Good Job Grade 7s.

Have a great summer!

Tuesday June 15, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

REVIEWED

World Cup Style

Remember you have tutorial on THURSDAY from 12-1pm.

Please come & ask questions.

Study hard & read the questions CAREFULLY grade 7's.

Good Luck & Have a great summer!

Monday June 14, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did REVIEW.
• Wrote in our JOURNALS about everything we learning in each of our five units this year.
• Have you completed the take home questions? Looked at the review package?
• Got our vocabulary duotangs back, they are yours to keep & use to help you study for yout final exam.
• Remember tutorials start this week!

Friday June 11, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Reviewed Geologic Time, Plate Tectonics, & Fossils.
• Planet Earth Review Booklet, do your best, we will take it up on Monday.
• Hey, have you taken out a text book to help you study?
• Got our review packages today: Question booklet & short notes with concept maps.

Thursday June 10, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Returned our textbooks.
• Cleaned up Boot Camp.
• Got some review sheets for sections 3 & 4 of Planet Earth. Say, haven't we talked about this stuff already?
• Tomorrow you will get your review packages.
• Current Events - if you haven't done one, tomorrow is your chance.
• Remember: You can take out your textbooks to help you study!!!
• Has your vocabulary been handed in?

Wednesday June 9, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Finished up Boot Camp! Nice work. We will review what we did tomorrow.
• What should we review?

Tuesday June 8, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Worked on our bootcamp. We have another day. Remember to stay focused at your stations.
• Have you handed in your quiz yet? If I don't have it by tomorrow it is a zero.
• Fossils & geologic timeline left to do & then we're DONE!

Monday June 7, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Handed in our take home quiz. My pile seems to be very very small......why is that?
• Worked on Geologist's Boot Camp. One more day left for this activity.
• Do you know what minerals & rocks you have yet? Do you know how to identify them?

Friday June 4, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Went to boot camp again. Only a couple more days to work on this.
• Got a TAKE HOME QUIZ. DUE MONDAY.
• Current Events: Have it ready, you will get a chance to present next week! Last Chance for the year!
• Now is a good time to think about reviewing some of the concepts we learned this year!

Thursday June 3, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Went to Geologist's Boot Camp!
• How is it going? Are you answering your boot camp questions? Any idea what your unknown specimens are?

Wednesday June 2, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• STARTED BOOT CAMP....YAHOOOOO!
• You got your kits & booklets & were working at your first station.
• You did GREAT today! What have you learned so far during Geologist's Boot Camp?

Tuesday June 1, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Reviewed the ROCK CYCLE.
• Had a homework check on the ROCK CYCLE.
• Looked at some Rocks & Minerals.
• Talked about PROPERTIES used in IDENTIFICATION.
• Looked at our GEOLOGICAL BOOT CAMP BOOKS. Put our NAMES on our BOOKLETS.
• Did questions on p391 #1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9.

Monday May 31, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Reviewed our Questions from Friday. Do you get it? Please ask if you have questions.
• WEATHERING: what is it?
• Defined the words: Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary. What are these classes of?
• Defined ROCK and MINERAL. How are they different?
• Did an activity for HOW the rocks are formed. You can try this on your own at: http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/investigations/es0602/es0602page02.cfm
• HOMEWORK: Draw the ROCK CYCLE. It can be found in your textbook.
• Boot Camp starts WEDNESDAY.

Friday May 28, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Reviewed our questions from yesterday & handed them in with our SCALE drawing of Earth.
• Talked about VOLCANOS! What is a volcano? Magma? Lava? Pompeii?
• Read from the 'blue book" about volcanos and p360 in our textbook about volcanos
• Did p362 #4. Talked about our answers.
• Read p363-366 about WEATHERING. Do p366 #1-5 on the same page you did #4. Due Monday.

