Science 9 Assignment Sept. 30, 2008

Today's assignment:
- Read pages 410-418.
- Complete Reading Checks on page 414 and 419.

Math 9 Assignment September 30, 2008

Today's assignments:
- Complete page 97, #3 all, #4-6 odd letters
- Complete page 98, #7-9 odd letters, #11 all

Physics 12 Assignment Sept. 30, 2008

Today's assignment:
- Complete Exercises page 85 #1,3,5
- Complete Exercises page 87 #1,2
- Complete Exercises page 91 #1,3,4,5

Arocena Cup Update

Another short update. Congrats to Team Odds in Block 3! One of your team mates scored the highest on the Chapter 11 test and got you guys a point. This puts it back to square one in Block 3 with both teams having 4 points each!

Physics 12 Assignment Sept. 29, 2008

Today's Assignment:
- Read pages 79-84
- Complete Exercises page 82 #1-2
- Complete Exercises page 84 #1-2

Don't forget, if you want a better mark on your interim hand in any missing assignments or do any test retakes by Friday, October 3rd!

Science 9 Assignment Sept. 29, 2008

Today's assignment:
- Work on 'Moving to a Planet' project - Due Friday October 3rd!

Congratulations to Team Evens for taking the lead!
Team Evens - 4 Team Odds - 3

Math 9 Assignment September 29, 2008

Today's assignment:
- Complete page 95 #1-2
- Complete page 96 #4
- Complete 'Speed of a Runner' lab

Arocena Cup Update

A small update, congratulations to Team E in Block 4! One of your team mates scored the highest on the recent Forces & Momentum test to get you guys a point. Team E leads Team O with a score of 2 - 1.

Science 9 Assignment Sept. 25, 2008

Today's assignment:
- Complete Chapter 11 Review #1-15, 18-20
- Chapter 11 test on Monday!

Unfortunately for Team Odds, time ran out before they were able to answer their question so Team Evens walks away with another point! The two teams are even in Block 3 now!

Physics 12 Assignment Sept. 24, 2008

Today's assignment:
- Finish "Momentum of Miniature Car" lab.
- Complete page 78-79 #1,2,4-6. 7 for bonus!

Also remember there is a Forces & Momentum test tomorrow morning!
Whoever gets the highest score on the test will also gain 1 point for their team (except for Jonathan who already scored a point for his team for his score on the last test)

Math 9 Assignment September 24, 2008

Today's assignment:
- Page 91 #1-4 odd letters
- Page 92 #5, 9 odd letters

Math 9 Assignment September 23, 2008

Today's assignment:
- Complete page 86 #1-6 odd letters
- Complete page 87 #7 abcd, #8 ab, #10 odd letters

Science 9 Assignment Sept. 23, 2008

Today's assignment:
- Complete "Getting to Know the Solar System" worksheets
- Start on "Moving to a Planet" project.

We will work on the "Moving to a Planet" project tomorrow as well and it will be due on Friday October 3rd.

Physics 12 Assignment Sept. 23, 2008

Today's assignment:
- Start work on page 78-79 #1-7
- Work on "Momentum of a Miniature Car" lab (if you haven't gotten all the data you can use part of tomorrow to collect more)

Don't forget your Forces & Momentum test is on Thursday!

Arocena Cup as of Sept. 22, 2008

So no homework in Science 9 and Physics 12, but congratulations to Team Evens (Science 9) and Team E (Physics 12) for getting a point.

The new scores are:
Block 3: Team Odds - 3, Team Evens - 2
Block 4: Team O -1, Team E - 1

Competition is looking pretty fierce so should be a good semester for the Arocena Cup!

Math 9 Assignment September 22, 2008

Today's assignment:
- Complete page 82 #5-7 odd letters
- Complete page 76-78, #2, 8

Physics 12 Arocena Cup Teams

So the teams for the Arocena Cup in Physics 12 are as follows:

Since you guys and girls aren't in any seating plan, I've decided to rename the teams in Block 4 to Team O and Team E. After the first mid-term you guys can rename your teams (provided I approve the team name).

