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. 

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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!