Thursday May 27, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Handed in our Planet Earth Title Pages.
• Talked about the STRUCTURE or MODEL of the Earth.
• How many layers does the Earth have? What are they called? What are some characteristics of them?
• Did p356 #3 - to SCALE. Do you remember how we did it? Hint: 1cm=1000km & you have to add the thicknesses of the layers together as you work your way out from the centre.
• Read from the "blue book" about PLATES, PLATE TECTONICS, & EARTHQUAKES.
• What causes an Earthquake?
• Read p358-359 - more specific information about Earthquakes. What is a FOCUS? An EPICENTRE? SEISMIC WAVE?
• Homework: p362 #1, 2, & 3, Due FRIDAY.

Wednesday May 26, 2010

For the last week we:

• Did review for Heat & Temperature. Have NOT handed this in yet.....but we will!
• Had our Unit Final on Heat & Temperature.
• Worked on our title pages for Planet Earth - DUE TOMORROW: THURSDAY MAY 27, 2010.

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did vocabulary #27. This is our last formal vocabulary of the year!
• ALL VOCABULARY IS DUE on MONDAY!

Monday May 17, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Saw which material kept our ice frozen the longest. Why do you think the sawdust won?
• Had our vocabulary checked. You should have this done before Thursday's Final.
• Went over p250 #1-4.
• On p253 - how many ways did you find that the house could be more energy efficient?
• Worked on p256 #2-19. This will be due on THURSDAY when you have your unit final.

Friday May 14, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did Current Events.
• Homework is to finish the vocabulary on the wordsearch you got yesterday!
• Unit Final is NEXT WEEK on THURSDAY.

Thursday May 13, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Had a Homework Check. Did you do yours?
• CURRENT EVENTS TOMORROW. You know the list.
• Reviewed the particle theory of matter and states of matter and changing states of matter.
• Got a worksheet. Have the front side, and one column of vocabulary complete for tomorrow. You had class time to work on this.

Tuesday May 11, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Talked about CONDUCTION of heat. What makes a good conductor?
• Did a little experiment with wax and different types of metals - How good a conductor am I? (Or Burny Burny). Wrote up our findings in our journals. What does: Copper, Aluminium, Brass, Iron, and Stainless Steel, in this order, mean to you?
• Read p233-234, do p236 #1 & 2, p237 #1-5.
• THURSDAY we will see how long we can keep ice from melting!! (p236)

Monday May 10, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did Vocabulary #26.
• Remember you WILL HAVE CURRENT EVENTS ON FRIDAY.
• Your vocabulary duotangs should be complete.
• Did a demonstration with a bimetallic strip - what does this mean?
• We talked about how thermostats work and looked a the insides of one.

Friday May 7, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did Current Events. You are responsible for doing ONE this term. Have you done one yet?
• Natural Sources of Heat - What Are they?
• Do p 232 # 1 & 2.

Thursday May 6, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Reviewed our quiz from yesterday.
• Talked about thermal energy.
• Current Events tomorrow...................the term is ticking away.
• Homework: p228 #1 ONLY.

Wednesday May 5, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did a quiz. How did you do?
• Got a worksheet. What does the article tell you? What type of energy is this?

Tuesday May 4, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Talked about Convection, Conduction, & Radiation.
• Quiz tomorrow, BRING YOUR TEXTBOOK.
• Do p320 #1 & 2.
• You guys were GREAT today while I had to sort some stuff out. Thank you!

Monday May 3, 2010

Last Week Was a Bit Crazy!

Tuesday: Zoo
Wednesday: Assembly with Mitch Dorge. What did you think? What did you learn? Have you gone to his website?
Thursday: Kind of a snow day, but we had school. We talked about our Zoo Field Trip, got ready for our journal entries. Watched Planet Earth Grasslands
Friday: Parent-Student-Teacher Interviews

Reminder: Quiz on WEDNESDAY

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did Vocabulary #25.
• Did our Zoo Journal Entry: 1) What did you learn? 2) What did you enjoy? 3) What animals did you see? 4) Facts about animals 5) What was your FAVOURITE animal? WHY? 6) Anything else you would like to share!
• Do p 207 # 1 & 3

Tuesday April 27, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Went to the ZOO!
• Was it fun? What did you learn?

