Thursday December 17, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Wrote our Plants for Food & Fibre Unit Final.
• Way to go grade 7's! You worked hard, well done!
• No homework over the break.
• Reminder: You need to have completed 2 (two) Current Events BEFORE the end of January.
• We will start our next unit in the new year. What will it be? Heat & Temperature? Structures & Forces? Cast your vote on the blog!

Have a GREAT break!

Wednesday December 16, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Worked on our unit review...questions? See me.
• Watched Planet Earth: Mountains. Hmmmm what kind of plants grow there?
• ALMOST THERE 7H!

Tuesday December 15, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Got our unit review booklet.
• Worked on our unit review booklet. Nice job 7H.
• Review Booklet is due on THURSDAY!!
• UNIT FINAL IS THURSDAY.
• Yesterday you had a discussion with Mr. Mang about climate change & did a journal entry. Is your journal entry complete?

Thursday December 10, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• UNIT FINAL will be on THURSDAY DECEMBER 17, 2009.
• Talked about our review.
• Handed in p172 #1-17. You had several days to complete this assignment, are you done?
• Finished watching Six Degrees that could Change the World. Be prepared to do a journal entry on MONDAY.
• REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW

Wednesday December 9, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Continued to watch Six Degrees That Could Change the World. What connections can you make to our Plants for Food & Fibre Unit? Our Interactions & Ecosystems Unit?
• Remember that Questions #1-17 on p172 are due TOMORROW.

Tuesday December 8, 2009

Yesterday in SCIENCE we:

• Made sure our vocabulary duotangs were up to date, neat, & complete.
• Handed in our Journal Summaries.
• Worked on our LIMA BEAN LAB REPORTS. They are due on TUESDAY. You have had lots of time to complete this assignment. If you have questions, please see me.
• Worked on our UNIT REVIEW SUMMARY: p172 #1-17. Due THURSDAY. FORMAT your work neatly, & properly. Organize it and include all of the information you need, for example the questions.

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Handed in our LIMA BEAN REPORTS.
• Talked about how to behave when a sub is in the room.
• Did not have a quiz today. But we will. Soon. Wednesday sounds like a good day.
• Watched part of Six Degrees that Could Change the World. How is this related to our Interactions & Ecosystems and Plants for Food & Fibre Units?

Thursday December 3, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Talked about our LIMA BEAN write up. Reminder: it is due on TUESDAY.
• Showed Ms. Wilson our Homework. Did you get full marks? You had class time, if you need help ASK!
• Worked in our Journals; we summarized the FOUR sections in UNIT B: Plants for Food & Fibre. You had lots of class time to work on it, and we reviewed it on the board. Your summary is due in your duotang on MONDAY.
• Have a nice weekend!

Wednesday December 2, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Talked about fertilizer.
• Did a decision making activity: p146 Organic or Chemical Fertilizer, what would you choose & WHY?
• Did a give it a try activity: p151 How are they changing the environment & growing conditions?
• Did another give it a try activity: p156 How is the Wild Rose Different from the other roses in the figure?
• You guys did great today!

Tuesday December 1, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Made observations about our beans & recorded them in our chart.
• Made observations about our classmates' beans & recorded them on the back of our chart.
• Reivewed our Lima Bean Experiment Sheet.
• What did you learn about how plants grow? We talked about this today.
• Started our ROUGH draft. It is due on THURSDAY.
• Your final, edited, good copy is due on TUESDAY December 8, 2009.

Monday November 30, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Got a new seating plan. This plan is stragetic & designed to help you maximize your learning.
• Reviewed classroom expectations. They are simple & fair. For everyone to enjoy their classroom experience you should be meeting the expectations outlined in class.
• CHOSE the words for Vocabulary #14 as a class. Had time to work on it. How did you do?
• Tomorrow we will look at our BEANS!! How is yours doing?

Friday November 13, 2009

WHERE HAS THE BLOG BEEN?

