Hi Grade 9's! Remember, our Science PAT is on Tuesday! With it quickly approaching, please find released exams below. Also, remember that the year notes can be found in an old post (these are less comprehensive then what you have accumulated throughout the year, however). Mr. Gordon
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Unit Review Notes are posted below...
As May draws to a close, it is important to keep our timeline in place. Heading into the final week of May, we have 15 classes left between now and the first Math PAT. Have you started to review material yet? Do you have a plan for studying? Here are our subject specific updates for timing: MathAt this point, we have finished all of the new material for circle geometry. We will review angle properties on Monday, May 27 before we recap the unit on Tuesday. On Wednesday, we will have an assignment for the unit in order to tie it up. While this assignment will be in multiple choice format, it is designed like that so that we are preparing for the PAT. On Thursday through to June 7, we will be looking at data collection and probability. This will allow us to start reviewing for the PAT on June 10th (the first PAT date is June 17). There is an attached review booklet below. Note: there have been a breakdown of 10 different concepts in units this year. Looking through 1 unit per night starting on June 1 gives a week buffer to revisit concepts and questions that pertain to multiple units.
ScienceWe are currently working through the Electrical Principles unit and will be covering the following this week:
There are 5 units in Science. By reviewing each unit for 3 nights starting on June 1, you will be well on your way to covering the content. This will also provide you with less material to review while you are covering more in math as you prepare for your first PAT. The science PAT is our last exam.
As we look at energy conversions, we will create a note template to discuss. The textbook section and notesheet can be found below for this.
We are 1 week from the due date of our Biodiversity Website. Please find attached the rubric for the website so that you can review and ensure that you have all of the needed material.
In math, our polynomials unit test will be tomorrow, May 2. We have been reviewing for it in class and, as a reminder, we should know:
For Biodiversity, we will be writing our unit exam on Tuesday. We have a review package to work through and unit notes have been both taken and posted in a previous blog post. We will start our Electrical Principals Unit this Friday.
We are now finishing off our biodiversity unit and, as such we will be finishing our websites. To the other three pages (if not more), add the following:
Selection and Survival
That's it! If you want to include any other interesting facts, do so! Next WEDNESDAY (May 8) we will post the URL for all of the sites on this blog so that your peers can share in your understanding and how you have captured the Biodiversity unit! Tomorrow's quiz is on heredity, genetics, and cell reproduction. In addition to your notes and assignments, the following notes can be utilized (Topics 3-5 will be covered on the quiz).
MathWe have progressed from our inequalities unit into polynomials. For last week we covered what a polynomial is (what is a term, monomial, binomial, trinomial, coefficient, degree, variable, and polynomial). This week we will look at grouping like terms and the progress into addition and subtraction of polynomials before multiplying and dividing by a monomial. The ultimate goal is to have the unit exam for polynomials around April 25. After that we will be moving into Circle Geometry. ScienceIn Biodiversity, we will have a quiz on Heredity and Genetics later this week (Thursday April 18). For this, we have been talking about traits being dominant or recessive and will be adding the terms continuous and discrete. Additionally, we are looking at DNA, Chromosomes, Genes, Nitrogenous Bases, Mitosis and Meiosis.
In to next week, we will be finalizing the unit for biodiversity and will write our final exam on approximately the 29th-30th of April. This allows us to start our Electricity unit at the start of May. As we work towards the end of our unit, we will continue to look at our website. The third pages of the website will include the following (below is also a summary of the first 2 pages): Website Information As a recall, we have been working on a website since the start of the unit. This site serves as a repository for the information that we have learned while it also gives us the focus of a local plant or animal. In section 3 of the website, we will do the following: Please include the following on your site: 1. Chromosomes - This page will address the following:
2. Mitosis and Meiosis
If you missed it or want to ensure that all of the first section is complete, the initial assignment is below... Part 1 of our Website: Select an organism that can be found here in Coventry Hills. With this organism in mind, you and one partner are to brainstorm a testable question that you can ask about the organism. A testable question is the type of question found in professional scientific papers and science fairs. They not only involve an inquiry but also have the potential for the scientist (you!) to conduct an experiment. After choosing a question and/or an organism that can be used to focus on your question, set up your homepage. On your homepage the following are required: 1. The name of your organism and an image. 2. The structural and behavioral adaptations of the organism. 3. The variation that can be found within the species. 4. The food web and habitat that the organism exists in. How important is it to the food chain? What happens if it is removed or if another organism is removed from the environment? 5. How does a high biodiversity benefit your organism? How might a low biodiversity harm your organism (relate this to #4). 6. On the page, include a classification of your organism (Kingdom, phylum, classes, order, genus, species) and a breakdown of how the naming system came to be (hint: investigate Carl Linnaeus). Part 2 of our Website: Heritable traits are characteristics that organisms pass on to their offspring. Thinking of your organism, provide examples of heritable and non-heritable traits and publish them, and the following, in an applicable section of your website. In order to pass on traits, organisms need to reproduce. You need to provide a synopsis of reproduction, in general, before summarizing your organisms reproductive capacity. Within this, you need to: · Describe the different modes of sexual and asexual reproduction. · Identify and interpret examples of asexual and sexual reproduction in different species. · Describe examples of organisms that use both sexual and asexual reproduction. · Compare advantages and disadvantages of asexual and sexual reproduction. Checklist that should be included: Describe Binary Fission Describe Meristems Describe Asexual Spores Describe Budding Describe Bacterial Conjugation Describe Plant/ Animal Sexual Reproduction 6 Drawings/ models/ images for each type of reproduction Two organisms that use both asexual and sexual reproduction One advantage and disadvantage of sexual reproduction One advantage and disadvantage of asexual reproduction As we work through our Biodiversity Unit, we will be creating and maintaining a website. The second part of this assignment is as follows:
Part 2 of our Website: Heritable traits are characteristics that organisms pass on to their offspring. Thinking of your organism, provide examples of heritable and non-heritable traits and publish them, and the following, in an applicable section of your website. In order to pass on traits, organisms need to reproduce. You need to provide a synopsis of reproduction, in general, before summarizing your organisms reproductive capacity. Within this, you need to: · Describe the different modes of sexual and asexual reproduction. · Identify and interpret examples of asexual and sexual reproduction in different species. · Describe examples of organisms that use both sexual and asexual reproduction. · Compare advantages and disadvantages of asexual and sexual reproduction. Checklist that should be included: Describe Binary Fission Describe Meristems Describe Asexual Spores Describe Budding Describe Bacterial Conjugation Describe Plant/ Animal Sexual Reproduction 6 Drawings/ models/ images for each type of reproduction Two organisms that use both asexual and sexual reproduction One advantage and disadvantage of sexual reproduction One advantage and disadvantage of asexual reproduction Hi All! Mr. Gordon here and back in the classroom! As we work through our Biodiversity unit, we will be ensuring that we create a document that we are proud of and that we can reference as we study and look back at the material that we have covered. In this, we will build a website. As we have covered a few different topics,
Part 1 of our Website: Select an organism that can be found here in Calgary. With this organism in mind, you and one patner are to set up your homepage. On your homepage the following are required: 1. The name of your organism and an image. 2. The structural and behavioral adaptations of the organism. 3. The variation that can be found within the species. 4. The food web and habitat that the organism exists in. How important is it to the food chain? What happens if it is removed or if another organism is removed from the environment? 5. How does a high biodiversity benefit your organism? How might a low biodiversity harm your organism (relate this to #4). 6. On the page, include a classification of your organism (Kingdom, phylum, classes, order, genus, species) and a breakdown of how the naming system came to be (hint: investigate Carl Linnaeus). |
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