SNC1D

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Tuesday, September 2 || Welcome to Grade 9 Science!
 * ** SEPTEMBER ** ||
 * ** Date ** || ** Work Covered ** || ** Files ** ||
 * Day 1


 * Course outline
 * Classroom expectations
 * Student information page
 * What Are Your Thoughts on Science
 * TED Talks - Every city needs healthy honey bees

Homework: Course Outlines and Classroom Expectations must be signed by you and your parent/guardian || || Wednesday, September 3 || INTRODUCTION TO INQUIRY || Thursday, September 4 || * Group Presentations Friday, September 5 || * Interactive Lesson/Lab || Monday, September 8 || * Lab Outline || Tuesday, September 9 || * Lab: Come Fly with Me || Wednesday, September 10 || UNIT 1: BIOLOGY - ECOLOGY || Thursday, September 11 || * Life on Planet Earth || Friday, September 12 || * Acid Rain - Predict-Observe-Explain Monday, September 15 || * Finish looking at Local Environmental Initiatives Tuesday, September 16 || * Lab: Aquatic Ecosystems || Wednesday, September 17 || * Lab: Observations - Day 1 Thursday, September 18 || * Lab: Observations - Day 2 Monday, September 22 || * Lab: Observations - Day 6 Tuesday, September 23 || * Lab: Observations - Day 7 Assembly - Social Media || (no files; assembly today) || Wednesday, September 24 || * Assignment: Food Chains and Energy Flow (compile lab information) || Thursday, September 25 || * Note: The Cycling of Matter || Friday, September 26 || * Computer Lab - Rabbit Population Gizmo || || Monday, September 29 || * Note: Limiting Factors Tuesday, September 30 || * Predator-Prey Relationships Assignment || ||
 * Day 2
 * Find Someone Who...
 * Note: Types of Variables
 * Activity: Classifying Variables (small groups)
 * Worksheet: Bikini Bottom Experiments || [[file:Find Someone Who.pdf]]
 * Day 3
 * Identify your question's independent, dependent, and control variables
 * Worksheet: Science Never Tasted So Sweet || [[file:2.2 - scientific method article & questions - Science never tasted so sweet.pdf]] ||
 * Day 4
 * The Scientific Method
 * How many drops of water can fit on a coin? || [[file:2.1 - Scientific Method Brochure.pdf]]
 * Day 5
 * Lab: What Floats Your Boat?
 * Worksheet: Scientific Method Crossword || [[file:3.1 - Lab Outline with Example.pdf]]
 * Day 6
 * Lab is due Monday, September 15th
 * Check out the Pictures from the Blackboard (with added descriptions...get the best mark possible!) || [[file:4 - Come Fly with Me Lab.pdf]]
 * Day 7
 * The Lorax Video (with worksheet) || [[file:1.1 - The Lorax.pdf]]
 * Day 8
 * Read pages 29 and 30
 * Answer #1-5 on page 31
 * Acid Rain - Predict-Observe-Explain || [[file:Life on Planet Earth - Our Answers.docx]]
 * Day 9
 * Effectiveness of Local Environmental Initiatives
 * newspaper articles available in class || [[file:3.1 - The Effectiveness of Local Environmental Initiatives.pdf]] ||
 * Day 10
 * Note: What are Ecosystems?
 * Introducing Ecosystems
 * Read Pages 32-35
 * Answer #1-5 on Page 35 || [[file:Newspaper Articles - Our Answers.docx]] ||
 * Day 11
 * Lab: Observations - Day 0 || [[file:9 - Factors affecting aquatic ecosystems - lab.pdf]]
 * Day 12
 * Note: Energy in Ecosystems
 * Food Webs and Ecological Pyramids
 * Read Pages 42-47
 * Answer #2-6,8 on Page 47 || [[file:5 - Energy in Ecosystems FITB.pdf]] ||
 * Day 13
 * Computer Lab - Plants and Snails Gizmo || [[file:Gizmo - Plants & Snails Worksheet.pdf]] ||
 * **PD DAY** ||
 * Day 14
 * Airplane Lab
 * How did we do? Self-assessment with rubric
 * Resubmission deadline: Wednesday!
 * Work Period
 * Work on lab
 * Textbook questions from last week
 * Read pg 32-35 (#1-5 on pg 35)
 * Read pg 42-47 (#2-6,8 on pg 47) || (no files today) ||
 * Day 15
 * Day 16
 * Lab: Observations - Day 8
 * Final Lab Day
 * Work on compiling information
 * Lab Cleanup || [[file:7 - Food Chains and Energy Flow.pdf]]
 * Day 17
 * Activity: The Great Carbon Atom Race! || [[file:8 - The Cycling of Matter FITB.pdf]]
 * Day 18
 * Day 19
 * Biotic and Abiotic Influences on Ecosystems
 * Read Pages 52-55
 * Answer #2,3,4,6,8 on page 55 || [[file:10 - Limiting Factors FITB.pdf]] ||
 * Day 20