Sorry Grade 7's, I've been sick, so here is a summary for the last couple of weeks:

Plants for Food & Fibre:

• Did Vocabulary #10 & #11. See the lists on the side.
• Talked about ADAPTATIONS. Do you understand them?
• Did p120 #1-4 - Adaptations
• Learned about GROWING CONDTIONS. Do you know what they are?
• Read & Understood p121-124. Did p124 #1-4. - Growing Conditions
• Did a journal entry based on our BRIDGES FIELD TRIP. Remind me, we will paste these into our journals on MONDAY.
• Did the ASSESS YOUR LEARNING p125 #1-6. Understanding Structures & Life Processes of Plants helps us to Interpret their needs.
• Have you formatted your work properly?
• We have checked our Lima Beans every day. Based on observations of your bean, and your classmate's, do they need soil to grow?
• Planted our Lima Beans in Soil. Why do we need to do this now?
• Have you handed in your title page.
• Had a Vocabulary Quiz. How did you do?
• Had a Section 1.0 Quiz. How did you do?
• Read p126-127, Did p129 #1-3. What do plants do in our environment?
• Read p130-132, Did p132 #1-4. How do we use plants?
• Read p133-136, did p136 #1-3. How do we manage our plant resources?
• CURRENT EVENTS. Did you get your 5%?

HANDED IN:

• p120 #1-4
• P124 #1-4
• P125 #1-6

Friday October 30, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did Current Events. NICE WORK.....those of you who were prepared.
• Made & recorded observations about our beans. How is yours doing?
• READ p121-124.
• If you want to work ahead you can do questions #1-4 on p120. You have already done the reading for this section.

Happy Halloween!

Thursday October 29, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Went on our bridges field trip.
• It was COLD. You guys did GREAT. Will you listen next time about dressing properly?
• You will get your brigdges booklet back when we do the structures & forces unit.
• Nice work, hope you had fun & learned alot!

Wednesday October 28, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Made observations on our beans! What happened?
• What happened to our raisins? What processes are they?
• What happened to our celery in coloured water? What process is that?
• We put a bag over our spider plant today, what process do we hope to see?
• We dropped potassium permangenate crystals in water today, what process did we observe? What colour?
• We did one more activity, do you remember what it was? What did we "make"?
• Had a homework check. How did you do?
• Read about plant ADAPTATIONS! We will learn more about this next week.
• REMINDER: Current Events on FRIDAY. Are you ready to roll?
• Field trip tomorrow! DRESS WARM, BRING YOUR LUNCH, BRING 1L OF WATER, BRING A PENCIL & SOMETHING TO WRITE ON, BRING A BACK PACK TO HOLD YOUR STUFF!!
• Meet in the back of the library at 855am. Go to the bathroom first!

Tuesday October 27, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Looked at & fixed up our lima beans. Wrote down our observations.
• Handed in field trip forms.
• Read p102-103 together. Talked about plant processes.
• Do you know what: transpiration, capillary action, diffusion, & osmosis are? What were the activities we did in class today to demonstrate them? TELL SOMEBODY ABOUT THEM!
• What are TWO process that make food? Which one needs SUNSHINE? Where in the leaf does it take place? The special organelle....what is it called.
• Read p104, 106 & 107
• Homework: p107 #1-4. Don't forget to included your name, date, class, a proper title (Check & Reflect p107 #1-4), and WRITE DOWN THE QUESTION!
• We will have a homework check tomorrow: p115 #1-5 (it was assigned last Thursday & should be DONE) & p107

Monday October 26, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Handed in our Field Trip Forms.
• Did vocabulary #9.
• Observed our Lima Beans. What is going on? Changed the paper and the water. What was growing on the paper?
• Wrote down our observations on our "Lima Bean Observation" Sheet.
• RED lab safety contracts. Have you handed yours in?
• Talked about field trip expectations. Got a BLUE hand out that YOU and your parent must review and sign. I need to see these before Thursday.
• Had a textbook number check. You should be bringing your science textbook with you to EVERY class.
• PLEASE THINK ABOUT YOUR BEANS!!! WHAT IS HAPPENING?

Friday October 23, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did Current Events. NICE WORK. Those of you who came prepared did a great job.
• Looked at our beans and wrote down some observations on our chart. What is your bean doing? They have been watered and are covered with plastic wrap for the weekend.

TEXTBOOKS - Please Bring Them on MONDAY.

We will check the numbers for sure this time.

FIELD TRIP FORMS MUST BE HANDED IN ON MONDAY. PLEASE DO THIS!

Thursday October 22, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Handed in our Field Trip Forms.
• "Planted" our Lima Beans! Can't wait until they grow! Will they grow?
• Had a homwork check p101 #1-4. Did you do your work?
• Handed in our Plants for Food & Fibre Title Pages.
• Read sia7 p109-115 - you should have finished this in class.
• Did the check & reflect: 115 #1-5 you had time to work on this in class. If you're not finished, that is your homework.
• You watched a movie in LA, how does that relate to Interactions & Ecosystems?
• Current Events Tomorrow! BE PREPARED!!!!!!!!!!!
• Great Class today 7H!

