour of Eight Planets (fill in mini handout and large page foldable using Chromebook: Kidsnineplanets.org OR Our Universe textbooks OR posters - 20 min
Start Video: Nova Secrets of the Sun - Can be found at: U:\TeachersOnly\Science Department\02 - Science Videos\Space
Handout - Sun: It's Layers and How they Work - (refer to p 312 in Science Connections and/or fill in as you watch the video)
Monday
Warmup: 60: Write three things you learned about the sun Friday.
Take up Handout: The Sun
9.1 Astronomical Measurements and the Planets of the Solar System
"TRY THIS" p 331
Make a 10 cm: 1 AU model of the solar system using tape to show the order and spacing of the planets.
Modelling the Solar system walk
Hwk: Astronomy Journal
Tuesday
Warmup 61: What is a light year? How far away is the earth from the sun if it takes 8.3 min for the light to get here? speed of light is 300 000 00 m/s or 300 000 km/s.
Video HTUW- Extreme Stars (40 min)
found on: Common\TeachersOnly\Science Department\02 - Science Videos\Space\11 - How the Universe Works - Extreme Stars.mp4
handout
Life of a Star - foldable (Birth, Early Life, Major part of life, Old age, Death, remains)
Wednesday
Warmup 62: What planet would you like to visit? Why?
Take up Life Cycle of Stars HO
8.2 Tools that help us See Celestial Objects (telescopy) - read p 297 - 299, Do Q 1 -4
Chromebooks: APOD - Astronomy Picture of the Day on Google Classroom - do at least 30 of the days (all 40 for bonus) - Show me before you go for a mark /30 (you may submit on Thursday for bonus)
Thursday
Warmup 63: Copy the sketch of Saunders from the front board. Estimate how high the building is in metres.
Using Altimeters: How tall is Saunders?
ch 9.8 Expansion of the Universe - Origin of the Universe handout - The Big Bang Theory (Evidence, light spectra and red shift, cosmic background)
Expanding Universe (balloons)
APOD Due to Classroom
Friday
Warmup 64: Describe the Big Bang theory.
Build bottle rockets instruction handout
Astronomy Journal Due today (Monday at the latest)
Monday
Warmup 65: Redo the Astronomy Diagnostic (see Warmup 53).
Wrap up Astronomy
Rocket Launch/ Rocket lab due Tues
Newton's Laws and your bottle rocket lab.
Video: How the Universe Works: Birth of a planet (3 parts)
(Galaxies)
Review - Historical Development of Astronomy - Handout (jigsaw?)
Astronomy Unit Test
P 174 What do you think 1-6.
(Blast Off -citric acid/bicarbonate rockets orBalloon rockets on string)
Warmup 32: What some of the challenges of space exploration?
Chris Hadfield videos - youtube
Astronaut Training culminating task
Finish Astronaut training
Tuesday
hand in rocket lab report
Review Chemistry and electricity
Wednesday
Last Day of Class
Review - ecology and astronomy
Thursday
EXAM - P1
Week 20: June 25
Monday
P4 EXAMS -
Tuesday
P5 EXAMS -
Wednesday
EXAMS
Thursday and Friday PD DAYS - You guys can have a break. Enjoy your Summer!!
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Week 1: Feb 5
Monday
Welcome, Intros, Seating plan, Info sheets, Course Outline, People Bingo
Tuesday
Intro Warmups
Warmup 1: Describe yourself in 2 or 3 sentences.
Know your Text (Handout), Learning Style Inventory (Graph or Glyph), Code of Conduct
Wednesday
Warmup 2: Describe 2 things you did this morning that involved science. Explain the science.
Rotocopters Activity - Introduce changing variables, observations, (Question from the board - Define: controlled variable, independent variable and dependent variable.) DUE FRIDAY
Thursday
Warmup 3: Balance a fork and spoon on a toothpick on the rim of a beaker. Sketch your ideas.
Only the toothpick can touch the cup. Draw a sketch of your setup when you succeed or a sketch of the unsuccessful setup(s).
