YELLOW LEAVES MEAN AN END TO SUMMER

IMPORTANT REMINDERS:

1. Species At Risk Project is Due October 5th (next Monday)
2. Unit Test will be Wednesday, October 7th
3. New Vocab and reading
4. It is offically autumn now; this means the day length will get shorter and shorter until December 21st, then it will get longer each day until the next equinox (March 21)

* A reminder to all grade nines that your marks in term 1-2 will affect your placement in highschool. I know this is extra stress, but take as another reason to try hard in Science this year! Of upir average is below 60% you will be placed in Science 14 instead of Science 10.

SEPTEMBER 17

THIS WEEK IN SCIENCE

• Continued studying biological diversity through an analysis of the schoolyard ecosystem
• Our Ecosystem assignment is due Thursday
• Began our "Species at Risk Project" by looking at what species are at risk in Canada
• Reviewed River watch photos and discussed learning that occured on trip

ASSIGNED WORK

• Read up to page 36 in our textbooks...do not get behind!!
• New defintions (vocab #4)
• Check and reflect questions page 29 (1-5), page 36 (1-4 only),

ALL WORK IS DUE ON MONDAY SEPTEMBER 21st FOR HOMEWORK CHECK

WELCOME TO YOUR FINAL YEAR OF JUNIOR HIGH SCIENCE!

RIVER WATCH TRIP FOR 9E IS FRIDAY!

WHAT HAVE WE DONE SO FAR?

1. Lab safety
2. Introduction to Environmental Chemistry (Riverwatch)
3. Began Biological Diversity

WHAT WORK HAS BE DONE ALREADY? Yes you should be done all of this...

• Benchmark task - a benchmark of your current understanding of topics in grade 9 Science
• read page 92-96, Check and reflect pg 96 (1-9)
• Read page 183-195
• Various lab safety videos and worksheets
• Riverwatch pre trip work online including survey
• Learned about Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation initiative (see poster in class)
• vocabulary from different sections (see list of words below; remember keep vocab in your duotang as a record of your learning

TODAYS WORK:

1. Vocabulary: interspecies competition, niche, resource partitioning, variablity, natural selection
2. Reading: pages 1-25
3. Questions: Check and Reflect, page 15 (1-7 only)

UPCOMING PROJECTS: Species at Risk Action Project, Our Ecosystem task, Wildlife What am I task

THE FINAL MONTH OF GRADE 9!

Mang's message: You are finally near the end of your Junior High School education! Finish off strong! Remember if your mark falls below 60% in Science, your High School might change your Science program for the 2009/2010 school year. This means you must study hard for your Provincial Achievement Test. Be sure to utilize the online resources (see below) as a part of your studying. It has been a pleasure working with each and everyone one of you. It is my hope that you will take skills developed and knowledge gained from Grade 9 Science, into your high school programs, making positive contributions to your new school. Each and everyone one of you is capable in life and if you put effort into your own development (at school for example), you will one day be a success full adult; and you might even thank me for encouraging you to invest in your future by taking schooling seriously. Good luck!

How should you study?
1. Review your textbook (online once you lose it)
2. Review notes/assignments
3. Print notes from www.edquest.ca and review them
4. Study unit reviews from edquest
5. Practice tests (see below for web sites)
6. Test each other; studying with a friend or friends is more fun anyways!

FINAL EXAM PRACTICE TESTS ARE AVAILABLE AT: be sure to use the login and password!
1) www.exambank.com login: tfox password: trackers
2) www.edquest.ca
3) www.albertalearning.ca login: LA06 password: 1260

What have we done lately?

• finished Environmental Chemistry and picked up where we left off with Electrical Principles and Technologies
• Watched "Who Killed the Electric Car"
• Wrote a quiz
• Learned about volts, amperes, watts
• Discovered alternating current and direct current (see www.howstuffworks.com for more)
• Watched Jay Leno test out the Tessla roadster (search tessla roadster on youtube if you missed this great video)
• Received unit review for Electrical Principles

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY UNIT IS ALMOST DONE!

THIS WEEK:

* Remember our fieldtrips start next week: 9H - May 20, 9E May 21, and 9B May 27

• Handed in our field trip forms and money; deadline is technically past
• We had our first LA PAT exam on Wednesday
• Created a 50 year plan for Alberta's electricity generation
• Finished up the Environmental Chemistry unit
• Began a work book that reviews the unit

YOUR UNIT TESTS WILL BE: May 21 for 9B, May 22 for 9H and May 25 for 9E

Study tips:

• Complete the review booklet using your textbook for help and the edquest notes
• Review the textbook; re-read any sections you do not understand
• Review notes for each section of the unit on www.edquest.ca
• Visit www.edquest.ca and practice quizzes/tests for the unit
• Practice calculating parts per million; practice with a friend!
• Need a video to remind you of a concept? Look up the topic on www.howstuffworks.com

WHAT WE DID LAST WEEK:

• Finished reading section 3.0 of the enviro chem unit
• Created 1 part per million using food colouring and practiced caluclating parts per million
• Graphed CO2 emissions per year and also per month and answered questions relating to the data

THIS WEEK IN GRADE 9 SCIENCE

LAST WEEK:

• We completed our electrical principals and technologies crate - great work!
• Continued reading about Environmental Chemistry
• This week we will evaluate your work done on the electricity crate and we will continue with Environmental chemistry

ASSIGNED WORK THIS WEEK:

1. Read section 2.0 (212-234)
2. Define the following terms: ozone layer, monitoring, biological indicator, invertebrates, parts per million, spring acid shock, pesticides, toxins, LD50, heavy metals, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, ozone, the ozone layer, greenhouse gases, enhanced greenhouse effect, global warming
3. Complete the check and reflect page 233 (#1-8) and the section review pg 235 (#1-11) but don't do #9 because you did a similar question on the check and reflect

THIS ASSIGNED WORK IS DUE WEDSNEDAY FOR 9E and 9B and Thursday for 9H

PLEASE PREPARE FOR NEXT WEEKS EVALUATION

Please prepare for next weeks evaluation by:

1. Reading the textbook. You should have read the entire unit by now including section 4 which was assigned for homework earlier this week
2. Complete all practice material: Ionic and Molecular naming/formula practice booklet, periodic table practice, and the previously completed ionic/molecular practice assignment
3. Re-read your section 2 quiz and practice with a friend (the tricky fill in the blank quiz)
4. Ensure you have practiced the questions assigned on page 149, 153 and 154 (specific questions to practice are listed on your naming cheat sheet)
5. Complete questions 1-26 on page 176-177
6. Visit: www.edquest.ca and practice the quizzes/tests for matter and chemical change