BRING YOUR TEXTBOOKS TO CLASS!

We will do a Book Check!

Wednesday October 21, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Worked on our title pages.
• Handed in our vocabulary.
• Read & Understand p98-101.
• Talked about the parts of a seed plant & what they do. Can you list them?
• Did Questions, p101 #1-4.
• Handed in our Field Trip Forms.
• Started our LIMA BEAN EXPERIMENT! Got 2 sheets, one that describes what we are doing, the other to record our observations.
• Recorded our first observations of our lima bean.
• What will we do for our experiment tomorrow?
• HOMEWORK: Finish your title page, reading, questions. READ & UNDERSTAND #5 on your Lima Bean Experiment Worksheet.

Tuesday October 20, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Got field trip forms! Please have them back by MONDAY OCTOBER 27th.
• Did you hand in your vocabulary?
• Talked about curent events. Is it your turn on Friday?
• Introduction to Plants for Food & Fibre. WHY do we NEED plants?
• As a class we Read p. 94-95 & talked about the situation. Could you survive?
• Title page due on THURSDAY. Please complete it on the back of the rubric.

Monday October 19, 2009

WELCOME BACK!!!

Hope you had a restful break.

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did vocabulary #8. This is the last vocabulary for term 1. Are you up to date?
• Got our marks for our unit finals. Well done. If you have questions please come & see me.
• We will start our next unit: Plants for Food & Fibre, please start to think about your title page.
• Have you checked the current events schedule? FRIDAY!!!! It could be your day. Please check & get prepared!

Thursday October 8, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Reviewed our posters quickly before our test.
• Did our UNIT FINAL! WOO HOO one unit down, four to go.
• If you have not handed some assignments, fall break is your opportunity to work on them.

HAVE A FUN, SAFE, RELAXING FALL BREAK!

Wednesday October 7, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Finished presenting our paragraphs. What did you learn?
• Unit final Tomorrow. What can you do to study?
• Did a mind map/concept map for the vocabulary words found on p89 question #1. We included definitions and examples. DID YOU KNOW THESE WERE ALL WORDS YOU DID FOR VOCABULARY? HAVE YOU COMPLETED YOUR VOCABULARY?
• Review the unit. What do you remember? Know? Understand?

Tuesday October 6, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did questions #1-4 on p82. We reviewed these questions together, do you understand them?
• Did not finish presenting our paragraphs. We will do this tomorrow.
• Homework: Read & Understand sia7 p85. This is a UNIT REVIEW. Your UNIT TEST is on THURSDAY. Do questions #2, 3, & 4 on p89. FORMAT YOUR WORK PROPERLY.

Monday October 5, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did Vocabulary #7.
• Got some work back. MAKE SURE YOU NAME IS ON YOUR WORK.
• Handed in our homework from the weekend.
• Started to present our paragraphs. We will finish tomorrow.
• REVIEW our unit Interactions & Ecosystems. Unit Final on Thursday.

Thursday October 1, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• We did the Crossing the Boarder activity on p70 with a group. Are your paragraphs finished? You will be presenting yours on MONDAY.
• Had a homework check. What do you need to do to get full marks?
• Went over our homework questions. Do you understand #3? Is it a good thing for these types of chemicals to be in the food we eat? Why is it a bad thing? Do you understand how to do #6 correctly? IT IS NOT MULTIPLE CHOICE. PLEASE READ THE QUESTIONS CAREFULLY.
• Homework: Read & Understand sia7 p78, 79, & 82. DO: The decision making activity on pgs 80 & 81. Both are DUE MONDAY.

Wednesday September 30, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Welcomed our guest.
• Discussed the KEY CONCEPTS for section 4.0 as a class: Endangered Species, Environmental Monitoring, Environmental Impacts, Extinction, & Environmental Management.
• READ as a class & dicussed sia7 p66-71.
• Started questions on sia7 p71 #1, 2, 3, & 6. They are for HOMEWORK! DUE TOMORROW.
• UNIT FINAL NEXT THURSDAY OCTOBER 8th, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

Monday September 28, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did Vocabulary #6. Are you writing sentences?
• Handed in our homework. If you are not done you will be staying after school to finish it. What would happen if a species disappeared?
• HOMEWORK: Read sia7 p66-71.
• You will have a QUIZ TOMORROW on sections 1 & 2!!!