Finish Copters Activity (see p 7 for definitions of types of variables)
Lab Safety Bingo, (7 video)
Friday
Snowy Day - no busses
Gizmo logins W4U6KC57FK
Google Classroom signup code 8ajyb0
Water drops on a penny
Week 2: Feb 12
Monday - Registration Assembly 9:45 - 10:15
Rotocopter lab report due
A case of Being Prepared HO, Fire extinguishers, Lab Safety and WHMIS Symbols. Symbols handout
safety video
Tuesday
Warmup 4: Write the names of the 8 WHMIS Symbols.
Note: WHMIS ppt (fill in handout), HHPS , Household Safety Symbols Scavenger Hunt (handout)
Wednesday
Warmup 5: Observe the "Laboratory " diagram. Identify the safety hazards.
Science Skills note, Definitions (Hypothesis, Theory, Law, Models)
Observations vs Inference, Observing a Candle,
Scientific Method HO, Sabre Citings Scrapbook, Mythbusters episode for variables)
Thursday
Lab Safety Quiz
Start a Chemistry Unit Title Page (Ch 5,6,7 - add graphics on front and 10 definitions on back)
Finish Scientific Method note
Activity 5.1 Making Gemstones - make saturated solution today (transfer tomorrow)
Friday
Warmup 6: Why did we heat the water when dissolving the Alum powder yesterday?
Set up crystals in saturated solution (Day 1)
Simpson's Variables
Black Box Observations
Week 3: Feb 19
Monday
Tuesday
Warmup 7: Observe Crystals all week
Video Bill Nye Matter (handout)
P 174 What do You Think 1-6. Write the statement. Agree or Disagree... because (give a reason) ,
Read and discuss p 171 # 1-7 ,
Bunsen Burner Intro
Wednesday
Chem title pg due
Warmup 8: Name and give an example of the three states of matter. Try not to use water.
Research Assign. on Chromebooks - Positive and Negative Effects of Everyday Products - Go to Google classroom for the assignment (docx version)
Thursday
Warmup 9: Describe a chemical that has both positive and negative effects.
Quiz: Scientific Method and Variables
Bunsen Burner lab
Friday
Warmup 10: Give three important safety rules for using a Bunsen burner.
Finish Bunsen Burner Lab
Literacy blast: reading Graphic Text: Changes of State (handout)
Week 4: Feb 26
Monday
Warmup 11: What do you do to make a hot (blue) flame with a Bunsen Burner? (check warmups today - hand in Tuesday)
Observe Crystals all week (day 6)
Positive and Negative Effects of Everyday Products Due
Lab: Heating Curve of Water (on google classroom)
Tuesday
Supply Teacher
Warmup 12: Sketch a graph of temperature vs. time for heating ice until it turns into steam.
Hand in Warmups # 1-12 including the title page (no staples - keep them straight)
Ch 5.2 Physical Properties: What We Can Observe - read p 178 and make a note on: Physical Properties of Substances - Define Physical Properties. List as many Qualitative and Quantitative properties as you can from the reading.
Do the Try This: Close up of a Running Shoe on p 179. Part 1 and 2 and answer questions A and B
p 179 # 1-6
Wednesday
Warmup 13: List 5 physical properties of a breakfast?
work on Lab reports (refer to p 564) , Use Google Sheets to make graphs for your heating curve report. Add this graph to your written lab report in your Google doc.
Physical Properties of Matter Lab (handout)
Thursday
Supply Teacher
Warmup 14: Sketch a cooling curve for a gaseous metal turning to a solid. it's boiling point is 1 400 oC and it's melting point is 700 oC.
Activity: Physical/Chemical Properties of Matter - Handout
Finish Heating curve lab report and hand it in to classroom by Fri
Friday
Warmup 15: Write a good chemistry joke
Lab Report: Heating Curve of Water Due (hard copy or on google classroom)
Video: Nova: Hunting the Elements (first 25 min)
Handout- Physical/Chemical Properties and Change (first half only)
Week 5: Mar 5
Monday
Warmup 16: Describe the difference between Physical and Chemical changes.
Video: Nova: Hunting the Elements (2nd half hour)
Lab: Physical and Chemical Changes
Tuesday
Finish Phys/Chem Properties and Change lab and handout
Wednesday
Warmup 17: Define density. Give an example of something that is dense and something that is not dense but heavy.
