Wednesday March 24, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Continued to watch our Environmental Chemistry Finale movie.
• Have you made yourself a list of all the words, concepts, & ideas related to environmental chemistry?
• Are you confident you could summarize the movie with respect to environmental chemistry & things we have learned? Remember Riverwatch? The "Ghost Town"? What happened there?

Tuesday March 23, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Talked about handing in our podcast projects. Make sure you hand in a copy of your SCRIPT as well, it is a part of your grade!
• Started to watch the movie Erin Brockovich. Remember this is based on a TRUE story, and happened not all that long ago.
• What key words, concepts & points have we talked about so far in this movie? EXAMPLES: chromium, sanitary landfill, toxicity, ppm, clean up and abatement. WHAT OTHER ONES CAN YOU THINK OF?
• Remember there is a small assignment to complete at the end of this movie.

Monday March 22, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did vocabulary #21. Where is YOUR vocabulary duotang? They have been marked for term three!
• You had LOTS of class time. Your vocabulary should be COMPLETE.
• Did a Self/Group Evaluation for our podcast projects. Wrote down, answered & handed in the following questions: 1) In 3-5 sentences describe what each memeber of your group contributed to the project. 2) On a scale of one to five, five being GREAT, how well did your group use their class time? 3) Are YOU satisfied with the final product of your project? Why or why not? 4) If you had to do this project again, what would you do differently? 5) Did your group work well together? Why or why not? 6) Would you choose the same group memebers again? Why or why not?

Friday March 19, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did Current Events. Great work 9D, & some of you from 9G.
• Remember you MUST export your Water for the World Project as a .WAV file or else I can't view it. DUE MONDAY in the SUBMISSIONS FOLDER.
• If you want me to mark ANYTHING else for term 3, it MUST be submitted by MONDAY. Anything that you've missed and would like credit for, this is the LAST DAY IT WILL BE ACCEPTED.

Thursday March 18, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Had our last work day for our water for the world project.
• Oh Audacity, why are you such a pain of a program. Export as a WAV file NOT mp3, for some reason I can't open your mp3 files.......remember to include your NAMES in when naming the file so I know who to give the credit for the work.
• Remember to hand in your script!
• COMPLETED PROJECT IS DUE ON MONDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• 9D & 9G - current events tomorrow....last chance for term 3.

Wednesday March 17, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Worked on our Water for the World Projects. Are you ready to record & edit yours?
• PROJECT IS DUE MONDAY MARCH 22, 2010.
• Have you had the chance to carry a huge bucket of water around the field yet? Was it easy? Just think of the people who have to do that EVERY day for more than 30 minutes. Is access to clean water a human right?
• Field Trip to Kananaskis: 9A & 9D - May 18, 9G & 9H - May 20. If you have a parent who would like to volunteer please have them contact the school! We would love to have them along!

Tuesday March 16, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Worked on our Water for the World Projects. Are you ready to record? Only 100 minutes of class time left to work on them!
• Here are some more links that might help you out: http://www.riverwatch.ab.ca/ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
• DUE MONDAY MARCH 22, 2010.

Monday March 15, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Worked on our Podcast Projects.
• Watched a video if you hadn't seen it yet. What happened in the video? What can you use from this video for your project?
• REMINDER: Project is due Monday March 22, 2010
• REMINDER: Current Events Last Chance Friday!

Friday March 12, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• 9A & 9H Did Current Events. Last chance for 5%.......
• 9H - walked around the field with a bucket of water. That is not even close to what some people have to walk for their water EVERY day. Was it easy?
• ALL CLASSES Project work on MONDAY - come ready to work.

Thursday March 11, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Worked on our Water for the World Projects. You should have your information collected by Tuesday March 16, 2010. Project due date is Monday March 22. 2010.
• 9D & 9G took notes & watched a video about water.
• Have you submitted your vocabulary yet?

Wednesday March 10, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Reviewed our Water for the World project. If you have any questions please ask.
• Project is due MONDAY MARCH 22, 2010 by 315pm.
• Watched a couple of videos to give us ideas. You can watch the videos again by following the links below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q9WPXz94LE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYfEUSG8AO4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKFyleLuv2Y

• Chose our groups & signed up with them.
• Come prepared to WORK with your group tomorrow!

Tuesday March 9, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Had a little chat about behaviour & expectations.
• Looked at the blog. Some valuable information can be found there.
• Wrote our Environmental Chemistry Unit Final.
• Picked up our Sanitation Project. Be prepared to start this tomorrow.

Monday March 8, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Finished our review. I either checked it today, or will check it tomorrow.
• You have some review questions to finish for tomorrow.
• Vocabulary is due today!
• UNIT FINAL TOMORROW.
• Want some bonus marks? Do p260 #1-10, by tomorrow!
• Check out this link! The answers to your review test are in red! http://www.edquest.ca/pdf/sia93utkey.pdf

Friday March 5, 2010

Today in SCIENCE 9A & 9H:

• Did Current Events. I wasn't too hard on you today because I had not been reminding you as much as I had been. HOWEVER you need to complete at least ONE this term. It is YOUR responsibility to make sure this happens.
• Got a review take home test that is for marks & worked on it. Due Monday.

REMINDER TO ALL CLASSES (9A, 9D, 9G, 9H):

• Review booklet is due on MONDAY
• UNIT FINAL IS TUESDAY

Thursday March 4, 2010

Citizens in Action Day!!

Hope you had fun & learned something new!

Wednesday March 3, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Reviewed PPM & our two quizzes.
• How did you do? Do you need some help before your UNIT FINAL on TUESDAY?
• Worked on our review booklet. It is due on MONDAY.
• Vocabulary duotangs due on MONDAY.
• Tomorrow CIA day! Go to TA at 9am, it is going to be GREAT!
• 9G - disappointing behaviour today. Your test is your own work. We can't help you if you don't do your own work. Communication during tests & quizzes is not permitted, you know this. If you made a mistake, own it & talk to Mr. Barbor.

Tuesday March 2, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Had a homework check.
• Got a paper copy of the passage we read yesterday & taped it in our journals.
• Revised & improved what we wrote in our journals yesterday.
• Did a quiz. We were able to use our textbooks.
• Picked up the Unit Review. Please complete page 1 by tomorrow.
• Moved our unit final to Tuesday March 9th, 2010. USE THIS TIME WISELY!

Monday March 1, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Handed in our graphs from THURSDAY!
• Did not do vocabulary! We have completed vocabulary for this unit.
• NOTE: VOCABULARY DUOTANGS ARE DUE BY MONDAY MARCH 8th, 2010 for grading. Is yours complete?
• Read a passage from "The Sacred Balance" by David Suzuki. The first flood: how did water come to cover our Earth? Think about it, you will be completing your journal entry tomorrow.
• Did the Quick Lab on page 238. WHICH WAY DO THE WINDS BLOW? WHERE DO THE OCEAN CURRENTS CARRY THINGS? These are important things to consider when we are investigating emissions problems.
• Do p247 #1-4, p252 #1-3.
• Picked up our Unit Review.
• Review Test tomorrow.
• Unit Final Wednesday.