Homework.....

June 1:

Science:

Students will be writing their Environmental Chemistry PBA. To prepare for the assessment students can read "River City Project" booklet shared in Google Docs; Read Topic 5 in their textbook; and refer to their Utopian Environmental task.

Humanities:

Chapter 7 Assessment

Reminders:

Bring in triathlon forms for Monday! 
Buy farewell ticket!

Farewell Ticket

Environmental Chemistry PBA

June 1 - Students will be writing their Environmental Chemistry PBA. To prepare for the assessment students can read "River City Project" booklet shared in Google Docs; Read Topic 5 in their textbook; and refer to their Utopian Environmental task.

Math

Circle Geometry

Rule #1: Central angle is always 2X the size of an inscribed angle when they share the same chord.

Rule#2: An inscribed angle, when chord is the diameter, is always 90 degrees.

Topic 10.1

Page 382-384 #3-7,12,13,15

Science

Topic 3 Questions due for Wednesday:

1) Write down the 4 chemical reactions responsible for acid rain.  Below each write down the reaction in words.

2)  What are 4 consequences of acid rain?

3)  Use figure 3.10 and name a country where there are:

a) "Areas of air pollution and emissions"

b)  "Sensitive soils"

c)  "Present problem area"

4)  What is it about acid precipitation that causes damage to organisms?

5)  How do glaciers that melted 20 000 years ago help us neutralize acid rain?

6) What is liming?  What is it also called?

7)  What is the name of the device used on cars that reduces oxide emissions? How does it work?

8) How does industry prevent the release of oxides? 

Tuesday

Humanities

Wednesday: Finishing Utopia tasks and completing trifold

Thursday: Celebration of Learning (6:30-8:00pm)

Friday: Chapter 7 Assessment 

Monday: Environmental Chemistry Assessment 

***FORMS: TRIATHLON ---by FRIDAY!

Acid and Base Lab

Summary of Lab Results:

Monday

Triathlon forms were given out today for our June 5 field trip to U of C. Students are working on completing their Utopian projects and building trifolds. Students are encouraged to attend study stop after school as needed to complete their learning tasks.

Week at a glance:

Monday-Wednesday: The Economy and the environment, Utopia trifold building and completing CTF projects.

- see video for an overview of Chapter 9 here

Thursday, May 28 - Celebration of Learning (6:30-8:00 pm).

Friday: Return triathlon forms. Chapter 7 Consumerism Assessment.

Utopia this Weekend.......

Utopia Trifold building should begin this weekend.

Ideally, your trifold and CTF projects will be completed by end of day on Wednesday, May 27 before you go home. We will be setting up your projects Thursday afternoon in preparation for Celebration of Learning.

Thursday, May 28 Celebration of Learning commences at 6:30-8:00 pm.

Consumerism

Consumerism.......

Groups identified national product and what is the role of their Utopian government in consumerism.

Trifold have been given out to groups and asked to finalize their responses.

Science

June 1: Environmental Chemistry Performance Based Assessment

Math

Scale Factor Assessment - Wednesday.

Consumerism

Story of Stuff                                Other movies:

In December 2007, Annie Leonard and her friends at Free Range Studios put a 20-minute movie about the way we make, use, and throw away Stuff on the internet, unleashing a torrent of pent-up demand for honest conversation about the impacts of our consumer-crazed culture on people and the planet. In the six years since The Story of Stuff was released, Annie’s ‘cartoon about trash’ has been viewed more than 40 million times worldwide.

Annie responded to viewers’ thirst for more information and ways to get involved by founding The Story of Stuff Project in 2008. Since then, we’ve responded to our Community by releasing a best-selling book, co-creating a high school-level educational curricula called Buy, Use, Toss, developing a study program for faith communities, and launching a hope-filled podcast series called The Good Stuff that chronicles the efforts of everyday changemakers.

