Tuesday - Neuf

Please check gclassroom for any updates from Mr. Neufeld and PLEASE consider bringing $10 (or more) cash or a gift card to give other teens in Victoria a Christmas.

Monday - Peer review draft #2

Your final draft of your Persuasive Science Project is due this Thursday (please share it with me when you are finished rather than print it...yet).

Here are some resources that might help...

Business Letter Format Template

Powerful Words List

Persuasive Letter Checklist

Wednesday - SS & Ms. Wadsworth

Although today is a socials focused day,  Ms. Wadsworth is going to pop in to give us all some info on how to source properly.

Reminder: First Draft of Persuasive Ecology Project is due Friday.

AND ... due to the expectation of some cold weather, we are going to cancel the Farm time this week and likely resume after Christmas break.

Tuesday - Ecology final project

For our Persuasive Ecology Projects based on your own "So What?" you were given this package to get you started today.

Here are some other resources that might help you:

Business Letter Format Template

Powerful Words List

Persuasive Letter Checklist

1st draft will be edited by one of your peers this Friday and therefore needs to be completed by then.

Friday-Final countdown Part 2

The battle continues.... with Mr. Neufeld.  Check his google classroom site for his presentation/notes.

Flim: "Home" - looking at the evolution of the Earth and its organisms

Please follow this link for information and registration for the CitizenCan Film festival put on by the senior IGS students

Eventbrite - CitizenCan Film Festival and the Countdown2Now

Thursday - film/no film! ugh!!!

Happy December!

Quiz #2 Corrections - submit

If you are interested in improving your mark specifically on the Quiz #1 and/or quiz #2, please see Ms. Paas.

Introduction to "So What" final assignment (first draft due next Friday, Dec 9th)

Wednesday

Sustainability conversation (cont'd) ... see Monday's post for link to the presentation.

Tuesday - Socials

Please check Google Classroom.

Monday - Sustainability

Your Quiz #2 marks are posted under the marks tab above.  This does not include your science labs as it will take me a while to get through these.

Today: Began a cross-disciplinary discussion on sustainability (guided by these slides ... click here).

Friday #drizzleYEC

Thursday Farm

Wednesday, Nov 23rd

Lastnames M-Z - Science room for science quiz and working on plant lab

Lastnames A-L - Socials in IGS room

Plant Lab due Friday

Tuesday, Nov 22nd

Lastnames A-L - Science room for science quiz and working on plant lab

Lastnames M-Z - Socials in IGS room

Plant Lab due Friday

Monday - Student Presentations

What great presentations to start off our day!  Thanks so Malaya, Kayla & Thomas for having the courage to go first.

Friday, Nov 18th

Science group (Last names M-Z)
- Activity: biomagnification
- Notes: biomagnification & bioremediation 
- Review for Ch 2 quiz (next Tuesday) options:

• review worksheet called "Nutrient/Ecosystems" (handout) Answer Key found here
• Key to previously handed out review package
• Quizlet vocab review,
• online practice quiz    2.1     2.2     2.3

Socials group (last names A-L):

Celebration of knowledge

INFO: Any creative people who are interested in sharing their sketches to put on an IGS card to sell as a fundraiser, please have this sketch ready at school for Monday.  This can be either something you have already sketched or it can be something new.  Ms. Ingram is going to take these and make them into cards.  If you are creative, please consider doing this!

Thurs., Nov 17th

Science group (Last names A-L)
- Activity: biomagnification
- Notes: biomagnification & bioremediation 
- Review for Ch 2 quiz (next Tuesday) options:

• review worksheet called "Nutrient/Ecosystems" (handout) Answer Key found here
• Key to previously handed out review package
• Quizlet vocab review,
• online practice quiz    2.1     2.2     2.3

Socials group (last names M-Z):

Celebration of knowledge

Wed., Nov 16th

After our #rails2relevance trip across Canada, this is how I feel ...

Notes: Bioaccumulation

Reminders:

- For tomorrow:

     - Last names A-L are in room 200 (science room with Ms. Paas)

     - Last names M-Z & Eve & Kamryn in IGS room for Mr. Neufeld's "celebration of knowledge"

- Science quiz (chapter 2 material .... Energy flow through to Bioremediation) on Tuesday

Celebration of Knowledge (Thursday M to Z +volleyball players) Friday for the rest

Celebration of Knowledge:

Five questions:

4 short answer (2 or 3 sentences)
1 full paragraph answer (5 or 6 sentences)

themes to focus on:

What's at the core of the Industrial Revolution?
(current sunlight vs. ancient sunlight)

Innovation and change

Locomotion (transportation)

Social Changes (child labour and working conditions)

And finally, so what/now what? Final full paragraph question.

Energy Project - UPDATE

IGS 9 

Just wanted to answer a few questions that I've gotten by email (thanks for those). 

Your options were: 

1/ Just write three paragraphs (the energy, transportation and the human effect of transition) after having read and considered the links and discuss what you feel you've found. Most importantly focus on how this research contributes 

OR

2/ If you are inspired by any of the specific energy types you've learned about, you can focus on that one and become an expert in that one thing. Share what you've found considering how it contributes to an overall clean energy transition. You can write, use a prezi or slides ... up to you. You also have the offer to present to your classmates. 