Monday April 26, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did vocabulary #24.
• Made Name Tags for our Zoo field trip.
• Field trip is TOMORROW. Bring your lunch, wear comfortable shoes, dress for the weather. Meet in the Library at 845am!

ZOO FORMS

YOU NEED TO SEE ME IF YOU HAVE

NOT

HANDED YOUR FORMS IN

Thursday April 22, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Talked about Earth Day & watched two short video clips. What do you think?
• Reviewed our question from yesterday. Do you understand STATES of MATTER? The PARTICLE THEORY OF MATTER?
• What happened with the ball and the ring when we heated the ball? Why?
• Talked about Heat Energy, talked about Temperature. Read p199, 3 points at the top, what are they? What do they mean?
• Homework: p200 questions #1-3. Due MONDAY.

Wednesday April 21, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Edited our short stories & did a good copy in our Journal. If you were not done, you took your Journal home to finish.
• Had a homework check on p185 - give it a try.
• Talked about HEAT ENERGY, KINETIC ENERGY, STATES OF MATTER, & the PARTICLE THEORY OF MATTER. We used water as an example.
• What happens to the particles of water when we add heat?
• Did a couple of smartboard activities to help us visualize particles.
• Homework: Read pages 194 & 196. Do question #3 on page 197.

REMINDER:

ZOO FORMS DUE BY FRIDAY

Tuesday April 20, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Got a new seating plan.
• Reviewed our questions from yesterday. Did you write down the right answer if you got it wrong?
• Talked about the Galilleo thermometer & wrote a journal entry about it: What is it? How does it work? Draw it!
• Short Stories (p182): First Draft was due today. Did you have it done? It needs to be complete by TOMORROW.
• Homework: sia7 p185 give it a try: need or want? Due tomorrow.

REMINDER: ZOO FORMS DUE BY FRIDAY.

Monday April 19, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did Vocabulary #23. Are you doing yours properly? Just because it isn't in the glossary, doesn't mean it isn't there - ALL of the terms are in your textbook somewhere!
• Had a homework check from p189. Did you do it? Did you have it in class with you?
• Started our Short Stories - No More Heat (p182 - give it a try) your outline (ideas) and first (rough) draft are due TOMORROW. You had class time for this, did you use it well?
  

REMINDER:
ZOO FORMS ARE DUE BACK THIS WEEK!
NO FORM, NO ZOO!

Thursday April 15, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Had a homework check. Did you do it?
• Do you know how to format your work properly? Are you ORGANZIED?
• Read p185 & 187, then did questions #1 & 2 on p 187.
• Disucssed ALL of the questions we did. How did you do?
• What is the difference between a NEED & a WANT?
• What do we mean by STANDARD of LIVING?
• We even reviewed a bit of Structures & Forces today. Do you remember how?
• Homework: p189 #2, 3, & 4. DUE MONDAY.
• REMINDER: Zoo Forms are due next week!

Wednesday April 14, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Handed in our title pages.
• Read & Discussed p176-179. What will we be learning about in this unit?
• We also talked about HEAT as ENERGY, what the word TECHNOLOGY means, & some examples of HEAT TECHNOLOGIES.
• Homework: p184 #1 & #2. Due Thursday.

Tuesday April 13, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Got our field trip forms. Due back no later than FRIDAY APRIL 23, 2010. This gives you LOTS of time.
• Worked on our Heat & Temperature title pages. Due TOMORROW.

Monday April 12, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Welcome back! Are you ready to work hard until the end of the year?
• Wrote a Journal Entry about Heat & Temperature: 1 paragraph (5 sentences). What do you think we will learn about in Heat & Temperature? You should have finished this in class & handed it in. You had LOTS of time. Did you include a proper title & the DATE?
• Did Vocabulary #22. REMINDER: this is 5% of your grade & you have LOTS of class time to do a good job.

