WATER FOR THE WORLD...

We have now completed most of our unit, Environmental Chemistry. If you did not receive your unit test score be sure to see Mr. Mang.

CLEAN TALK WATER FOR THE WORLD: This week we will be working on a project! The deadline for this project will be determined by our progress as a class; expect it to be due at the end of the week at the beginning of next week.

GOAL: To create a short radio or TV broadcast teaching others about the need for clean water and proper sanitation around the world.

KEY QUESTIONS TO ANSWER: Is Water a Human Right? Is it our right to pollute water? What responsibility comes with polluting water? If water is indeed a human right, what do governments and citizens need to do to ensure that humanity world wide has clean water and adequate sanitation?

UNIT FINAL: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3rd

Be prepared for your Environmental Chemistry Unit Final: Wednesday, March 3rd.

This week:

• Completed a skill practice on page 217, creating one part per million
• Handed in a practice sheet on calculating parts per million (ppm)
• Plotted data into 2 graphs and answered questions (page 231)
• Assigned a review booklet for unit - this is due for a check on Monday

STUDY TIPS:

1. Review the textbook; re-read any sections you do not understand

2. Complete all assigned vocabulary and assigned questions from your textbook

3. Review notes for each section of the unit on www.edquest.ca

4. Visit http://www.edquest.ca/pdf/sia93ut.pdf and practice a unit test!

5. Working with a partner/parent/guardian/brother/sister, test each other on main concepts

6. Need a video to remind you of a concept? Check out www.howstuffworks.com and search for the topic you are looking for. Below are a few videos that are appropriate for studying your material

Videos: These are just two good review vids! If you want to learn more about "Global Warming" it is recommended that you watch "An Inconvenient Truth" staring Al Gore; this video changed the way many people understand the changing climate of earth.

1.http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/17405-planetary-health-researching-the-health-of-a-stream-video.htm

2. http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/11698-emerging-careers-pollution-control-technicians-video.htm

ANOTHER SNOWFALL!

The snowfall reminds us that with out the water cycle (in this case snow) we could not live in Calgary; because snow melt feeds the Bow River, eventually being used by Calgarians for various uses.

READING: Be sure you have read up to page 233 by MONDAY

QUESTIONS: Check and reflect questions: pg. 224 (1-5), pg. 228 (1-4) and pg. 233 (1-4) and Assess Your Learning on page 234 (1-9)

VOCAB: New vocabulary! Do it!

ALL QUESTIONS ARE DUE FOR A CHECK ON MONDAY FEBRUARY, 22nd

ANOTHER BREAK IS APON US! HAPPY FAMILY DAY!

Environmental chemistry affects us each day! Think about how all of us add chemicals to the environment; showers, sewage, food we eat (and the chemicals used to produce it), transportation emissions (fossil fuels) and many more!

IS WATER A HUMAN RIGHT? IS POLLUTING A HUMAN RIGHT? IS THERE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT COME WITH POLLUTING EARTH? We will continue to explore these guiding questions for our unit in the weeks to come as we wrap up Environmental Chemistry!

LAST WEEK:

CWA: You wrote your common written Assessment for Science; great job on this! If you missed the day we wrote, be sure to speak to Mr. Mang and arrange a make up time.
LAB: We completed a lab on pH. Were you here? The lab is worth marks!!!
QUESTIONS: Page 190/195, 203 (1-4), 209 (1-7), and Page 211 (1-11). All of these questions were already due! Did you get your homework check mark?
READING: You should have read up to the end of section 1.0, page 211 by now!!! Keep up!


THIS WEEK:

LAB: We will complete another lab on PH this Wednesday, testing water quality
WORKSHEETS: You have received two worksheets on water this week; finish them for Wednesday, February 10th!
READING: Read page 212-224
QUESTIONS: Page 224(1-5 only), do not do the rest unless you want a challenge

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!