Tue Sept 2: Introductions

1. Go over emergency procedures: Fire, Lock down, Emergency Procedures, Room Walk Through

2. School Expectations: Garbage, Language, Hallway and Commons area behavior.

3. Talk about the who and what VSS is using Panther Pride poster

4. Give out Course Outline and go over expectations: lates, leaving room, talking, beginning and end of class

5. Hmk:  Get course outline signed!

Wed Sept 3: Safety in our Classroom

1. Going over Cell phone Rule

2. Make Name Tags 

3. Going over Course Outlines

4. Go over binder organization and make divider.

5. Hand out Safety Rules and go over safety symbols

6. Lab safety Room Walk Through, **Show some room safety equipment**

7. Safety Worksheet

8. Hmk:  Complete Safety Worksheet Cartoons only and Re-read Safety Rules!

Thur Sept 4 : Safety in our Classroom

1. Going over Safety Worksheet from last day and Doing Page 2 together

2. Youtube:Intro Safety Video,  Youtube: Major Safety Rules,  Youtube: Lab safety

3. Make a Safety Map of Classroom

4. Hmk:  Safety map, Study for Safety Quiz (General Rules and WHMIS symbols)

Fri Sept 5: Characteristics of Life & the ​Microscope

1. Safety Quiz

2. Worksheet: Sec 1.1 Before You Read (BYR)                           Sec 1.1 before you read filled

3. Study Notes: Sec 1.1                 Sec 1.1 notes filled

4. Binder Check

Mon Sept 8: Checking your Understanding

1. Worksheet: The microscope                     The microscope filled 

2. Start Microscope Lab "the letter e"

Tue Sept 9: The Microscope lab

1. Complete Microscope Lab "the letter e"

Wed/Thur Sept 10/11: Microscope work and more using the microscope

1. Workbook Sec 1.1 Workbook Sec 1.1 Answers

2. Starting/Introduction to Cell City Project

Wed/Thur Sept 10/11:Cell City Project

1. Working on  Cell City Project

Fri Sept 12: Cell City Project

1. Working on  Cell City Project

Mon Sept 15: Chapter 1.1 Assignment

1. Assignment: Sec 1.1 Worksheet: Check Your Understanding (CYU)

2. Section 1.2 Cell Pre-read                       Sec 1.2 Cell pre-read filled

Tue Sept 16 Cell parts/functions

1. Quiz: Characteristics of life and the microscope

2. Study Notes: Sec 1.2 Cells and the Cell Theory                              Sec 1.2 notes filled

3. Animal and Plant Cell diagram Blank                                                   Animal and Plant Cell diagram Filled

4. Youtube: Cell parts and functions

Wed/Thur Sept 17/18: Cell parts/functions and observing onion cells 

1. Workbook Section 1.2                                 Workbook Section 1.2 filled

2. Activity 1-7 Observing onion cells (Text Pg 36)

Wed/Thur Sept 17/18: Cellular respiration and Photosynthesis

1. Notes: Photosynthesis and Cellular Reproduction         Photosynthesis and Cellular Reproduction filled

2. Activity 1-7 Observing onion cells (Text Pg 36)

3. Chapter Test Outline

4. Section 1.2 assignment               Section 1.2 assignment filled

Fri Sept 19: 

1. Quiz: Labelling Plant Cell diagram       Animal and Plant Cell diagram Blank for practice

2. Chapter Review

Mon Sept 22: Assessment

1. Chapter Assessment

Tue Sept 23: Viewing Microbes

1. Viewing prepared slides and drawing them 

Wed/Thur Sept 24/25: Microbes

1. Notes: Microbes

2. Student Fill out Positive/Negative interactions Table using textbook (in groups)

3. Bill Nye: Microbes (germs)

Wed/Thur Sept 24/25: The Immune System: Lines of Defence

1. Activity 3.1 : Pass it on (Text Pg 101)

2. Notes: The Immune System

3. Youtube: Immune response

Fri Sept 26: Osmosis Jones

1. Watching Osmosis Jones

Wed/Thur Oct 1/2: Disease Outbreaks

1. Notes: Disease outbreaks

Wed/Thur Oct 1/2: Medicines

1. Notes: Traditional Medicines-Vaccines-Antibiotics

2. Video Bill Nye Antibiotics***

Fri Oct 3: Assignment

1. Review Assignment

2. Chapter Test Outline

Body Systems

Mon Oct 6: Introduction to body systemsThe circulatory system

1. Mark Chapter review

2. Body systems and levels of organization notes

3. Doing Workbook Pg 22-25

4. Youtube: Human body systems

Tue Oct 7: Blood and the Circulatory system

1. Chapter 2 Assessment

2. What is Blood Notes

3. Youtube: What is blood

4. Parts of the circulatory system notes.

5. Youtube: circulatory system

Wed Oct 2: The Heart

1. Parts of the heart notes

2. Youtube: The heart

Wed/Thur Sept 30/Oct 1: Micro-organisms

1. Section 3.1 Pre-read                      Sec 3.1 pre-read filled

2. Microorganisms Notes  

3. Useful/Harmful bacteria mindmap Useful/Harmful bacteria mindmap filled in

4. Finish up Cell City (if needed)

Wed/Thur Sept 30/Oct 1:  Microorganisms

1. Marking Assignment 1.2 together and peer marking cell city

2. Quiz: Cell parts and functions

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5. Notes: Viruses

Wed Feb 26:Body's Response

1. Study notes: Sec 3.1                        Sec 3.1 notes filled

2. Activity 3.1 : Pass it on (Text Pg 101)

3. Youtube: Immune response

Wed Feb 26: Osmosis Jones

1. Section 3.1 workbook                       Sec 3.1 workbook filled

2. Start movie: Osmosis Jones

Fri Feb 27: Bodies Response

1. Finishing Osmosis Jones                   

Mon Mar 3: Anitbiotics vs. Vaccines

1. Video Bill Nye Antibiotics***

2. Notes Antibiotics & Resistance            

3. Worksheet: Antibiotics vs. Vaccines                                notes Vaccines & antibiotics filled

Tue Mar 4: Viruses

1. Quiz: Bodies Response (First,second,third line of defence)

2. Notes: What is a Virus

3. Fill in worksheet: What Medicines help protect us

Wed Mar 5: Epidemics, Outbreaks, and Pandemics

1. Worksheet: epidemics/pandemics          Worksheet on epidemics/pandemics filled

2. Section 3.1 Assignment

Wed Mar 5: Test Review

1. Practice Test #1                  Practice Test #1 answers

2. Practice Test #2                  Practice Test #2 answers

Fri Mar 7: Test Review

1. Quiz: Antibiotics and epidemics vs pandemics vs outbreak notes

2. Unit test Outline

Mon Mar 10: Unit Test

1. Virus Project

2. Chimo Assembly

Tue Mar 11: Unit Assessment

1. Life assessment

2. Start Virus News Article

Wed Mar 12: Working on Virus article

1. Working on Virus News Article (Due Friday)

Wed Mar 12: Working on Virus article

1. Working on Virus News Article (Due Friday)

Fri Mar 14: Handing in missing work!

1. Hand in Virus News Article

2. Handing in any missing work