Wednesday, October 1 || * Computer Lab - Invasive Species Assignment Work Period || || Thursday, October 2 || * Computer Lab - Invasive Species Assignment Work Period || see yesterday's file || Friday, October 3 || * Textbook-Assisted Note Monday, October 6 || * Work Period - use your time wisely to work on/catch up on: Tuesday, October 7 || * Pesticides and Bioamplification/Bioaccumulation Reading || Wednesday, October 8 || * Unit Review || || Thursday, October 9 || UNIT 2: CHEMISTRY || Friday, October 10 || * Continued Safety in Science || (yesterday's files) || Tuesday, October 14 || * ** Ecology Unit Test! ** || GOOD LUCK! || Wednesday, October 15 || * Particle Theory || Thursday, October 16 || * Types of Matter || Friday, October 17 || * Physical and Chemical Properties Note || Monday, October 20 || * Teacher Absent Tuesday, October 21 || * Teacher Absent || Wednesday, October 22 || * Lab: Physical and Chemical Properties || || Thursday, October 23 || * Demonstrations of Chemical Reactions || Friday, October 24 || * Lab: Density || || Monday, October 27 || * ** Evaluated Lab: Properties and Changes ** || || Tuesday, October 28 || * ** Evaluated Lab: Properties and Changes ** || (yesterday's file) || Wednesday, October 29 || * Atomic Theories || Thursday, October 30 || * Atomic Theories Friday, October 31 || * Bill Nye - Atoms and Compounds ||
 * ** OCTOBER ** ||
 * ** Date ** || ** Work Covered ** || ** Files ** ||
 * Day 21
 * Day 22
 * Day 23
 * Equilibrium, Succession, Diversity, Invasive Species || [[file:14 - FITB Ecosystem Sustainability and Diversity.pdf]] ||
 * Day 24
 * text questions
 * Friday's diversity "note"
 * assignments
 * labs || (no files) ||
 * Day 25
 * Activity: Bioaccumulation Game! || [[file:15 - Bioaccumulation (page 6).pdf]]
 * Day 26
 * Day 27
 * Safety in Science
 * Safety/WHMIS video
 * Mapping the Classroom
 * Safe procedures
 * WHMIS
 * Safety Poster || [[file:1 - Safety in Science.pdf]]
 * Day 28
 * = THANKSGIVING ||
 * Day 29
 * Day 30
 * Lab Station Investigations
 * PowerPoint Note || [[file:3 - Particle Theory Investigation.docx]]
 * Day 31
 * Textbook reading and visual organizer
 * Hands-on samples and classifications || [[file:4 - Types of Matter.pdf]]
 * Day 32
 * Demonstrations
 * Calcium metal reacting with water
 * Calcite rock reacting with acid
 * Bill Nye - Chemical Reactions || [[file:5 - Physical and Chemical Properties.pdf]]
 * Day 33
 * Textbook: Physical and Chemical Properties/Changes
 * Read pages 179-186
 * #1,2,4,5 on pg 182
 * #1,2,3,4,7 on pg 186 || (textbook) ||
 * Day 34
 * Physical and Chemical Properties Worksheet
 * Physical and Chemical Changes Worksheet || [[file:6 - Physical and Chemical Properties WS.pdf]]
 * Day 35
 * Day 36
 * Density || [[file:8 - Physical and Chemical Changes.pdf]]
 * Day 37
 * Day 38
 * Day 39
 * Day 40
 * Black Box Activity
 * Note: Evolution of the Atomic Model || [[file:11 - Black Box Activity.pdf]]
 * Day 41
 * Practice: Read pg #228-233
 * Qs #1, 2, 5, 7
 * The Periodic Table
 * Practice: Fun with Chemistry || [[file:12 - Chemistry Fun with Elements.doc]] ||
 * Day 42
 * Introduction to the Periodic Table
 * Elements Videos that will never leave your head! || [[file:13 - Textbook Reading.pdf]]