Wednesday March 24, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Got back our Common Written Assessments. Please look at the written feedback you got, not just the number. This assessment is intended to HELP you develop your writting skills in Science. It is designed to help you improve your observation and analyitical skills. Any questions? Please see me.
• Continued to watch the Movie. What have we seen happen to structures as the temperature changes? What about the force or power of water?
• You have worked very hard this term, have you handed everything in? Please talk to me if you think you are missing assignments.

Tuesday March 23, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Talked about our unit final.
• Started to watch the movie "The Day After Tomorrow". What OBSERVATIONS are we trying to make in this movie? Think: Structures & Forces AND Heat & Temperature!

Monday March 22, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Reviewed for 10 minutes with Mr. Friesen. Went over any last minute questions we had before our unit final.
• Wrote our Structures & Forces Unit Final. Well done grade 7's! Heat & Temperature is next!

Friday March 19, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did Current Events. This was your last chance for term 3 people.
• Worked on some review questions. To review please complete sia7 p342-343 #1-18. You had some class time for this. Format your work properly.
• On MONDAY we will REVIEW for 10 minutes, then you will write your Unit Final.
• Review your review booklet for Monday. The first page has a list of the key concepts, or ideas you should know about Structures & Forces from the work we have done this unit.
• Hang on to your bridges books. I will want to take a look at them, so bring them to class next week.

Thursday March 18, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Finished our backpack designs. Discussed Structural Fatigue & Failure.
• Great ideas for you bags!
• Review is due tomorrow.
• CURRENT EVENTS TOMORROW. Please be prepared if you haven't done one this term.
• Unit Final MONDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wednesday March 17, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Got back our Bridges Booklets. We will have a final review of them & submit them for grading on FRIDAY.
• Worked on our Revew Booklet. It is due tomorrow.
• UNIT FINAL HAS BEEN MOVED TO MONDAY!
• Thursday we will finish our backpack designs & do some group review.
• Friday: Current Events. You should have completed at least ONE this term. Friday is your LAST day to get one done for term 3.
• Field trip to the Zoo: April 27. If your parents would like to volunteer please have them contact the school.

Tuesday March 16, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Wrote a SURPRISE quiz on Sections 3 & 4. We used our textbooks & marked it in class.
• Got yesterday's quiz back. NICE WORK!
• Finish up to page 6 in your review booklet for tomorrow.
• Unit Final THURSDAY.

Monday March 15, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Wrote our quiz on Sections 1 & 2. Nice work 7H!
• Started our Unit Review booklet. Pages 1-3 are due Tuesday.

Friday March 12, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did Current Events - Well done grade 7's.
• Looked at & discussed our "backpack" questions.
• Quiz on MONDAY.

Thursday March 11, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Wrote our Egg Drop Questions & Answers into our journal.
• Read all about roller coasters on p333 & answered the questions in our journals.
• Read the Give it a Try Activity about "Designing a better backpack" & wrote down questions & characteristics we would consider when buying a backpack.
• CURRENT EVENTS TOMORROW! You have known about this for a LOOOONNNNNG time. Hope you're ready if it is your turn!

Wednesday March 10, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Reviewed the questions that are due TOMORROW from our Egg Drop Project.
• Supported our grade 9 drama students by participating in their ghouls & villians production.
• See yesterday's blog for the questions!!

Tuesday March 9, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Finished our Egg Drop Experiment. We have 4 questions to answer for THURSDAY:
  1) Did our egg survive?
  2) Why or why not?
  3) How would you change it for next time?
  4) What parts of our structures & forces unit does this project relate to?
• Good Work 7H! We are almost done our structures & forces unit.

Monday March 8, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Looked at a Current Event about an ice storm on the East Coast. How is this related to structures & forces?
• Finished Current Events. Nice work people.
• Finished working on our Egg Drop Contraption. Does yours meet the criteria?
• Egg Drop tomorrow!!

Friday March 5, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did Current Events. Remember it is your responsibility to complete your work & submit it on time. This includes bringing it to class with you.
• Reminder: We are working on our Egg Drop Projects on Monday - come prepared with your materials!

Thursday March 4, 2010

Citizens in Action Day!!

Hope you had a great day & learned something new!