Density of wood blocks
Density Activity - handout " A Physical Quantitative Property"
Thursday
Warmup 18: Handout: Calculations Involving Density # 1
Finding the Density of Wood Graphically
Friday
Warmup 19: Explain why we put salt on icy sidewalks.
finish graphs and slope calc.
Activity 5.8 We Scream for Ice Cream p 194
Observations and Analysis a - e
Week 6: Mar 19
Monday
Warmup 20: Make final Observation of crystals and clean up jars.
Density Problems handout # 2 - 7
Tuesday
Warmup 21: What is the mass of a piece of copper with a volume of 5.0cm3. The density of copper is 8.96 g/cm3.
Density Quiz
Alchemy lab - handout "Alchemy: Science or Deception" (turning pennies into gold)
Wednesday - supply teacher
Gizmo: Element Builder (Gizmo logins W4U6KC57FK)
Download the Lesson info and save a copy to your drive or fill in a hard copy from the folder. Do activities A and B (C and the quiz are optional) there are a few hard copies in the folder
No chromebook? Read and make notes on ch 6.1 and answer # 1 - 11 on p 217
Video: Nova: Hunting the Elements (3rd half hour)
found at U:\TeachersOnly\Science Department\02 - Science Videos\Chemistry
Thursday
Work on Element Builder Gizmo Give code for Gizmo
"Inside an Atom" handout: protons, neutrons, electrons, Bohr - Rutherford diagrams
Friday
Warmup 22: What elements are we primarily made of?
Bohr- Rutherford Diagrams
Intro the Periodic table - Element symbols/names (you should know 1-20 and 26, 28, 29, 30, 47, 53, 79,82, 92, 99)
Label a periodic Table
Choose Element for Element Research - assignment - or go to google classroom - Chromebooks
Week 7: Mar 26
Monday
Warmup 23: Draw an atom of magnesium -26.
5.10 What is this Gas? handout - refer to p 198 for procedure
Review for test review
Tuesday
Warmup 24 : Describe the gas tests for: a) oxygen, b) hydrogen and c) carbon dioxide. Mr K will demo each.
Demo/finish gas tests
Element symbols and Names Quiz,
Chemical Formulas and Forming Compounds (molecules)
Wednesday
Element Cube Due
Warmup 25: What does the formula for Glucose, C6H12O6 tell you. Draw the structure (Hint: use the interweb).
Building models from fruit loops
Hwk: study for chem test review
Eureka videos for particle theory
Take up video Ans
Periodic Table Puzzles - Aliens, (Puzzle A and B)
Lab:Metals and Non-Metals
(Note: Metals and Non-Metals)
Warmup 54: Make a T-Chart for properties of Metals and Non-Metals.
(Timeline: History of Atomic Theory)
Glass Bending,
Thursday
Chemistry Unit test
Friday
Week 8: Apr 2
Monday
Easter Monday
Tuesday
Warmup 26: What causes static cling in your clothes, and how do you deal with it?
Title Page for Electricity - Graphics on front, 10 unit definitions on the back.
Bill Nye Static (handout)
Hand in Warmups 13 - 26
Wednesday
MADD Assembly day (short period)
Warmup 27: Draw a sketch of the VandeGraff generator with a positive charge on the sphere. Why does your hair stand on end when you touch it?
Whimshurst and van de Graff Generator Demos (lightning rods)
Introduction to Electricity
Thursday
Warmup 28: Explain why the balloon sticks to the wall after it was rubbed on my head. Use a sketch/diagram in your answer.
Producing Electric Charges - Handout
Types of Charge, Investigation: Laws of Static charge (HO) - Using Pith Ball and Leaf Electroscopes
HWK: Diagnostic handout
Warmup 60: Draw a labelled sketch of an electrophorus. (see p 478)
Make an Electrophorus (Charge Carrier made of styrofoam and pie plates)
p 478 Diagram, Observations, and questions ABD
Friday
Warmup 29: Make a T-chart for Insulators and Conductors. Add three examples to each side.