Friday September 25, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Looked at the rest of our field trip pictures & reviewed what we did.
• Watched a Bill Nye the Science Guy Video about food webs. What did you learn? Did it help you finish your worksheet?
• Homework: Give it a Try Activity on p39. At LEAST ONE PARAGRAPH!!!

Thursday September 24, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Talked about the "prescribed burn" at Mt. Nestor near Canmore.
• What do you know about succession? How does this relate to the prescribed burn?
• Was this burn close to where we went hiking the other day?
• We read sia7 p62-63 as a class, what is a pioneer species? What is succession? Primary succession? Secondary succession? Climax community?
• Did sia7 p64 #1-6. You had time to finish this in class. Are you done?

WHAT DID THE ALGAE SAY TO THE FUNGUS??

Tuesday September 23, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Wrote a journal entry about our field trip. What did you see, do, & learn?
• Talked about our field trip.
• Went over our field trip pictures.
• How great was it to be learning outside all day?!

Tuesday September 22, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Went on a field trip. What did you learn about the Yamnuska area?
• Tonight I would like you to think about what you can do to be more respectful to others, especially someone who is trying to instruct you about interesting things that we will use in the classroom for the rest of the year. What can you do to help your classmates be more respectful?

Monday September 21, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did Vocabulary #5. Are you doing these correctly? Will you get full marks for your vocabulary?
• Talked about our field trip. You need to bring:

Water AT LEAST 1L

Lunch

Snack

Jacket

backpack

sturdy footwear

mittens

hat

Rain gear

Sun Screen

MEET IN THE BACK OF THE LIBRARY AT 845am.

• Got an assignment about the types of BIOTIC things we will see on our trip.
• Your assignment is due on WEDNESDAY!

What did the Algae say to the Fungus?

I've taken a LICHEN to ya!

Friday September 18. 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• HANDED IN OUR FIELD TRIP FORMS.
• For those of you that have not handed in your forms, you have until MONDAY. No form, no field trip.
• Did a current event. What was it about? How do we do current events? Why do we do current events?
• Use the following link to access the story we reviewed, or refer to your handout from class:
• http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/01/f-forbes-deadly-volcanoes.html
• HOMEWORK: Using the handout you were given, write TWO paragraphs that summarize your current event & give your opinion as a GLOBAL CITIZEN.
• You WILL hand in yesterday's homework on MONDAY. I just forgot today. Sorry!

Thursday September 17, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• HANDED IN OUR FIELD TRIP FORMS. TOMORROW IS YOUR DEADLINE. PLEASE REMEMBER THEM!!
• Talked about the movie Garbage. Handed in our worksheets about the movie.
• Reviewed a powerpoint about plastic bags. What did you learn?
• Went over our questions: p25 #1-5. They are due tomorrow. How should you format your homework?
• Remember to hand in your RED lab safety contracts!
• Is Vocabulary #4 complete & in your duotang?
• HOMEWORK: finish p25 #1-5.

Wednesday September 16, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• HANDED IN OUR FIELD TRIP FORMS!!! YOU NEED TO GET YOURS IN.
• Remember you will have your pictures taken on MONDAY.
• Your field trip is on TUESDAY.
• Finished watching GARBAGE!
• Worked on our GARBAGE worksheet.
• Your Garbage worksheet is for homework!

Tuesday September 15, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Handed in our vocabulary to our duotangs....are you done?
• Got our FIELD TRIP FORMS for next week!!! They are due on FRIDAY!
• Reviewed what happened in our movie Garbage.
• Continued our movie. It is almost done. What have you learned so far? What do you think about it?

Monday September 14, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did vocabulary #4. Are you done? Is it in your duotang?
• Handed in our community worksheets.
• Talked about Adaptation.
• What is GARBAGE? Started watching the movie Garbage. There will be a worksheet.

YOU WILL HAVE A FIELD TRIP NEXT WEEK!!

Tuesday September 22, 2009 - hiking for interactions & ecosystems.

PERMISSION FORMS ARE DUE BACK ON FRIDAY!!

Friday September 11, 2009

How was your day with Mr. Kinjo?

Today in SCIENCE you:

• Made sure vocabulary #3 was in your vocabulary duotang!
• Reviewed your homework: how did you do on the questions?
• Did the give it a try activity on page 20 of your textbook. Did you REALLY give it a try? Sounds like you sat there & waited for someone to DO it FOR you. Next time, REALLY give it a try, you have nothing to lose. Really really.
• HOMEWORK: Your community worksheet is for homework. If you have any questions email me (I will check my email Saturday Morning at 10am & Sunday Morning at 7am), OR see me BEFORE class on Monday.
• Review what we have learned about interactions & ecosystems so far!

