Today we took notes about the KIDNEYS and urine formation. The notes are found HERE and power point HERE.
Next we did a lab on kidney structure and turned in. For homework: Complete the 65 red roses questions and the Tibetan adaptations to high altitude found HERE.
Today we did a quiz on changes in state of matter and DENSITY. Next we did 2 lab and practiced lighting the bunsen burner. Here are some videos below to illustrate the lab concepts:
Today we practiced for the Circulatory/Respiratory Test by doing THIS respiration practice. Answer Key is HERE.
Test is TUESDAY Check back in the blog for practices.
Today we went over the worksheet on the respiratory system. The pages for this are found HERE, HERE and HERE. Next we watched the documentary 65 red roses.
Make sure you practice respiratory system and circulatory system for the test on TUESDAY. The practice test for circulatory is found HERE. Answer Key is HERE.
Today we did the cow heart dissections!! First we watched the video below and then we dove in!
Today we continued with our notes on respiratory system. See yesterday's post for these. Next we finished off with the pig dissection by looking at the respiratory and circulatory systems.
Check the practice test/answer key from Friday for the circulatory system. TEST ON FRIDAY/Circulatory and Respiratory
For homework do THIS worksheet
Today we watched the two videos below on THERMAL expansion and contraction. Next we took notes on Density. Last thing in class and to turn in: Think about it on page 262 #1-6
Today we started notes on Respiratory System. These notes are found HERE. Power point is HERE. Next we watched the video below on the heart electrical system.
Today we did some practice with phase changes. Know the names of all changes of state and which ones need energy added for them to happen.
Next we took notes on THERMAL expansion/contraction. These notes are found HERE.
Finally we did a lab on Thermal expansion/contraction. This lab is on page 255 in the textbook.
Today we had a guest speaker from Selkirk College. Thanks James! He had some fantastic stories from lots of different phases of his life. I haven't met too many people who have dissected ZEBRAS!!
Make sure you work on your circulatory system modules and the practice test found HERE and answer key HERE.
Today we finished off the CIRCULATORY SYSTEM NOTES. Power point and note sheet were posted yesterday. Next we did the blood cells lab this is found HERE.
Next we watched the movie below and answered THESE questions.
Today we did the quiz on blood vessels. Next we continued with notes on capillary exchange. Power point is HERE and notesheet HERE.
We watched the videos below:
Today we practiced how to take VOLUME measurements. First we watched the video below and then we did THIS worksheet.
Next we finished lab 7-1 on page 247. We completed all the questions at the end of the lab and turned it in.
Today we watched a video to review blood types:
Next we double checked our blood vessels worksheet below. Check your answers:
Today we took our HEART parts quiz and turned in blood vessel worksheet and the lab on blood pressure and pulse. Next took notes on Velocity/Pressure and Total cross sectional area of different vessels as well as the first part of blood. (See last day power point and note sheet).
Next we worked on our module questions C and F.
Quiz on BLOOD VESSELS on Tuesday.
See yesterday's blog post for an update on what we did today in class......(yesterday and today both the double block of BIO 12!)
Today we did our OPTICS test. Well done everyone! We wrapped up optics.
Make sure you have turned in your optical dictionary!
Next we wrapped up the optics unit by building our own optical instruments. Fun times were had by all.
Finally we watched some videos about rainbows. The first one is university level, but so interesting!!
Friday: Quiz on the heart and path of blood flow through the heart.
Today we did a lab on pulse and blood pressure. Get ready to pump it up! Next we took notes on Systemic and Pulmonary circulation and pulse and blood pressure. These notes are found HERE and power point HERE.
Next we did a blood vessels worksheet. This is found below. Check chapter 12 for names of major blood vessels.
Today we worked on our CIRCULATORY SYSTEM!! - The heart and blood vessels section. First we took notes using THIS notesheet and THIS POWER POINT. Next we did Module A and B from HERE. Finally we watched the videos below to review some concepts:
QUIZ on Friday on the Heart parts. How does blood flow through the heart?
