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May 22 - Students discussed some of the challenges of going to Mars and some of the Companies working on the solutions. See Mars one, SpaceX, Nasa.

May 18 - Students watched the film Mars Rising

May 17 - Students looked at some ancient folk tales associated with constellations, before attempting to compose their own. The final product will be due Tuesday following the long weekend. Even if you were at track today...



May 16 - Students expanding their understanding of yesterday's modeling activity by adjusting their size calculations.

May 15 - Students created their Solar System Models today. If you were absent for the activity, Please submit all your calculations and your crossword puzzle for assessment.

May 14 - Students learner about the life cycle of a star.

May 11 - Students reviewed their Electricity Exams, discusses The TESS and James Web Telescopes and then prepared for the Solar System Model Project that we will be completing on Monday. Refer to May 1 for details on the project.

May 10 - Students learned about Solar and Lunar Eclipses

May 9 - Students watch a video on the Hubble space Telescope.



May 8 - Students learned about the phases of the moon. Be able to identify them for the exam.

May 7 - Students learned about the effect that the Earth's tilt has on its seasons. For the exam, you'll need to know why different parts of the planet have seasons and how solstices and equinoxes fit into this model. Visit here for more details. or here.

May 4 - Students watched the film Wonders of the Solar System.



May 3 - Students watched a film about why Pluto is no longer classified as a planet.

Also see here for the final two answers

May 2 - Students learned about the history behind the Geocentric and Heliocentric models of the solar system. For the exam, know details about the contributions of Aristotle, Ptolemy, Copernicus, Galileo and Kepler

May 1 - Students were asked to calculate the sizes and distances of the planets using the following formulas. Once they've figured out how large the planets are, they will find object of that size and bring them to class to create a Solar System Model. The model will likely be build on Friday or Monday

Use the following formulas to complete your calculations
 * Planet || Planet Diameter (km) || Model Size || Km from the Sun || Meters in Model ||
 * Sun || 1,392,000 || 66 cm || - ||  ||
 * Mercury || 4,878 || ? || 57,000,000 || ? ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Venus || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12,102 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">? || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">107,000,000 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">? ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Earth || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12,756 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">? || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">150,000,000 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">? ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mars || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">6,794 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">? || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">229,000,000 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">? ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Jupiter || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">142,984 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">? || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">777,000,000 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">? ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Saturn || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">120,536 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">? || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">1,429,000,000 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">? ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Uranus || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">51,118 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">? || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">2,871,000,000 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">? ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Neptune || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">49,528 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">? || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">4,496,000,000 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">? ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Pluto || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">2,390 ||  || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">5,906,380,000 ||   ||

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Planet Size:

__<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">(66 cm)x(Planet Diameter (km)) __<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> / <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">1,392,000 km <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">= My planet will be __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">cm across in my model __

__<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Planet Distance: __

__<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(Km from the sun) / 100,000,000 __<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">= __<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> My planet will be __<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">_ meters away from the sun in my model

Apr 30 - Today students began the Universe Unit with a pretest. No electricity and Power Presentations are now past due.



Apr 27 - Electricity Exam Day!



Apr 26 - Students took up yesterday's questions in preparation for tomorrows exam.

Apr 25 - Students completed the Chapter review for the Electricity Exam today. Page 218 - 219, questions 1 - 12, excluding 1d, 6,7,8.



Apr 23 - 24 - Students began their Electricity Final projects today. They will have the next two days in the lab to complete the assignment.



Apr 19 - Students studied Circuit breakers and Fuses, then worked on the questions on page 217.



Apr 18 - Today students learned how to calculate Kilowatt hours. It's on the exam!

Apr 17 - Students completed the series and Parallel circuit labs on pages 201 and 202 of the textbook. Don't forget series questions 1 - 4, Parallel questions 1 - 5 and all 6 circuit diagrams.



Apr 16 - Students took up the answers to p185, and practiced creating circuit diagrams.

Apr 13 - Students learned about Series and parallel circuits



Apr 11 - Students learned about resistance, then completed the questions on page 185 of the textbook.



Students were also given the Electricity Free Day Assignment, where they are challenged to live a full 24 hours without the use of any electrical devices. Students have around 2 weeks to complete this task.



Apr 10 - Today, students were in the lab learning how to play GeoTrivia! Anyone can play, if you want to join in.

Apr 9 - Students completed the Electric Lemon Lab today. Final write-up is due for tomorrows class.