Thursday September 10, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Reviewed biotic & abitotic.
• Watched a short video clip that talked about some different types of ecosystems & interactions.
• Got our lab safety quizzes back! How did you do? If you have questions please see me!
• Talked about adaptations. Read sia7 p19 as a class.
• Do sia7 p19 #1-3. How do you format your assignment properly?

Wednesday September 9, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Gave our examples of commensalism, parasitism, & mutualism - what types of relationships are they?
• Talked about basic needs. What are the FIVE (5) basic needs for humans?
• What is the difference between biotic & abiotic?
• Read Buried Alive together & wrote a journal entry about it.
• Don't forget to put your VOCABULARY in your DUOTANG!

Tuesday September 8, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Handed in our title pages - nice work!
• Worked on Vocabulary #3. Are vocabulary #1 & 2 in your duotangs?
• Talked about BASIC NEEDS. What are our basic needs?
• What is symbiosis? What are the 3 kinds of symbiotic relationships we talked about?
• Read sia7 p16 & 17 TOGETHER.
• HOMEWORK: ONE (1) example of MUTUALISM, ONE (1) example of PARASITISM, ONE (1) example of COMMENSALISM. YOUR OWN EXAMPLES!
• HOMEWORK: READ, UNDERSTAND & THINK ABOUT sia7 p14.

Thursday September 3, 2009

Today in SCIENCE you:

• Finished working on our title pages.
• Handed in COMPLETED vocabulary #1 & 2 to our duotangs.
• Title pages due TUESDAY!!!
• Have a good long weekend.

Wednesday September 2, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Continued working on our title pages. They are due on FRIDAY.
• Vocabulary #2 is due in your duotang on FRIDAY.
• Talked about the difference between an INFERENCE & an OBSERVATION. Do you remember what it is?
• Complete the front side of your inference and observation worksheet for FRIDAY.

Tuesday September 1, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Wrote our Lab Safety Quiz. How did that go?
• Started working on our Interactions & Ecosystems Title Page. Make sure you follow the rubric. Do your title page on the BACK of the rubric you received.

Monday August 31, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did vocabulary #2.
• Talked about our assignment from THURSDAY & Handed it in.
• Lab Safety Quiz on TUESDAY.

Thursday August 27, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Looked at some websites for current events. Do you remember what they were?
• Reviewd the words we discussed yesterday. Can you remember what they were?
• Went outside and identified organisims on our list & answered our questions.
• Homework: Describe two species/organisims not on our handout.

Wednesday August 26, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Talked about ecosystems, interactions, organisims, diversity.
• Went outside to observe our school yard ecosystem.
• Helped Mrs. Hill & our school by cleaning up our school yard. It shows pride in our school & community.
• We will continue our activity tomorrow.
• Have you completed your vocabulary? You should work on it at the begining of class.
• Please Remember Rule #1 - when your teacher is talking, you are not.

Tuesday August 25, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did some work on SAFETY. Watched a safety video, did a worksheet.
• Got our textbooks. PUT YOUR NAME ON THEM WITH TAPE!!!! You are responsible for them.

Monday August 24, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Handed in our Safety Posters. Nice work!
• Did an activity. What did you learn?
• Started our vocabulary duotangs: You have 5 terms to complete.
• Talked about safety, variables, hypotheses.

Friday August 21, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Talked about current events. What examples did we use?
• Reviewed our lab safety rules.
• Went over the lab safety poster in the classroom.
• Started work on a lab safety title page. Remember to include: pictures, information with correct spelling & grammar, colour, a border, your name, class, & the date. Due MONDAY.
• Orange forms & 50 cents are now due.

Thursday August 20, 2009

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Handed in the last page of our ORANGE course outlines signed!
• Made name tags.
• Got our journals & made our first journal entry: What do you already know or think about each of the units we will be studying in Science this year?
• Homework: Brainstorm 5 safe things to do in the Science Lab.
• Did you bring your 50 cents for your journal & vocabulary duotang? Please bring this tomorrow!

WELCOME 7H

Welcome to Grade 7 SCIENCE!

• This is your homework blog, copy this website down. It is also available in your COURSE OUTLINE!
• Please check this site on a regular basis.
• You will find helpful links and reminders about what we have been doing in class.
• You should also get yourself an AGENDA to help you stay organized!