And yes, we’ve also created a series of new online movies! Season One -- The Story of Bottled Water, The Story of Cosmetics and The Story of Electronics -- used everyday consumer products to take a deeper look at where our Stuff comes from and where it goes when we throw it away. When our Community asked to go deeper, we created Season Two—The Story of Citizens United v. FEC, The Story of Broke and The Story of Change—which examines the underlying roots of our unsustainable production and consumption patterns: what makes the system tick, who pays, who benefits and how can we turn it around.

Long Weekend.....

No School Friday and Monday! Enjoy the long weekend and get out and get some sun!

Celebration of Learning: May 28

Utopia Project:

• Country Vision
• Map/Climate Graphs
• Political 
• Economic
• Social Programs
• Thinking about Environment
• Thinking about Visuals
• Thinking about Tri-fold

Math/Science Update

Today students were working on calculating unknown measurements of Similar Polygons.  Text Questions on page 257 #3-13 are due Tuesday after the long weekend.

Quiz on Scale Factor and Similar Polygons - Wednesday, May 20th.  

Students were also working on analyzing a simulated environmental issue in 'River City'  This work will continue next week.

Math/Science

Math:

Page 150 #6,7,9,10; #12-15; #18-20, 22

Science:

Started an Enviro Chem Intro assignment for Topic 1/2/6. As well, vocabulary is posted for all three topics as review while completing the questions.

Monday: ELA Part 1 Completed

Well done Grade 9 students for completing your first part of the ELA PAT.

Science

Monday, May 11 - PAT Day

Students are encouraged to review past PATs and their own written tasks in preparation. See the following links:

http://www.education.alberta.ca/admin/testing/achievement/examples_stand/

https://education.alberta.ca/media/736653/gr9_ela_standards_writing_narrative_2007.pdf

http://education.alberta.ca/media/6738135/10-ela9-bulletin-2014-15_20150306.pdf

http://education.alberta.ca/parents/resources/exams.aspx

Math

Students have been working on scale factor and incorporating this work with their Utopian task.

Students should try Page 143 #4-11.

May 6

On Monday and Tuesday students wrote a practice ELA PAT essay and business letter.

903 - ESSAY: The importance of memories in peoples' lives, LETTER: Animal Shelter
904 - ESSAY: The importance of being kind to others, LETTER: Homework Policy

Students are encouraged to review past PATs and communicate with teachers. See the following link:

http://www.education.alberta.ca/admin/testing/achievement/examples_stand/

https://education.alberta.ca/media/736653/gr9_ela_standards_writing_narrative_2007.pdf

http://education.alberta.ca/media/6738135/10-ela9-bulletin-2014-15_20150306.pdf

http://education.alberta.ca/parents/resources/exams.aspx


Wednesday: review of PAT, tips and tricks, work on Utopia (Economic structure)

Thursday's plan: many students are at the track meet and as a result students have a few things they will work on - review Social Programs and taxation, Utopia-Economic Structure, review essay and business letter, conferencing with teacher

Friday: Social programs and taxation assessment

Humanities

In Humanities we have several things on the go with:

1. Utopia: your political structure needs to be completed for Monday. Ensure you have visuals and have addressed all questions in the Utopian task. 

2. Review for your Practice ELA PAT--look over business letter and essay formatting.

3. Chapter 8 worksheet --Political Platforms

Chapter 8

overview video (slower than usual :-)

A prezi made by Grade 9 students


Next Week: (this is just plan and is subject to change, with the exception of the practice PAT)
Monday
904 - practice ELA Part A PAT (Essay & Business Letter)
903 - party platform review/discussion, student vote, work on Utopia: Economic Structure
Tuesday
904 - student vote, Utopia: Economic Structure
903 - practice ELA Part A PAT (Essay & Business Letter)
Wednesday
903/904 - review Economics assessment, review Essay & Business Letter, work on Utopia
Thursday
903/904 - work on Utopia
Friday
903/904 - Social Programs/Taxation/Political Parties assessment

Science

Environmental Chemistry Task:

All Focus Questions related to your environment chemistry topic need to be answered for Monday. Please start your Powerpoint or Google Slides presentation. Presentations will begin on Tuesday.