Wednesday March 3, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Worked on our Egg Drop Plans & Contraptions.
• Have you weighed yours to make sure it is under the weight limit?
• Have you measured yours to make sure it is less than the size limit?
• How will secure your egg in the contraption.
• Drop day is TUESDAY. You have the rubric, you know what needs to be done.
• Vocabulary duotangs are due on MONDAY.
• Current Events on FRIDAY. You have been reminded everyday for the last week. If it is your turn please be ready.
• CIA DAY TOMORROW!!!! Go to TA at 9am, it is going to be GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!

Tuesday March 2, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Finished our Tallest Towers.
• Tested our tower. How did yours do?
• In our journal we drew our tower & answered the following questions: 1) Why did your tower work? 2) Why did it fail? 3) What are the differenes between the three components that you used? 4) What wyould you change for next time? 5) Using your tower as an example, describe the terms: structural stress, deformation, fatiuge, & failure.
• Got the Egg Drop Project.
• HOMEWORK: Come prepared to start building tomorrow. Go through your recycling at home, see what you have that might work for your structure.
• D-Day is MONDAY!

Monday March 1, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did not do vocabulary today! We have completed vocabulary for this unit. You can expect another quiz this week.
• Vocabulary duotangs are due by MONDAY MARCH 8th, 2010 for grading this term. Is yours complete?
• Re-read the tallest tower on pgs 304-305.
• In our Journals, we made a design to help our group build a tall tower.
• Got toothpicks, 31 mini-marshmallows, & 12 jujubes to build our towers. You could have up to 5 extra of each if you could show excatly why you needed them and how they would benefit your tower. This makes you "over budget"
• Why are we trying to build the tallest tower?
• Talked about our EGG DROP project. You will be dropping next MONDAY!
• Current Events on FRIDAY. Schedule is on the Bulletin Board.

Thursday February 25, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Talked about our reading. What are the THREE types of Structural Components?
• Did questions #1 & 2 on p306 as a class. Good work.
• Talked about the Egg Drop Project. You will need to bring in your own materials next week for this activity.
• Read the "tallest tower" activity as a table group. What changes are we making to this challenge? How many minutes will you have to build?
• Started questions #106 on p307. They will be due on MONDAY.
• Current Events Schedule for this term is on the bulletin board, check so you know when your turn is!

Wednesday February 24, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did a vocabulary quiz!
• Marked it, how did it go?
• Read as a class p301 and did the activity with straws to show the strongest shape.
• What is the strongest shape? Why? What did you observe?
• HOMEWORK: finish writing up your observations of the straw activity & Read p302-303.

Tuesday February 23, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Handed in our homework from yesterday.
• Talked about FORCES & Variables.
• Did the Stressed Out Marshmallow Lab. How did you do?
• If you didn't get it finished during class today, the lab is now homework.
• HOMEWORK: Read & Understand sia7 p300-303.
• Vocabulary Quiz TOMORROW!

Monday February 22, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did Vocabulary #21. It should be complete & in your duotangs.
• Did sia7 p299 #1 & 2. Is your work formatted properly? You had class time to finish this.
• Studied for our Vocabulary quiz that will be on WEDNESDAY!

Thursday February 18, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Talked about centre of gravity. What examples did we use?
• Reviewed our Centre of Gravity worksheet. Do you understand this concept?
• Did a centre of gravity activity. What object did you find? Where was its centre of gravity?
• Where is YOUR centre of gravity?
• Where is your textbook's centre of gravity?
• We did the Give it a try activity on p295. Which tripod did your group choose? Why?
• HOMEWORK: READ & UNDERSTAND p296-298. Can you define the forces?

Wednesday February 17, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Finished our last bridges presentation.
• Did a worksheet about bridges & marked it. How did you do?
• Took apart our K'nex bridges, counted the pieces to make SURE we had enough, & put them away NEATLY!
• Looked at the EGGS from last week. What happened? What did the shell look like? The insides? What was the difference between the food coloured egg & the egg in vinegar?
• Centre of Gravity (c.o.g.) question is for homework. Look on the BACK of the bridges worksheet, READ the information, look at the diagrams, do you understand the concept? EXPLAIN your answer in YOUR OWN words.

