Happy Halloween All!
In an effort to allow you to enjoy your evening there should be very little for homework tonight. Have fun and be safe everyone!

Bio 20- the review assignment from the text is due Monday. Tomorrow we will continue with our introduction to the animal kingdom. Your Unit 2 exam is Tuesday.

Bio 30- please make sure your text and IN and handouts are all done for the respiratory system. Tomorrow we do the circulatory system.

Science 90- your only homework is to remember to bring materials and tools for designing and building your wind turbine blades to class tomorrow. If you have any large items you can drop them off to my class room firs thing in the morning.

Enstein says "Boo!"

Hi Everyone. My apologies for not posting last week. Things were very hectic with parent teacher interviews. So let's get all caught up this week...

Bio 20-As of today we are finished all the notes for Unit 2. I have uploaded all the notes for the unit so if you are missing any of them or simply want to look them over you can follow the link to the right of this post and find everything you need for the unit. We will have some time for review tomorrow and even Thursday if we need it. Unit 2 Exam is Tuesday November 5, 2013.

Bio 30- We are now into our 3rd unit "Human Body Systems". We wrapped up all of Digestion today and will be looking at the Respiratory System tomorrow. Notes have been uploaded and videos added to the playlist on youtube.

Science 90- We finished chapter 6 today in class. Your quiz will be on Thursday. We are now beginning our wind turbine inquiry and this should take us into next week.

October 16th

Bio 20- Virus models and research were due today. Those of you that were not prepared to hand in this assignment today need to have it done for tomorrow. Interactive Notebooks and the bacteria lab are now past due. It is your responsibility to have them handed in now.

We will continue with our live specimens tomorrow and our examination of the Protist Kingdom.

Bio 30- We finished the notes on Cellular Respiration today. Tomorrow will look at both Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration and do some comparison and summary. Your exam will be Tuesday Oct. 22.

Science 90- Your unit 1 Exam is tomorrow. Study, study, study!!

Yay, short school week! Happy Tuesday everyone. Here is what happened at school today.

Bio 20- We began our look at the Protists. Notes and Videos can all be found in the links to the right. Hopefully our live specimens will arrive tomorrow and we can have a look at them.

Bio 30- We began our look at Cellular Respiration. Notes and Videos can all be found in the links to the right. We will finish off this topic tomorrow and begin our review as the exam is fast approaching for next Tuesday October 22nd.

Science 90- We worked to finish Interactive Notebooks and Review Questions from the text. Your exam is Thursday. Please consider making a study guide from the outline I put on the board today in class. Your Interactive Notebooks will also be due on Thursday.

Well the long weekend is finally here. Yay!! I love thanksgiving and getting together with family. I wish all my students out there a wonderful thanksgiving and a restful long weekend. You shouldn't have too much homework form me, but here a few reminders just in case.

Bio 20- Those of you who missed today will need to have your lab done and ready to hand in on Tuesday. Your Interactive Notebooks are also due. Your Virus Model and Research are due on Wednesday after the long weekend.

Bio 30- Study and review Photosynthesis. Your exam will be Tuesday October 22nd. We will begin Cellular Respiration on Tuesday after the long weekend.

Science 90- After the quiz today I assigned #1 on page 199 as Interactive Notebook #9. This will be the last entry for this unit. If you have some time this weekend please start studying and reviewing all of Unit 1. I will have an outline for you on Tuesday and you will have your Unit 1 Exam on Thursday after the long weekend.

See you all Tuesday!!

Good afternoon students! Only 2 more days until the long weekend!!

Bio 20- Tomorrow we will continue working on both the lab and the virus questions. Remember to keep up with your Virus Research and Model as it will be due after the long weekend on Wednesday October 16th. Also remember your IN is due this Friday!!

Bio 30- No homework but I srtongly suggest you spend some time going over all of photosynthesis. It's pretty big and complex so really try to make sense of it all for yourself. Feel free to look over the whole powerpoint again or re-watch some of the videos. Tomorrow we will begin Cellular Respiration.

Science 90- You now have your outline for the quiz on Friday so make sure you prepare and focus your studying. Questions 1-12 on page 194 are due tomorrow. The unit exam qill be Thursday October 17th.

A joke for all the grade 9s but especially Alanna...

Hello Students. Sorry there was no post yesterday, I was having issues with the internet at school. I'll try and cover everything for yesterday and for today in this post.

Bio 20- We started the Virus research today. The Model and the paper will both be due on Wednesday October 16th. You will have to finish this project at home now as today was your only class time to work on it. Interactive Notebooks are due on Friday!! Check the list on the front board to make sure you are all caught up.

Bio 30- Yesterday we looked at the Chloroplast as the main structure involved in photosynthesis. The assignment was as follows:

IN #4 Draw and label a Chloroplast. Label Thylakoid, Grana and Stroma, Read Pg 339-343, #1-5 pg 343

Today we saw the chemistry involved in the light reactions. The assignment is as follows:
 

Read pg 344-347, #1-5 pg 347

IN #5 Draw a diagram to summarize the events of the light dependent reactions. Include locations and labels.

 

Sci 90- Yesterday we continued work on the periodic table. We are now done Chapter 5 and Unit 1. We will have a chapter 5 quiz on Friday Oct 10th and the Exam will be Thursday Oct 17th.

Happy Friday Everyone! I know I am sure looking forward to the weekend and sleeping in and getting over this cold. I hope none of you get it either!!

Bio 20- I hope you enjoyed the Ebola video today. For those of you that were away today or if you just want to see it again I have added it to your Bio 20 playlist on my youtube channel. Just follow the link to the right of this post to see it and all the other videos from class. Also remember if you ever come across the movies "Outbreak" or "Contagion", both are very good and are about viruses. No homework this weekend so enjoy!! Hopefully our Agar will be all ready and we will do the bacteria lab Monday.

Bio 30- With so many of you away at Experience us today I tried to keep the lesson light. The powerpoint in on my Google Drive. Follow the link to the right of this post to find it. I also gave out a pretty simple woorksheet so be sure to get it from me Monday if you were away. Please read the text pg 107-111 and do #1-6 pg 111. I also added a couple of extra videos to your playlist on my youtube channel. One about Osmosis and one about ATP. If you have a couple of minutes and want more clarification on these topics be sure to sheck it out. Again just follow the link to the right of this post. See you Monday!!

Science 90- Please finish the activity on Page 178 for Monday!! Have a great weekend.

Hi Everyone!!

Sorry I was away yesterday and there was no post. Let's get all caught up today...

First all students please notice that I changed the link for videos and it is now for all 3 classes. I have made playlists on youtbe and have them named for each unit. If you are ever wanting to re-watch a video from class just click the link and then pick the appropriate playlist on my youtube channel.

Bio 20- The due date for your bacteria worksheet is now Friday October 4th. Sorry for the confusion yesterday. We will finish the notes on bacteria tomorrow and do a lab this week.

Bio 30- We are beginning photosynthesis later this week. Its a big topic. I will keep you updated with dates as there will likely be a quiz very soon.

Sci 90- Your element research was due today, but since I wasn't there to remind you yesterday I will also accept them tomorrow if you forgot. We are continuing with Chapter 5.3 today and are almost at the end of chapter 5 so expect a quiz and the unit exam very soon. We will set dates in class.