As far as when this is due ... my guess is that you have all had enough class time, so I'd like to suggest next Tuesday, when Ms. Paas and I return, as the due date. Those of you who have been able to negotiate our Google classroom page and can submit there. Those who went with the more presentation style can email me, or if you'd like to present, we'll set that up Tuesday. Please feel free to email as others have, if you have any questions (mneufeld@sd63.bc.ca)

Thanks folks. There so much to catch up on. Looking forward to Tuesday.

Tues., Nov 9th

Missing you all so much and looking forward to you all coming to the film festival to see IGS 11 documentaries!  

- plant observation and watering, if needed

- Notes: Nitrogen cycle (continued)

- Begin rough copy of formal plant lab ... IF any of their 3 plants did NOT grow, please find a group whose did and report on their data (including variables used and observations) in addition to mentioning rationale/research for their own plant not growing.

- HWK: watch and fill in notes on Phosphorus cycle  by Tuesday, Nov 15th

Monday, Nov 8th

SS research in the LC

Wednesday-Work Day

For those of you not participating in "Take Your Kids to Work Day" today will be a little debrief with the IGS 10 class and then work time on your C You Later MISSION.

Tuesday-Guest Speaker

Thank you to Kim Benson from the Ethical Choices Program for providing us with information regarding factory farming.  I appreciated the questions and comments that I heard from you as a group.  We will debrief this in class.  

For those of you going to "Take Your Kids To Work Day" tomorrow, have a learned day and see you on Thursday.

Monday-Carbon bracelets

Thank you to Mrs. Dildy & Mrs. Linger for filling in for me!

After a Kahoot.it check-in and a discussion (with a bit of notes), you all completed the MISSION: C You Later.  Cartoon/animation/prezi/post cards/story (be creative!!) are due on Friday at the beginning of class.

Please review your rubric to see how you will be assessed on the mission.

Tues - OUCH!!

After your immunizations:


- discuss the 3 types of ecological pyramids (notes found here)
- MISSION: Pyramid of Vocab
- Discuss nutrient cycle and carbon cycle (Your at home work from last night)

Reminder: 
- Haliburton Organic Farms this Thursday!!


AND congratulations to some of our IGS 9 peeps for the well played tournament this past weekend.

Monday - Aren't Pyramids just in Egypt?

Notes: Pyramids
Mission: Aren't Pyramids in Egypt?

At home work (due tomorrow):
Watch this video (link here) and record the notes into your notes package.  There are some questions to answer throughout the video so you will have to sign in so that I can see who is answering those questions but you do NOT have to include an email address.

Weds & Thurs

Thank you so much for being great student leaders and representing Claremont so well as you buddied with grade 9 Royal Oak students to so them the 100 Years War exhibit.

Your marks have been posted on this blog ... see the "Science Marks" tab above.

Tuesday - Energy flow

Notes: Energy flow through ecosystems (Food chains & food webs)

Definitions: on page 2 of your notes package handout, use the textbook p58-62 to complete the definitions.  If you need access to the online textbook and forget the username and/or password, please email Ms. Paas (mpaas@sd63.bc.ca).                             

Monday Quiz day

Quiz #1
Complete Mission: Oh Deer (if you didn't get through 15-20 generations on Friday)
Graphing criteria (graph cheat sheet found here)

Paragraph and graph due Wednesday

Fri - Oh Deer!

Mission: Oh Deer!  

     - Complete data table & practise graphing (graph cheat sheet found here and you can refer to the textbook on p 47 for a graph specific to predator-prey populations).  We will chat about this again on Monday.

     - due Wednesday!

Reminder:  Quiz on Monday on everything we have covered in Science so far.

Thursday FARM Day - CANCELLED

I hope you all remembered to bring some print-free, staple-free, tape-free cardboard!

Sorry to disappoint you all.  We had to make the call due to the weather.  In better news, we had a chance to continue our "So what?" conversation ... these 2 videos gave us inspiration.

 

Tues - 7 Billion

Congratulations to Kaden on his team's 1st place win in volleyball this past weekend!

Socials Notes: Neuf will post here shortly

Don't forget cardboard for the farm this Thursday!

Fri - So what?

First off, your Tributes look AWESOME!!  I hope the content is as equally full of awesomeness.

Congratulations to our Justin for the support and bravery in shaving his head! Lookin' good! #tourderock

I am so appreciative of you all today!  What a great conversation we had about "So what?"  We are learning all this content regarding Industrialization and Ecology, but what do you want to take away from this?  What do you want to change?  What are you passionate about?  What do you want to learn more about?  Sorry our conversation had to end due to it being the end of class. We will continue on Tuesday.  

Highlights:

"Are humans a parasite of Earth?" - Mars

"We don't take what we need, we take what we want" - Sophie

PLEASE remember to bring in some cardboard for our farming on Thursday.

Thurs: Tribute time continued

After a brief check-in (herbs vs. carns) on Biomes, we continued with our Mission: Tribute time.  See yesterday's link for the criteria.