If you want to purchase the "KEYS" to help you study for exams, the forms that were in with your report card, & money are due back to Ms. LUNMAN by FRIDAY!

Tuesday February 16, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Handed in our Homework from last Wednesday.
• Worked on Vocabulary #20.
• Finished our Bridges Presentations.

Wednesday February 10, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Discussed appropriate behaviour for presentations. Do you remember what we said?
• Presented our Bridges to the class. Well done. We will finish our presentations on TUESDAY.
• Homework: sia9 p295 #1-4. REMEMBER to FORMAT your work PROPERLY! Due Tuesday.
• Put an egg in vinegar, what do you think will happen? Put an egg in green food colouring, what do you think will happen? What PROCESSES are these? How will these affect the STRUCTURE of the egg shell? How will these affect the MATERIAL the egg shell is made with?

Tuesday February 9, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Finished building our K'nex bridges. Overall, I have some concerns about how you worked as groups, and your respect for the equipment and each other. What do you think they may be?
• Got our Bridges Field Trip booklets back to help us write our PRESENTATIONS about the bridges we just built.
• Read sia7 p288-291. Use this information to help you with your PRESENTATION.
• Worked on our Bridge PRESENTATION we will do them tomorrow.
• What type of behaviour is expected during presentations? Think about this.
• REVIEW!

Monday February 8, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did Vocabulary #19.
• Was your name on the Whiteboard? Do you have something to hand in?
• REVIEW! What have we done in Structures & Forces so far? Do you understand it?

Thursday February 4, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Finshed our CWA! Looks good!
• No homework this weekend, but you may want to use this opportunity to get caught up & review what we have done in this unit so far. A good independent learner would do some REVIEW!
• Parent-Student-Teacher Interviews 430-730pm TONIGHT & 9am-130pm TOMORROW.
• No school tomorrow. Enjoy your long weekend!

Wednesday February 2, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Talked about our CWA. Nice work so far!
• Reviewed FORCES. What 3 factors affect them?
• Worked on building our K'nex bridges. What kind of bridge are you building? What do you notice about it?
• Bring paper, pencil, eraser, dictionary & your vocabulary duotang!!!

Tuesday February 2, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Worked on our Common Written Assessment.
• We read through the test, made notes in the booklet, did the planning.
• Do you understand the questions? The readings?
• Did you use the graphic organizer?
• Did you underline or highlight the vocabulary you were unsure of?
• What is YOUR opinion? Can you SUPPORT it? Use the readings we reviewed today, your experience on the field trip, your textbook, & any other research you choose to do between now & Thursday.
• You did good work today. Don't forget to bring your sheet of notes with you on Thursday to write your response to the question!

Monday February 1, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did vocabulary #18 - Remember you can use your duotang for your common written assessement.
• Watched part of Planet Earth: Caves. What STRUCTURES & MATERIALS did we see?
• Tomorrow: Common Written Assessment. Bring paper, pencil, eraser, & a dictionary if you have one.

Thursday January 28, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Read sia7 p287-289: Symmetry & Load. What do those words mean?
• Did part two of our experiment. When we changed the way the eggs were sitting, we were able to stack 10 more books on top! Why?
• Why did we need to know what type of textbook we were using and how many?
• What could we do to help support our results?
• Wrote a journal entry about our experiment and HANDED IT IN.
• When Ms. Wilson broke an egg with her bare hands, which direction broke quicker?
• MAGNITUDE, DIRECTION, & LOCATION, Oh My! All affect FORCE.