Today we wrote our test on DIGESTION!! Next we started the circulatory unit. Read chapter 12.3 and colour the HEARTS. 💖💕💔💓💗💘 The heart colouring sheets are found HERE and HERE
Today we practice for our optics test (chapters 4, 5 and 6) coming up on Wednesday.
First we did THIS refraction review. HERE is the key. Next we worked on our OPTICAL dictionary assignment. This is found HERE.
Finally we watched a video to look at a weird experiment that was done to show how our brain "flips" the image we see.
Today we had some practice with the DIGESTIVE SYSTEM first we worked on Module Questions. These are found HERE with answers HERE. Also practice test. Answers are HERE.
Finally we played a cut throat game of JEOPARDY. You can find that HERE. Some review videos below:
Today we dissected the PIG! We looked at their digestive system and compared it to our own. Next we did THIS worksheet on insulin/glucagon feedback loop. Use the video below to help out.
DIGESTION QUEST IS ON MONDAY. FULLY COMPLETED MODULES ARE DUE MONDAY
QUEST ON THE OPTICS UNIT: CHAPTERS 4, 5 AND 6 ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH.
Today we started with a review of parts and function of the eyeball. This worksheet is found HERE. Next we did the eyeball dissection! Those cow eyes were beefy! (get it, beefy:) When completed we answered all the questions at the end of the lab on page 212-213. These questions are the: Analyze questions and Conclude and Apply at the bottom of page 213. Finish these in full sentences and turn them in.
Next we got a visual dictionary assignment found HERE. This is due on Wednesday, November 19th and will help you review for the quest.
Today we almost finished off the Digestive System by completing the ABSORPTION section of the power point. --See previous posts. Next we were assigned the modules D, E, F for Wednesday. Module is HERE. Key for module is HERE.
Practice test given out HERE with answer key HERE.
Digestive System. VID below:
Today we went to the Remembrance day ceremony. Next we took our quiz on angles of reflection. Finally we started a video on the EYEBALL dissection and did some reading on the parts of the eye and answered book questions. HERE are the questions from the lab. The video below explains how to do the dissection.
Today we made the LIFE SIZE models of the digestive system. Make sure your models include everything found HERE.
Quiz on Friday: Parts of the Digestive System and their function
Today we continued with the notes on Digestive System by looking at the enzymes and their functions. First we watched the video below, next we continued with the power point found HERE and notesheet HERE. Module: Do parts A) B) and C) for next class.
Today we started off with the parts of the digestive system.--THIS IS FOUND IN CHAPTER 14. Power point is HERE and notesheet HERE. Next we needed to colour the parts HERE is the colouring sheet.
NEXT WE DID SECTION A) AND B) FROM THE MODULE FOUND HERE.
Today we reviewed reflection on a plane mirror. We did THIS worksheet. We will have a quick quiz on Friday on angle of incidenc
Next we looked at concave and convex mirrors and did the lab: Observing Images on page 187 of the text. See video below for how light rays get reflected.
Today we started work on the human body. First we watched the video below and filled out THIS worksheet. Next we worked on the body systems worksheet found HERE.
Today we wrote our CELL MEMBRANE, TRANSPORT and ENZYME QUEST.
Second block we did an ENZYME lab with liver and potatoes. See video below.
Today we finished off the Enzyme Notes and watched the video below to review enzymes. Next we worked on Enzyme worksheet, Cell Membrane and Transport Module: KEY HERE and our Solute concentration of potato lab. The potato lab is due tomorrow (11:59 pm at the latest)
We also got a practice quest found HERE with key HERE. The quest is coming up on Wednesday or Thursday this week (depending on your block)
Today we did a whole unit (almost:) on Enzymes. The notesheet is found HERE and the power point is HERE. Next we got a handout on enzymes that is due on Monday. This sheets are found HERE and HERE and due on Monday.