Wed - Tribute time!

Handout - Lab Report for Scientific Method
Constructing data tables
Review biomes & adaptations ... at this point you should all have completed the worksheet on the 8 biomes using the posters in the classroom

Mission: Tribute Time (you will all be assigned a biome in which your tribute must live and survive in the Games) - due Friday

Vodcast: Ecosystems - please watch and fill out your notes that were handed out in class by Friday.

Monday, Oct 3rd

Weren't we just talking about this today? ....

http://newatlas.com/great-places-to-live-mars/45654/?utm_source=Gizmag+Subscribers&utm_campaign=9fe43585e9-UA-2235360-4&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_65b67362bd-9fe43585e9-92018901

Thurs., sep 29th

Farm day!!!!  Don't forget about Orange Shirt Day tomorrow to increase awareness of the trauma experienced in residential schools and all the survivors!

Wed., Sep 28th

The districts have been assigned the task of advertising the places in which they live (their biomes) and the GameMaker will decide on who wins points towards food while in the games today.

For now, you must all learn about each others districts/biomes in order to understand the other tributes and their potential weakness while in the Hunger Games.

Task: Complete the table (handed out in class) using all the biomes using the posters created.  If you were absent, the poster are on the back window in the classroom.  Please complete the table.

Tuesday

May the odds be ever in your favour....

With your group, complete Mission: Biome Bon Voyage (due at the end of class)

Resources: phones, Sci 10 Textbooks (stays in classroom), online version of Science 10 textbook (click here & ask Ms. Paas for the username & password), computers in room 200

Monday

Science homework:
In reference to your plant lab, please record your dependent variable, independent variable, control variables (yes that is plural) and your hypothesis.  Use your experimental design sheet (yellow sheet) as a template to write you hypothesis.  Submit one per person.

Thursday

What a lively bunch today!
Group check-in from vodcast
Notes: adaptations
Check your plants and water if necessary

Wednesday

Using our experimental design, we test our hypothesis for out flying penguins.  Was you hypothesis correct?

Then onto some real scientific experimentation using the experimental design template to set up our plant growth lab.

Don't forget to watch the video lesson posted in yesterday's blog and complete the notes (handed out in class) that go along with this video.  Due tomorrow!

Tuesday

Science assignment:
1) tomorrow we will set up our plants to look at plant growth and the other variable that your group decides to experiment on.  If you are thinking about adding something to the soil upon initial planting (e.g. Organic soil, gravel, sand, etc) please bring that tomorrow. All other variables can be brought the following day.

2) By Thursday, please complete the note package I handed out in class by watching this video and filling in the blanks.

Industrial Revolution - So ... how did we get here?

Industrial Revolution

Big question: What role do human beings play in our eco-system? 

   Today was our introduction into the industrial revolution. We started by looking at the difference between current energy and ancient energy. Very impressed by the questions that arose as part of our discussion and looking forward to more tomorrow. 

Also, tomorrow we will be looking at Google Classroom as a was to share powerpoints and hand in written work. 

N

#hailburtonorganicfarms

Day 1 

Thinking like a scientist

What is the difference between global warming & climate change?  What does Bill Nye think?

Notes: Scientific Method/Report

Activity: Making Observations like a scientist

Reminder: come early tomorrow (8:45) if you would like to get your photo taken before we go to the Haliburton Organic Farms.

I LOVE Mondays!

We had a bunch of housekeeping things to get through today:

Attendance

Course outline

Blog (you are looking at it :)

Haliburton Organic Farm info

Reminders for this week:

Grade 9 Assembly in the theatre tomorrow during our block

Picture day on Thursday - please come to school early so that we can get most of your photos done and on our way to the Farm

Welcome!

We are so very excited to be working with you all this year!  After a bit of housekeeping (ie. introductions, course overview, etc.), we modelled how we are all going to be working together this year by building puzzles....blindfolded.

Have a great first day!

The Big Day! Canada: A Sum of Us

Hi team,

Below are a reminder of the times for your presentations. If you present at 9am, please come at least 10 or 15 minutes early to get signed in and set up. If you present at 10:30am, please come at 10:20am. Really looking forward to it. I've also added those of you who are bringing their own devices. Please let me know if there are changes:

June 24th, 2016

Canada: A Sum of Us

9am to 10:20am

No wifi Wifi

Trevor Jessica

Bria Anslie (laptop)

Clarissa Krishin  (laptop - prezi)  

Jazmin Aydan

MaKenna Leo

Josslyn Claudia (laptop - prezi)

Victoria Tristan (iPad - prezi)

Marissa Carmel

Owen  (Matt’s laptop - wifi initially)

Angelika

Matthew (laptop)

Riya

Kerice

  Megan

10:30  to noon

No wifi Wifi

Marlene Madisenn

Luise Abby (iPad - google docs)

Taylor Mandi  (iPad)

Robert Vienna (need Linux)

Owen Crystal

Jacob M Ella (laptop- Prezi)

Cormac Taylor

Ayden Rachel

Kiara Connor

Kasha

Jacob B

Hannah (iPad)

Cody (iPad - movie)