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Posted: November 25, 2015

Homework November 25th

Math 8E1-This was our day without a class. Science 8-We took some notes today. Student will develop their skills at taking notes. Students will also work on organizing their notes during this biology unit.-A handout was passed out today. This is not for homework. We will continue to work on it next class. Please bring your text to our next class. Science 7E2-Water cycle assignment should be passed in.-Notes posted below.

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Posted: November 24, 2015

Homework November 24th

Math 8E1-assignment N1 should be passed in. We will mark this together on Thursday as a review.-Today we started pythagorean theorem. Question 4 and 5 are for homework. Science 7E1-Students carbon cycle lab write up should now be passed in.-Students should be reviewing the water cycle. Science 8L-Today we started to learn about tissues, organs and systems. The handout is not for homework.

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Posted: November 18, 2015

Homework Nov 18th

Math 8E1-Operations 3 sheet was passed in today.-Tomorrow students will review outcome N1. Science 7L and 7E2-Today we had our double class. We did a review of all material since the test.-Students have a worksheet on water and carbon cycles to complete for next class. In this activity, students will work on their graphing skills and will also learn to use the observations to make a conclusion. Science 7E2-Le diagramme worksheet was passed in today.-We reviewed the water and carbon cycle.-Students are to complete their graph and conclusion for next class. Remember to use the obsercations (both qualitative and quantatative) in your conclusion.

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nov_18th_science_7.pdf	3.87 MB

Posted: November 17, 2015

Homework Novemeber 17th

Math 8E1-no class today due to presentationScience 7-Today we reviewed succession.-Students were given notes on the water cycle and the carbon cycle.-Notes are attached below.

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nov_17th_science_7e1.pdf	7.45 MB

Posted: November 16, 2015

Homework Nov 16th

Math 8E1- p 25 Q 4, 5, 8-P. 26 Q 12-notes posted below. Today we looked at how to estimate square roots. Science 7L-Today we took some notes on cycles and reviewed succession. Notes are posted below. Science 8E1 and 8L-Test

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Posted: November 13, 2015

Homework Noember 13th

I have been sick the last two days. Today we spent some time reviewing and getting caught up. :) Science 7E2-Le diagrame worksheet should be passed in. Science 8E1-Review guide for test Tuesday was handed out today.-Some students still have their duotang of marked work not returned. Parents please prompt your child to show you their work. Science 8E2-Study guide given out for test Monday. Science 8L-Test is Tuesday.-Study guide will be passed out Monday. We will take the entire class to review together.

Posted: November 10, 2015

Homework No 10th

Math 8E1- P. 8 Q 4, 5, 8, 9, 12, 14-P 15 Q 5, 6, 7, 10, 13, 14, 15 Science 7-diagram sheet and sucession sheet are due next class. Science 8-test moved to next week.

Posted: November 9, 2015

Homework Nov 9th

Science 7-Today we worked on creating graphs. We looked at how we can use them to predict trends and data points we did not measure.-Notes were given in a handout fashion to match the Smartboard lesson.-Worksheet assignment was given. We will continue this next class. Math 8E1-We reviewed our perfect squares and square roots.-We decomposed numbers into prime factors to solve square root questions.-Students learnt how to use their calculator to solve square root questions.

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Posted: November 8, 2015

Video on succession (in English) for science 7

https://www.youtube.com/watch

An animation to explain the differences between primary and secondary succession.

Posted: November 6, 2015

Homework Nov 6th

Math 8E1-Today we learnt about square roots and perfect squares. We looked at some models. We also looked at how breaking a number into its prime factors can help us to figure out the square root of the number. -Notes are posted below.-I posted some weblinks yesterday that are good videos for review.-NO HOMEWORK Science 8-We went over our conclusions for our yeast lab today.-We learnt about mitosis. Students should complete their notes on the handout for next class. Science 7 -We learnt about primary and secondary succession today. Notes are posted below.-Homework is to read page 54 and 55 of the student text.-Worksheet should be completed if it was not finished in class. Students are to identify if the ecosystem in the three pictures are new, medium or advanced ecosystems.