Remember the potato lab is due TUESDAY. Hard deadline! HERE is the Rubric for the lab.
EXEMPLAR of the solute concentration of potato lab....without the questions of course. Note that they came up with a hypothesis, but I didn't require you to have one this year.
Today we reviewed the ways substances can move in and out of cells. Took notes on the board. These notes are found HERE. Next we worked on the Solute Concentration of Potato Lab. The lab Rubric is HERE and an example graph is found HERE.
Today we finished off our Solute Concentration of Potato Lab. Next we took some notes on the cell membrane and transport. Notes sheet is HERE and power point is HERE. Modules are found HERE. Section A and B completed for Tuesday.
Today we worked on the DNA - A reminder that the DNA quest is on the double block. See last blog entry for the answer keys to the practice test and mutations worksheet.
Module is also due on the double block. Module is found HERE and answer key is HERE.
Today we extracted DNA from fruit. We watched the video below and then completed the lab HERE. See the attached data if you missed class.
Today we continued with our hard work on DNA - Transcription and Translation. We took notes up to slide # from the power point HERE on the notesheet HERE. It is still cold outside so we got our codon table. This is found HERE.
Today I collected the questions on page 69 that were assigned yesterday. Next we took notes on NUTRIENTS and the RESPIRATORY SYSTEM. If you missed class, you can get a photocopy of these notes.
Next we continued working on the cell model.
Today we started taking notes on the DNA unit. Notesheet is HERE and power point is HERE. We completed up to and including DNA replication.
Complete the DNA colouring assignment and do the MODULE Questions: A) DNA and B) DNA replication. Module questions found HERE.
Today we took notes on the digestive system. Power point is HERE and notesheet HERE. Next we did a cutting and pasting activity to practice the organs of digestion. This was given out in class.
Finally we got a reading assignment with questions. The assignment is: Read page 64-69 and answer the reading check questions on page 69. Make sure you answer these in full sentences.
Today we wrote our CELLS quiz. We also turned in the cells module, and tonight the CELL project is due at 11:59 pm at the latest. Next we started a DNA colouring sheet. This sheet is found HERE. Next we watched the two videos below to get EXCITED about DNA!!
Short quiz tomorrow on CELLS and microscopes.
Today we worked on CELLs and Microscope practice. First we did THIS cut and paste activity to review cell organelles.
Next we worked on the CELLS quiz review. This review is found HERE.
Finally we started building a model of a cell this project is found HERE. We picked a specific type of human cell or a plant cell for our model.
See yesterday's post for the double block work. Remember we have a CELLs and CELL organelles quiz tomorrow.:).
Today we worked hard on the CELLS project. This project is due on Friday, Oct. 3rd at 11:59 pm at the LATEST. Make sure you turn in the criteria sheet so I can give you feed back.
We also turned in our cell colouring, worked on the module questions and did a practice test.
Module questions are HERE and the answers are HERE. Practice test is HERE and the key is HERE
QUIZ on Friday, Oct. 3 on CELLS and their ORGANELLES!! Some inspo below:
Ms. Wood is finally back in class! On Friday we started a project on CELLS. The project is found HERE. If you want to see an example of a project that was previously completed, check HERE. On Friday we will have a quick quiz on cells and organelles. CHAPTER 3 Module questions are due on Friday.
Ms. Wood is finally back, and we are figuring out what we need to finish up in the CELLS unit! First of all, make sure you have turned in questions on page 39. #1-7. Also: Plant vs. Animal cell organelle coloring sheet.
We finished off the power point on Respiration and Photosynthesis. This power point is found HERE. Note sheet is HERE. Next we did some practice questions on photosynthesis and respiration. This is found HERE.
Watch video below:
Today we wrote our BIOMOLECULES test. Well done everyone! Next we did some CELL colouring. These cells are found HERE and HERE.
