Monthly Archives: October 2015
Transitional Science 10 Oct. 29th
Today we went over notes on proof for continental drift, tectonic plate theory, hotspots, and spreading ridges. We also watched the following video clips: Hotspots and seafloor spreading. HW: Workbook p. 211 and 212 (only Q. 1 and 3) There will be … Continue reading
Science 10 Oct. 29th
Today the students summarized notes on the evidence for continental drift. Then we watch video clips and took notes on plate tectonic theory and the evidence for movement of the plates. The notes can be found here. We watch the following videos: Hawaii … Continue reading
Transitional Science 10
It was nice to meet all of you today! I am looking forward to teaching you for the rest of the school year. Today I introduced the dictionary and a few of the new word for Chapter 12. We watched … Continue reading
Science 10 Oct. 27th
It was nice to meet all of you today! I am looking forward to teaching you for the rest of the school year. Today I handed out a new Course Outline to the students and did a quick review of … Continue reading
Science 10 Oct. 26th
I have been asked to change positions with Ms. Yip, so this will be the last day with me as your teacher. Today the students practiced balancing equations. I went over how to convert word equations into skeleton equations and the … Continue reading
ELL Science Oct. 26th
Today is the students last day with me as their teacher, their new teacher will be Ms. Yip. Today the students did a lab investigating how salinity effects density. They answered questions about the lab on p. 20 in their … Continue reading
Science 10 Oct. 21st
Today I did review of some concepts related to the activities and labs that students have done over the last couple of classes. Then the students did an activity about balancing equations. You can find the power points from class here. … Continue reading
ELL Science Oct. 21st
Today students did a reading activity. First we went over the definitions for all the new words on p. 152 and 153 in the workbook. Then I read the pages aloud. The students got 10 min. to practice a section, … Continue reading
ELL Science Oct. 19th
Today I was away and the students had a TOC. They did the mini distillation lab, that they had prepared last class. Homework: Finish analysis and extension questions for the lab.
Science 10 Oct. 15th
Students worked on different tasks today: Redoing Ionic naming quiz Doing the Covalent naming quiz Observing a reaction between baking soda and vinegar. Observations are posted on the webpage under describing a chemical reaction Working through activity 4.3 Conservation of Mass … Continue reading
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