Team O - Jeremy B., David, Trask, Jonathan, Kathleen, Rebecca, Alana, Michael M., Megan, Robert

Team E - Christian, Steven, Frank, Hendrik, Devon, Jeremy W., Michael K., Patrick, Jared

Good luck to the participants!
In Block 4 Team O - 1, Team E - 0.

Science 9 Assignment Sept. 19, 2008

Friday's assignment
- Complete Reading Checks for section 11.1

Expect a test on Chapter 11 sometime next week (Wednesday or Thursday).

Physics 12 Assignment Sept. 19, 2008

Friday's assignment is:
- Complete video game shooting question
- Complete Exercises page 68-69 #2, 3-13 odd numbers

We will have a test on Newton's Laws of Motion and Momentum next week some time (expect it to be on Wednesday or Thursday)

Math 9 Assignment September 18, 2008

Today's assignment:
- Complete page 71-72 #1-17 odd letters

There is a Rationals test tomorrow as well so be prepared!

Team Odds scores another point due to their outstanding performance in the review game today. The score is now Team Odds - 3, Team Evens - 1.

Team Evens you better start helping your teammates out or you're going to fall behind!

Also the rosters have been updated.
Team Odds - Erica, Kalene, Felicia, Brittni, Riley, Matt, Nick
Team Evens - Jessica, Chayna, Carly, Kyle, Louis, Sid, Kristen

Science 9 Assignment Sept. 18, 2008

Today's assignment:
- Complete the "Spying Spectra" lab

Physics 12 Assignment Sept. 18, 2008

Today's assignment:
- Complete "The Ramp" lab.
- Complete the Eraser Projectile Machine lab.

Physics 12 Assignment Sept. 17, 2008

Today's assignment:
- Complete page 64-65 #1-6

Math 9 Assignment September 17, 2008

Today's assignment:
- Page 67-68, #1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9 OL

Math 9 Assignment September 16, 2008

Today's assignment:
- Page 64-65 #1-2 OL, #3-7 ac

Science 9 Assignment Sept. 16, 2008

Today's assignment:
- Complete the "Describing Stars" worksheets

Also the teams have been finalized for the Arocena Cup

Team Odds - Alysha, Beth, Mia, Jessica, Tim, Delta, Carlin, Taylor, Spencer, Chris, Jeremy, Maria
Team Evens - Ben, Erica, Bryanna, Sammy, Natalya, Amy, Shaylene, Kyle, Stacey, Rylan.

Current score is Team Odds - 3, Team Evens - 1.
Congratulations to Team Evens for having a team member with the highest score for the Chapter 10 test! Only two more points to even things up!

If your not on a team you will be added later.

Physics 12 Assignment Sept. 16, 2008

Today's assignment:
- Attempt page 64-65 #1-6.

Math 9 Assignment September 15, 2008

Today's assignment:
- Page 55, #1, 3, 4, 6
- Page 64-65, #1-2 odd letters, 3-7 ac
- If you don't understand the page 64-65 assignment, we'll do some more examples tomorrow in class.

Also the teams have been finalized for the Arocena Cup in block 2.

Team Odds - Erica, Kalene, Kristen, Riley, Matt, Nick
Team Evens - Jessica, Chayna, Carly, Kyle, Louis, Sid

If your name is not on the list (because you did not participate) then you cannot partake in any of the victory celebrations (and prizes!) at the end of the semester.

The score for Block 2 is now
- Team Odds - 2, Team Evens - 1

Arocena Cup as of Sept. 12, 2008

The current standings for the Arocena Cup are as follows:

Block 2: Team Evens - 1, Team Odds - 1
Block 3: Team Evens - 0, Team Odds - 3
- Team Odds is almost running away with it in Block 3. You better do something to catch up evens!
Block 4: Team Evens - 0, Team Odds - 1
- Congrats to Team odds for having a team member with the highest mark on the recent test!

Math 9 Assignment September 12, 2008

Today's Assignment:
- Page 51, #1, 2, 5
- Page 52 #6

Science 9 Assignment Sept. 12, 2008

Today's assignment:
- Chapter 10 review, Checking Concepts page 364-365 #1-18
- Study for Chapter 10 test on Monday

Physics 12 Assignment Sept. 12, 2008

Today's assignment:
- Finish your EPMs for Monday.