Monday, November 3 || * Activity - Solve the Puzzle...Periodically || Tuesday, November 4 || * Lab: Comparing Family Behaviour || || Wednesday, November 5 || ** TAKE YOUR KID TO WORK DAY **
 * = NOVEMBER ||
 * ** Date ** || ** Work Covered ** || ** Files ** ||
 * Day 43
 * Patterns in the Periodic Table
 * Chemical Families
 * Periodic Trends || [[file:14 - Patterns in the Periodic Table FITB.pdf]]
 * Day 44
 * Day 45

Thursday, November 6 || * Activity: Investigating Eggium || Friday, November 7 || * Bohr-Rutherford Diagrams || Monday, November 10 || * Computer Lab Tuesday, November 11 || * Putting Atoms Together || Wednesday, November 12 || * Types of Compounds and Bonds || Thursday, November 13 || * Making Molecular Models || || Friday, November 14 || * Lab: Identifying Gases || || Monday, November 17 || * Review and Study Day || || Tuesday, November 18 || * ** Chemistry Unit Test! ** || GOOD LUCK! || Wednesday, November 19 || * Introduction to Static Electricity || Thursday, November 20 || * Charging by Contact Friday, November 21 || * Predicting Charges Lab || || Monday, November 24 || * Charging by Induction || Tuesday, November 25 || * Induction Recap (see yesterday's files for cut-outs) (note and quiz show in class) || Wednesday, November 26 || * Electricity Videos || Thursday, November 27 || * Study and Review for the Static Electricity Quiz! ||  || Friday, November 28 || * Static Electricity Quiz ||   ||
 * HAVE FUN! ** || (no files!) ||
 * Day 46
 * Explaining the Periodic Table
 * Atomic Number
 * Mass Number & Atomic Mass
 * Use this website for some great practice! || [[file:16 - How Heavy is Eggium.pdf]]
 * Day 47
 * Assignment: Bohr-Rutherford Models || [[file:17 - Bohr-Rutherford Diagrams.pdf]]
 * Day 48
 * Research Assignment - Element Cube || [[file:Assignment - Element Cube.pdf]] ||
 * Day 49
 * Quiz-Quiz-Trade
 * Additional Practice - Counting Atoms || [[file:18 - Putting Atoms Together - Student.pdf]]
 * Day 50
 * Ionic and Molecular/Covalent Expert Groups || [[file:19 - Types of Compounds Expert Groups.pdf]]
 * Day 51
 * Day 52
 * Day 53
 * Day 54
 * Day 55
 * Note: Movement of Electrons and the Law of Electric Charges
 * Bill Nye - Static Electricity || [[file:1 - Static Electricity - Student.pdf]]
 * Day 56
 * Textbook-Assisted Note || [[file:2 - Charging by Contact - Text-Assisted Note.pdf]] ||
 * Day 57
 * Day 58
 * Discovery Lab
 * Note: Charging by Induction
 * Comparison Cut-Outs - Conduction vs Induction
 * Fire Drill!
 * ...we'll get to the cut-outs tomorrow || [[file:4 - Intro Lab - Charging Objects by Induction.pdf]]
 * Day 59
 * Comparison Cut-Outs - Conduction vs Induction
 * Conductors and Insulators
 * Note
 * Quiz Show || [[file:5 - Permanently Charging by Induction.pdf]]
 * Day 60
 * Conductors and Insulators
 * Charging by Induction
 * Charging and Discharging
 * Electrical Discharge
 * page 495 - #2-5 || [[file:6 - Electricity Videos Worksheet.pdf]]
 * Day 61
 * Day 62