We took some cell notes with our CELLS notesheet. The power point is HERE and notesheet HERE.
We watched the cells video below:
Today we worked HARD on review after we took notes up to chloroplasts using the power point HERE and the note sheet HERE.
Next we worked on the two test reviews for the test on Wednesday or Thursday. CHAPTER 2 BIOMOLECULES!! A reminder that your module questions up to and including nucleic acids are due on the test day. See yesterday's blog for the answer key. OMIT #4 and #9 from the Unit 1 Topic 1 Review
Below are some good review videos. Also crash course in BIOLOGY and if you are feeling cartoooony: Amoeba sisters
Today we 1) finished off the AMOEBA sisters video found below and recorded the function of the organelles listed.
2) Next we wrote notes on OSMOSIS and DIFFUSION. Notesheet is found HERE and power point is HERE.
3) We set up the lab on OSMOSIS using page 46
4) We started off a colouring organelles sheet. This does NOT need to be completed for homework
5) For homework: do questions #1-7 on page 39
Today we did some review for BIOMOLECULES TEST coming up during your double block on Wednesday or Thursday. Remember that ALL module questions are to be answered and turned in on the test day. – Up to and including nucleic acids
The power point to help recognize molecules is found HERE
Next we took some notes on the new unit: Cells. Power point for the notes is found HERE
Next we got another practice test. Practice test is HERE
Answer Key to the new practice test is HERE
Today we did some review on the board and then we set up a biomolecules review game. We will play the fun, fun game on Monday.
TEST on the biomolecule unit is next week (in the double block). Practice test is HERE and Answer key HERE.
Remember the Module is due the day of the test. Module selected answers are found HERE. and HERE.
Today we wrote our quiz on microscope parts. Nice work everyone! Next we finished off our lab on plant and animal cells. Finally we started watching the Amoeba sisters video below:
Today we did the Macromolecule Murder Mystery. Well done solving this heinous crime! If you missed the lab, we have some data for you to analyze found HERE.
Next we took some notes on Nucleic Acids from the power point. These are found HERE. Finally we continued on the module questions. You should be done up to and including proteins (v) by Friday.
Below are some videos to inspire you!
Today we finished off some notes on microscopes and cells. Make sure you know how to calculate total magnification low, med. and high power (multiply the eyepiece x the objective lens). Also know how field of view changes as you increase magnification (it decreases as you go from low- high)
QUIZ on microscope parts on FRIDAY!
Next we took fill in the blank notes. These are found HERE. Next we did a lab looking at onion cells and our OWN cheek cells. This lab is found HERE.
On Monday and Tuesday this week we looked at cells and microscopes. First we did the lab on page 15 and 16 and watched the bill nye video below.
On Monday and Tuesday of this week we have been studying the Lipids and Proteins of Macromolecules. Power point is HERE and notesheet is HERE.
The BIOMOLECULES test will be coming up during next week's double block. Below are two good videos for review:
Today we wrote the water/acid/base/buffer quiz. Yahoo! First quiz done!
Next we worked on our Buffer Lab. This lab with a conclusion is due on Monday.
Finally we finished all the notes on carbohydrates and built our own glucose molecule.
Today we had a great discussion about the meaning of our first unit: Biology. What does it mean to be alive? What characteristics do all living things share? We took notes on this.
Next we watched a video as introduction to microscopes. The video is found below:
Today we did some review of Scientific Method and did a test your own hypothesis lab.
First we did THIS worksheet to practice the steps of Scientific Method. Next we worked on THIS lab to test our own hypothesis about reaction rates.
Make sure you have completed this lab for homework with a graph and a conclusion.
Today we did an acid/base lab to determine which Antacid was the most effective against stomach acid. The lab is found HERE. Bring the lab back to complete on Friday if you need to.
Next we continued with notes on Biomolecules and we had a great discussion about CARBOHYDRATES!! Power point is HERE
For homework: Read Chapter 2.4 and complete Module Part C, but only C i) Overview and C ii) Synthesis and Hydrolysis
Modules found HERE.
