NEW TERM, NEW EFFORT FOR SOME

It is a new term, and we have had a few tasks that are worth marks. If you want to improve your learning and grade this term, please don't hesitate to stay after school for some assistance. If you did not get your title page done, or the recent reading and questions, be sure to do so early in the week or you will get a zero!

What are we doing this week?

• Learning about how pollution gets into the environment
• Exploring the concept of PH and starting to realize how this may affect the environment
• Reviewing what substances are essential to all life and also how organisms take in substances that they need to survive

THIS WEEK IN GRADE NINE SCIENCE...

• We analysed the disaster in Haiti from an environmental chemistry perspective
• Completed emergency response plans to increase our understanding of the challenges facing survivors of the disaster
• READING: Be sure to read from page 180 to 195 by Monday
• QUESTIONS DUE MONDAY: Page 190 (all questions) and page 195 (all questions except #6)

I am proud of you people for taking the response plans seriously. We need people with strong Environmental Chemistry backgrounds to help in disaster relief efforts, and also here at home when assessing the environment. Realize there will be a job market for Environmental Scientists in the future; a career that may interest some of you!

Have a great weekend, see you on Monday!!!

WELCOME BACK GRADE NINES!

Welcome back from your refreshing break! Well rested and bored from a lack of Science homework, you are hopefully ready for your new unit. Report cards are only weeks away so it is that time of the year when tasks are due.

What is our next unit of study? Environmental Chemistry! Please participate in the poll on the side of the web page!

REMINDERS FOR THE WEEK:

• Environmental Chemistry Title Page - this small but fun task was due on Monday
• All vocabulary since August is due on Thursday, January 14th - it should be in your duotang. If you missed a vocab, be sure to make up the missed words by using this website (Scroll down for old Vocab).
• Water Discussion/Debate: We will introduce Enviromental Chemistry this week by exploring a water and issues surrounding it

HOW ARE YOU DOING IN SCIENCE? First of all ask yourself the questions: "am I acomplishing the learning outcomes for each unit so far?" "Do I hand everything in and do I take my time on assigned questions/tasks ensuring I learn the required material?"

Your marks will be calculated in the next week; if you didn't see what you got on your Unit Test before break, please come see Mr. Mang afterschool or at Lunch for your mark; this test mark will affect your grade in term 2 substancially!