Insulators and Conductors (HO), Grounding,
Static Quiz Wed
Week 9: Apr 9
Monday
Warmup 30: Use a diagram to explain how lightning works. Why do buildings have lightning rods. (demo lightning house)
Brief Note on Charging by Induction (back of handout)
Note: Electrostatic Series - predicting charge
Activity 12.6 p 480 Charging Objects by Induction (a - g)
Ch 12.2 Static Electricity and Discharges (p 464, Applications of Static -Write a brief description for: Lightning, cling film and photocopiers)
review for quiz WED - Self Quiz in text p 492-3 # 1-26, handout
Tuesday - literacy test day - 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Nova: Lightning (HO)
Pop Can Races?
Study for quiz - see tuesday
Wednesday
Warmup 31: Write three things you a) should and b) should not do, in a lightning storm.
Static Quiz/Test (Quest)
Ch 12.8 Moving Charges, Current, AC vs DC,
Ch 13.1 What is an Electric Circuit? (Intro to Current Electricity, parts of a Circuit)
Thursday
Warmup 32: Define AC and DC Electricity. Watch and describe the demo on AC vs DC.
Schematic Drawings Circuits, Series and Parallel Circuits (Build and draw) - Intro SNAP CIRCUITS
SNAP CIRCUITS - #1 Light and Switch, #5 Lamp and fan in series, #6 - Lamp and fan in Parallel, # 7,8 LED , # 22
Friday
Warmup 33: Describe how Series and Parallel circuits are different. Draw an example of each from yesterdays Snap Circuits.
Analog Meter Reading - handout
Reading Voltage of Cells in Series and Cells in Parallel
Week 10: Apr 16
Monday
Warmup 34: Draw a battery consisting of three 2.2 V dry cells, a) in series, and b) in parallel. Label the individual and total voltage(s).
Take up Static Test
13.4 Measurements in electric Circuits (Reading Voltmeters, Ammeters and Resistance),
Start Lab 13.5 Series Circuits (measuring current and voltage),
Tuesday
Warmup 35: How must you connect a) a voltmeter and b) an ammeter to a circuit?
Finish 13.5 and 13.6 Series and Parallel circuits
Wednesday
Warmup 36: Draw a circuit with a three cell battery, two lamps in parallel and a fan (motor) in series with one of the lamps. Each lamp should have a separate switch.
Finish Series and Parallel circuits lab
Bill Nye: Current (HO) - watch it on Youtube
Thursday
Introduce Arduino kits
Series and Parallel labs due
Friday
Demo: Pretzel circuits
Warmup 37: Describe the parts of the pretzel circuits. What do each of the following represent: a)Students, b) chair(s), c) pretzels, and d) the teacher.
Catch up period - finish parallel and series labs OR Work with Arduinos
Week 11: Apr 23
Monday - supply teacher
Warmup 38: Define resistance and draw a sketch of a resistor and it's circuit symbol.
Gizmo -Circuits - handout - Activities A: Ohm's Law ,B: Series Circuits and C: Parallel Circuits (work from the online lesson info or use handout)
Tuesday
redo Gizmo:Circuits with handout
Wednesday
Warmup 39: Measure the total resistance of two similar resistors (15 or 22 ohms) in series and two in parallel. Record your results.
Ohm's Law Activity - Use the gizmo to collect data for a 10 or 20 ohm resistor. Determining the Relationship Between Current and Potential Difference Resistance in circuits - Ohm's Law graph V vs. I, V = IR
Thursday
Warmup 40: State Ohm's Law in words and symbols.
Hand in Warmups 27 -40
Note: Resistance and factors that affect it
Ohm's Law Problems " Electrical Resistance Practice Worksheet #1"
Friday
PD DAY
Week 12: Apr 30
Monday
Warmup 41: What is the resistance of a circuit with 120 V and 3 A of current passing through.