Wednesday January 27, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Talked about our COMMON WRITTEN ASSESSMENT. It will take place on TUESDAY Febraury 2nd: The reading & planning stage, and THURSDAY February 4th: The writing & editing stage. You do not need to study for this. Please do your BEST!
• Reviewed our homework: p284 #3. Do you know how to calculate this? Remember ratios?
• What is a NEWTON?
• Reviewed 3 things we know about FORCE: 1) Direction, 2) Location, 3) Magnitude. Can you explain them?
• We stacked textbooks on top of eggs. WHY on Earth would we do this? What was your Hypothesis? What was the result? What will we try tomorrow?
• HOMEWORK: Read sia7 p285-286. What is centre of gravity?

Tuesday January 26, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Handed in our Homework: sia7ayl p279 #1-4.
• Did our self-evaluations for term 2. Were you honest? They are meant to help you be more successful in term 3!
• Talked about measuring FORCE. What do the terms MAGNITUDE, DIRECTION, & LOCATION mean? How can you apply them? What examples did we do in class?
• What are FRICTION & GRAVITY?
• What is a NEWTON? We looked at spring scales today, what units of measure to they have? What might we use them for?
• HOMEWORK: p284 #3, Due WEDNESDAY.

Monday January 25, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did Vocabulary #17.
• Hey, some of these words look familiar! Maybe we did them before?
• Reminder: Tomorrow you will hand in p279.

Friday January 22, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did Current Events. Be prepared.
• Looked at p277 figure 1.4 - why are homes in different parts of the world constructed in different ways?
• Homework: p279, ayl #1-4. You had class time to work on this. It is due on TUESDAY.

Thursday January 21, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Reviewed our homework from yesterday. Enough with the excuses. Come to class prepared with everything. You had class time to work on your questions. You had maybe 5-15 minutes of homework, you could have completed this after school before you went home.
• In groups, we discussed the give it a try activity on p278. This is now homework for you to do on your own.
• REMINDER: CURRENT EVENTS TOMORROW!

Wednesday January 20, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Listed 10 structures we found aesthetically pleasing and stated why. Did you all have the same answers?
• Reviewed our DESK DESIGNS as a group. Then came up with the ultimate design. We will present these tomorrow.
• Started working on sia7 p275 #1, 2, & 4. Due Thursday.
• REMINDER: Current Events Friday.

Tuesday January 19, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Talked about our vocabulary duotangs. Where are some of yours? You ALL had one at the begining of the year and they are supposed to remain in the classroom.
• Got some work back. Was your NAME on all of your work?
• Did vocabulary #16. Did you do it properly?
• Bring your DESK desgin with you tomorrow.
• Read about AESTHETICS on p275. We will talk about it tomorrow.

Thursday January 14, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did Current Events!!!!!! YAY 7H, great job!
• Homework: Read sia7 p275 about aesthetics. We will discuss this on Tuesday.
• Bring your desk designs on Tuesday.
• What does the word VARIATION mean?
• NO SCHOOL ON MONDAY!

Wednesday January 13, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Tried to go outside and build a Quinzhee for structures & forces. Why didn't we?
• Reviewed what a structure is.
• Read about FUNCTIONS of STRUCTURES. SIA7 p269-273.
• P271 - design your perfect desk. What is essential (does a desk have to have), and what is optional (nice but not necessary). DUE THURSDAY.
• CURRENT EVENTS tomorrow.

Tuesday January 12, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Talked about our structures & forces unit.
• What is a structure?
• Can you name the 3 basic stucture types? Make your hands demonstrate those types.
• Talked about an INUKSHUIT. What is it? Who Builds it? What is it used for?
• What is a "portable dwelling"?
• How were we able to support a waterbottle on our paper bridge?
• Homework: sia7 p268 #1 & 3.
• What is a QUINZHEE?
• CURRENT EVENTS THURSDAY!!!! If you need help please see me.

Monday January 11, 2010

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Handed in our Structures & Forces title pages.
• Did vocabulary #15 - we chose the words together!
• Talked about current events. You will get the chance to make them up on THURSDAY if you haven't done one now is your chance.

Thursday January 7, 2010

Welcome Back! Hope you had a great break!

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Talked about our unit final. Nice work on Plants for Food & Fibre.
• Next unit is Structures & Forces (see the poll to the right).
• Worked on our title pages. DUE MONDAY!!!!