Welcome to Grade 9 Science!!! This year our focus is on chemical compounds, mitosis and meiosis and reproduction of cells, electricity and electrical circuits and cycling of nutrients in the environment.
This week we got the course outline found HERE.
Got our textbooks: BC Science Probe 9 and did a Textbook Scavenger hunt found HERE. (Due Friday, Sept. 8)
We also learned more about the Scientific Method. We used THIS note sheet to take notes.
Today we did the DAM tour, no I mean the tour of the dam! If you missed this, you need to complete THIS alternate assignment. We also had a bit of time to work on our Dream Day Meal Analysis. The Rubric for this is HERE.
Today we continued our notes on animals. We wrote notes on worms and mollusks found HERE. Next we watched some videos:
Today we looked at a REALLY enthusiastic YouTubers take on the Revelstoke Dam. Found below:
Today we took notes on Sponges and Cnidarians (2 Phyla of the Animal Kingdom). Power point is HERE. We watched the awesome videos below:
Today we went over the Moss and Fern Questions. Answers to moss found HERE and fern HERE. Next we watched the videos below to review angiosperm and gymnosperm life cycles. Next we did a seed plants lab and turned it in and then did some work on our seed plants questions.
We went to visit the bees today. If you were not here, you can write an essay with APA citations on the decline of the bee population. Share with me on office 365