Practice for water and acid base QUIZ-----happening on Friday!! found HERE.
Today we did a little demo on different household acids and bases using an acid and base indicator.
Next we looked at a small section of our notes on organic chemistry and functional groups. The power point is found HERE- goes along with yesterday's note sheet.
We finished the water lab from last class and then did a FUNCTIONAL group handout. This handout is found HERE
You should also have completed the module questions Part A and Part B. We went over some of the answers in class.
Today we wrote our SAFETY QUIZ. Great work everyone! Next we completed our tour of the classroom looking at lots of scientific equipment. Make sure you keep the handout with pictures of the equipment for future reference!
Next we went through the power point notes on Scientific Method and finished filling those out. The notesheet is here and the power point is here.
No homework today, but here is an interesting video on the placebo effect.
Today we added to our notes on acids and bases. If you were away, check with someone who was in class to get these notes. Next we got THIS notesheet to go with THIS power point. We finished up to and including all the functions of water.
Finally we got our MODULE questions. These questions get turned in at the end of the unit. I will give you "check points" each night of where you should be at. Make sure you do the reading in the textbook as well. Tonight read chapter 2.3: Chemistry of Water and answer Part A (role of water) and Part B (acids/bases) in the module. Module questions are found HERE.
Today we practiced for the safety quiz. Make sure you go over the WHMIS symbols and what they stand for. Below is the WHMIS video. Next we took some notes on Scientific Method. The power point is found HERE and the notesheet that goes with it is HERE. Next we answered some questions about qualitative and quantitative data by doing the instant practice questions on page 475.
Finally we learned the names of lab equipment by going around the classroom and naming the equipment. Use THIS sheet (last 2 pages) to help you practice the "fancy" scientific names of things.
First things first: I collected
Today we finished off the note sheet. Note sheet is found HERE and power point HERE. Next we did a lab to investigate the properties of water. This lab is found HERE.
Water video:
Today we did some more safety practice!! Make sure you know the WHMIS symbols we watched the video below and filled in a worksheet to practice these.
Today we focussed on SAFETY!! We made a map of the classroom and drew all the safety equipment and explained how to use it. Next we read and discussed the safety rules in the front of the textbook starting on pages: xviii
Safety quiz coming up on TUESDAY, Sept. 9th
Today we continued with our notes on Chemistry Review and Homeostasis. Power point is here and note sheet here. For homework: Read Section 2.1 (Basic Chemistry) and 2.2 (Molecules and Compounds). Do the Check Your Progress at the end of each section. If you only have the "Giraffe book", here are the questions for
Section 2.1: 1. Identify why the key elements in the Earth's crust would differ from those present in living organisms.
2. Identify the protons, neutrons and electrons within a calcium atom.
3. Explain how radiation can be both beneficial and harmful to humans.
4. Explain the differences between oxygen 16 and oxygen 18.
Section 2.2: 1. Identify when carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrogen gas (N2) are considered molecules, compounds, or both.
2. Describe why a carbon atom (C) is capable of forming four covalent bonds
3. Explain why hydrogen ions form polar bonds that have a partially positive charge.
Welcome to High School!
You are all settling in well to school and all the new information coming at you. Make sure you can use the lock on your locker, as this will be a good place to keep textbooks so you don't need to move them all around. I love opening locks, so please ask me for help if you need it.
Today we got our textbooks and then did a textbook "TOUR". This worksheet is found HERE. (we only did the front page). We also completed a get to know me assignment. This is found HERE.
We did a little bit of Science Safety by reading and discussing page 475 in the textbook covering WHMIS symbols.
Finally we got our course outlines and the parent information sheet. Please have a parent sign this and bring it back tomorrow. Course outline and parent permission HERE.
Below is a video to see the WHMIS symbols in detail