Math 9 Assignment Sept. 10, 2008

Today's assignment is:
- page 37 #1-5, odd letters
- page 38 #8-10, odd letters

Also congratulations to Team Odds, one of your team members scored the highest on the Integers test so you guys get another point!
Team Odds - 2, Team Evens - 1

The Arocena Cup Standings as of Sept. 9, 2008

The current standings for the Arocena Cup are as follows:

Block 2: Team Evens - 1, Team Odds - 1
Block 3: Team Evens - 0, Team Odds - 2
Block 4: Team Evens - 0, Team Odds - 0 <---- We still haven't started playing yet, but later this week we will!

Math 9 Assigment Sept. 9, 2008

No assignment today but congratulations to Team Odds for tying the score for the 'Arocena Cup'!

Science 9 Assignment Sept. 9, 2008

Today's assignment is:
- Complete the lab report for Activity 10-1A and 10-1C.
- Answer the "What did you find out?" (WDYFO) questions for both activities. (#1-3 for 10-1A, and #1-4 for 10-1C)

Physics 12 Assignment Sept. 9, 2008

Today's assignment in Physics
- Complete the Projectile Motion Problems
- Complete Exercises page 52, #1, 2, 3, 5, 6

Vector Kinematics test is on Thursday first block (2nd block is the grade 12 assembly)
Friday is actually a Tuesday schedule, not a Thursday schedule so we will have to test our projectile launchers on Monday.

Since you guys all worked so hard today in class, Wednesday's class will be a work day and I will do my best to assist you on any questions that gave you a problem.

The Arocena Cup Standings Sept 8, 2008

The current standings for the Arocena Cup are as follows:

Block 2: Team Evens - 1, Team Odds - 0
Block 3: Team Evens - 0, Team Odds - 1
Block 4: Team Evens - 0, Team Odds - 0 <---- We haven't started playing yet, but later this week we will!

Physics 12 Assignment Sept. 8, 2008

Today's assignment in Physics 12:
- Finish the Kinematics Problems 1 worksheet
- Complete page 42-44 #2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8

Your first test will be on Thursday! Everything we have covered so far will be fair game (so vectors, and vector kinematics and maybe even stuff from the course outline)

Math 9 Assignment September 8, 2008

Today's assignment:
- page 29 #1-7 odd letters
- page 31 #1-5 odd letters, 7ac, 8ac
- page 32 #9-15 odd letters

Tests this week

Math 9
- Integers test on Tuesday.

Science 9
- Safety test today!

Physics 12
- Vector Kinematics test Thursday.

Physics 12 Assignment Sept. 5, 2008

Today's assignment:
- Finish the Position, Velocity and Acceleration lab.
- If you need more time, at the end of Monday I can send whoever needs more time to the library to finish the lab.

Science 9 Assignment Sept, 5, 2008

Today's assignment was:
- Finish safety posters
- Study for Safety Test on Monday.

Math 9 Assignment Sept.5, 2008

Today's assignment is:
- p.19, 1-4 odd letters
- p.23, 1-4, 6, odd letters
- p.24, 9 a,c,f.
for this question, x is positive, y is positive and z is negative.

Math 9 Assignment September 4, 2008

Today's assignment:
Page 13, Left Side
Page 14, Left Side up to 13

Science 9 Assignment for Sept. 4, 2008

Today's assignment is to complete the Safety Matrix drawings.

Physics 12 Assignment for Sept. 4, 2008

Today's assignment is:
Complete the Vector Problems 1 worksheet.
Complete Exercises page 19 #2-5
- For #3, the answer should be 2N rather than 10N.

Science 9 Assignment

Finish the Safety in the Science Classroom worksheet package. We will mark them in class tomorrow.

Physics 12 Assignment

Today's assignment will be moved to tomorrow because of not enough time and technical difficulties.
Hopefully those technical issues will be taken care of tomorrow.

Math 9 Assignment September 3, 2008

Today's assignment in Math 9.
In the text book:
- page 4, odd letters
- Page 8 #1-5, left side

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