Mar 29 - Students watched a video on Nikola Tesla. The movie sheet is due at the end of class.

Mar 28 - Students previewed the lab on page 177 of the textbook. The lab will be conducted on the Monday we return from Easter break and students will be required to bring a fruit or vegetable to that lab. Please don't forget.



Mar 27 - Students learned about batteries and current electricity. Notes available in class.

Mar 26 - Students took up the answers to the Franklin video, then played with the Van Degraaff generator for a bit.

Mar 22 - Students watched a video on the life and achievements on Benjamin Franklin - One of the pioneers of Static electricity research. (If you follow the link, you need only watch the first hour of the video...)



Mar 21 - Students completed their course registration for Grade 10 this morning. The remainder of the shortened classes were used to review their exam performance and to finish up their labs from Yesterday. Due tomorrow.

Mar 20 - Students completed the static electricity lab on page 170 of the textbook. There will be time to finish up the lab tomorrow.

Mar 19 - Intro to Electricity. Students covered Static and Current Electricity definitions, The 3 laws of electrical charge and the Electrostatic Series. Mar 16 - Exam Day! Mar 14 - 15 - Today we took up the solutions to yesterday's worksheet, then began the unit review on page 56 - 57, Q 1 - 12 Mar 13 - Students worked on the following worksheet. Mar 12 - Students learned about balancing equations Mar 8 - Students had a cleanup day today, including the following tasks. 1. Element Quiz 2. Exam outline discussion (above) 3. Reminder of WHMIS assignment (due Monday) 4. Time to complete Reaction lab write-up. (due today) Mar 7 - Today, students completed the Chemical Physical Lab on pages 24 - 26 of the textbook. The final lab writeup and conclusion questions are due by the end of tomorrow's Mar 5 - Students learned the 8 WHMIS Symbols today. They will need to know them for the exam (Next Wednesday). Also, they were assigned their WHMIS project, where they will need to find and photograph 8 different WHMIS symbols before next Monday's class. Details can be found below. Your assignment is to take your camera or cell phone and find and photograph 8 __different__ __active__ Hazard Symbols in and around Moose Jaw. At least 5 must be WHMIS Symbols. You will need to know what each symbol is when you hand it in. If you do not have access to a camera or cell phone, you may draw the symbols and record the location the symbol was found. Pictures may be printed off, shown on the camera, or emailed to me anytime this week. Best not to leave it until the last day. The assignment is due Monday March 12 Mar 2 - Students took notes on how to create a proper lab report. The lab on pages 24-26 will be completed on Monday. Mar 1 - Today we took up the solutions to page 19. Feb 28 - Students worked on their review questions for the first half of their unit. Page 19. Feb 27 - Students covered the different types of matter, then we examined properties of substances by completing the activity on page 4 of the textbook. Feb 26 - Students learned about Chemical and Physical Changes, as well as the indicators of chemical change. Our next element quiz will be tomorrow morning. Feb 16 - Students took up the solutions to yesterday's worksheets. Feb 15 - Students completed practice on the creation of Ionic bonds, as well as finding the number of protons, neutrons and electrons for any element. Feb 14 - Students continued with Ionic bonding, Bohr and Electron dot diagrams. Feb 13 - Students learned the basics of Ionic Bonding Feb 12 - Today we have shortened periods due to LIT, so we will spend the day taking up the worksheets from the past few days. If there is time, we will take a look at subatomic particles. Feb 9 - Students began work on their periodic table worksheets. Element quiz one will be held on Monday morning. Feb 8 - Students watched a documentary on the development of the periodic table. Movie sheet attached. Feb 7 - <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Periodically throughout the unit, students will be given Elemental Pop Quizzes, where they will be asked to identify both the names and elemental symbols of elements off the table. The elements they will be responsible for are as follows... <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">Elements 1 - 20,

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">as well as Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ag, I, Au, Hg, Pb, U, Mn, W, Sn, Br, Pt Feb 5-6 - Student have class time to work on their Science 90 posters. Feb 2 - Students were asked to brainstorm as many ideas as they could about each of the 4 units that we`ll be studying this year in Science - Chemistry, Electricity, The Universe and Reproduction. You are to think of at least 10 ideas for each unit (40 total) and draw them of a piece of poster paper, to produce a poster with a collage of all your ideas about what Science 90 is going to be about. You will have two class days to complete the project. Feb 1 - Welcome to Science 90! Today we will be going over the and discussing a bit about what we are going to be studying this year.