Power Usage and Cost - Worksheet
Review topics and questions
Tuesday
Warmup 42: What is the cost to run a 60 W lightbulb for 12 hours at $0.10/kWh
Chromebooks - Electricity Generation (OPG Worksheet) - on Google Classroom
intro Culminating task: Electrical Apartment wiring project
Power Generation Note Foldable
Wednesday
Review - handout
Use demo generators,
Electrical Safety foldable, fuses, hot dogs, dill pickles
Hand-in Electricity Generation (OPG Worksheet)
Thursday
hand in review for bonus
Friday
Finish Power Generation assign on Classroom
Apartment wiring project (bonus)
Start Apartment Wiring project - handout, one room shoebox as bonus
Week 13: May 7
Monday
Logan Staats Concert
Make a Title page with Graphics on the front and 10 unit vocabulary definitions on the back. (Ch 2 -4)
Tuesday
Warmup 43: Define Ecology, and Ecosystems.
Introduction to Ecology
Video - Nature: the Thin Green Line
The video can be found on the Handout Folder of the School Network
W:\Kleuskens\SNC 1P1\Nature-Frogs-The Thin Green Line.mp4 - Shortcut)
Wednesday
Warmup 44: Write a review of Frogs: The Thin Green Line
What do You Think P 26 (partner - rally robin) p 26
Ch 2.1: Life on Earth, Ch 2.2: Introducing Ecosystems (Habitat, Spheres, Biotic, Abiotic, Populations and Communities,
Try This p 33 Ecosystem ABC's (biotic vs Abiotic)
Thursday
Youtube: Powers of 10
Warmup 45: Put the following terms in order from smallest to largest: rhinocerous, ant, atomic nucleus, atom, galaxy, star, ecosystem, organ, satellite, proton
Finish note on Levels of Biological Organization
Ecology Title pages due
Oh Deer! Habitat, Food & Shelter (graph and questions handout)
Friday - Supply Teacher
Warmup 46: Describe and give examples of limiting factors in ecosystems.
Predator - Prey Graphing Exercise
Try This: Moose and Wolf Population p 58 - Use google sheets to make your graph and copy and paste the table and chart into a google doc to submit (give it a good title, an intro, data table, chart and answer questions a - c)
Use Line ,combo chart as the type of chart. If you need help try bit.ly/howtousegooglesheets , slides 18 - 20 for graphing, use this use this data instead of the textbook's numbers)
Use p 52 as a guide "Graphing Two Sets of Data"
Due Monday
Week 14: May 14
Monday
Warmup 47: What is the difference between a predator and a prey? Give an example.
Read Ch 2.8 Biotic and Abiotic Influences on Ecosystems:
Species Interactions - copy table on p 56 (competition, mutualism, commensalism, predation and parasitism)
do Q 1-6 on p 59
The Microscope HO - label parts and functions (p 552)
Tuesday
Warmup 48: Name and describe two species interactions.
CSI Saunders - handout (Microviewers, slides 101)
Microscope parts and use note, and 2 worksheets
look at prepared slides (letter e, variety animal and plant cells)
Wednesday
Warmup 49: Read the handout and outline the steps needed to make a wet mount.
Preparing a wetmount.
Pond Water Observations - using the microscopes, stereo dissection scopes
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
Warmup 50: Name as many organisms as you can that can be found in pond water.
Note: Feeding Levels (producers, consumers, food chains/webs, trophic levels, energy transfer (Ch 2.6: Interactions in ecosystems)
Activity: Pond Water Food Webs (cut and paste)
Friday
Finish food webs
Student-Teacher Basketball Game for Cancer
Week 15: May 21
Monday
Victoria Day Holiday
Tuesday
Warmup 51: Write a typical food chain you might find in an aquatic ecosystem.
Bill Nye: Food Webs - handout
Getting to the Top/Matching Feeder Terms - Handout
Review for Quiz - Self quiz ch 2 p 70 # 3-6,8,9,10,12-16,18,19,20-23,27-29,30a
Wednesday - Supply
Ecology feeding terms quiz (short)
Video: Sharkwater - pre, during and post video assignment (on google classroom)
video can be found at U:\TeachersOnly\Science Department\02 - Science Videos\Ecosystems
Thursday - On Calls - Science Olympics
Watch rest of Video
Sharkwater News Article
Friday
Sharkwater assignment Due (News Article by Monday)
Ch 2.7 Cycling of Matter in Ecosystems ( 48 - 51) Water and Carbon Cycle
Gizmo: Photosynthesis
Photosynthesis and Respiration Activity PEOE (done as a demo)