Careers 8 Day 3:

1) Can you identify the non-trades employment fields? There are just a few:

Baker                                         Nurse
Plumber                                     Saw Filer
Police Officer                             Truck Driver
Mobile Crane Operator              Mason
Carpenter                                   Aircraft Maintenance Technician
Welder                                        Arborist
Hair Stylist                                  Cook
Hockey Coach                            Drywall Finisher
Glazier                                        Electrician
Embalmer/Funeral Director        Horticulturalist
Locksmith                                   Automotive Body Repair Technician
Meatcutter                                  Pilot

We watched a short series of clips from the ITA on different Trades.

2) . At your computer, finish Tuesday's Tasks.  Then finish Monday's Tasks. See me if you are all done.


Science 9 P56:  Today we did pg 125 # 2-6, 11, 16, 17 from the old Probe 10.  This is the last of Ecology for us and there will be a Test on Tuesday. on any material past Sept 23rd.  We spent some time reviewing with a partner verbally, practicing the techniques that were demonstrated by Nolan and your instructor.  We also did the Ecology Practice Test, which is due Monday.

Chemistry 12:  Unit 3 # 29-33, 81-85 and 62-65 are due Monday, along with the Mini-review WS of Solubility.  Lab 19C should be done today, unless you have made special arrangements with me.  The Unit 3 (Solubility) Test will be next week.  A practice test will be available later this afternoon.

Science 9:  Today we started with a short lesson on Pollutants and discussed biomagnification vs bioaccumulation.  We read pg 120 to 124 in the old Probe 10 text, and we did pg 125 # 2-6. 11, 16-17  half in sentences, half in quality point form.

In the second half, we spent time completing the first draft of our Fiction novel writing assignment.  We looked at a Scientific Paper to see how the Author formatted their work to make it easy to read, and we followed the same format.

Descriptive Title (Font 14, Bold, Times New Roman)

Your Name, all capitals Font 12,

Location, contact information, Font 10

[Body of your article:  Sentence and paragraph format, 2 pages, double spaced, font 12 Times New Roman, 1 or 2 Figures (numbered, include a short caption, text wrapped), don't write with first person language (exclude I's, we's etc), Be sure to include a short summary of the story, a description of the scientific ideas important to the story, and your opinion about if the events of the story could actually happen.]

Literature cited (list your sources following Mr. Wilson's instructions and online guide)

use a footer (Font 8, Times New Roman)  that includes the date, page number, and your last name.

Science 9:  After a short session on Atmospheric Pollutants, we did research on our Joy of Reading papers.  If you are starting to write you article today, keep these criteria in mind:

2 pages, double spaced, font 12 Times New Roman, 1 or 2 Figures (numbered, include a short caption), don't write with first person language (exclude I's, we's etc)

Be sure to include:

A short summary of the story
A description of the scientific ideas important to the story.
Your opinion on if the events of the story could actually happen.






Careers 8 Day 2:   

Time Management Assignment:  follow the instructions below:

1)  Open your desktop Excel app.   In Column A, make rows for each half hour of the day, starting at midnight.  On row #1, create 1 column per day for 1 week, starting with Saturday. 

2)  Use the fill colour button, and make all of your required school hours blue.  For this whole assignment, think of a typical week.

3)  Repeat, making all of your sleeping hours yellow.

4) Repeat using a different colour for all the categories of time spent:  Work, Soccer Practice, Church, etc.  Leave "free time" white.  School lunch hours are free time.

5)  Insert a Textbox and within it create a key to explain your colour scheme.

6)  State the total number of "free time" hours per week in your Textbox.

7)  Save this with a useful/searchable file name to your "One Drive",  Save a .pdf as well, and upload the .pdf into your My Files in myBlueprint. 

8) Complete the tasks from October 28th.

Careers 8:

We watched a short clip on managing your Digital Footprint well.

Day 1 Tasks for Careers 8

1.  Navigate to myBlueprint.ca and create an account.  The Activation Key is  "Revelstoke".  As this is your official high school myBlueprint account to be used until Grade 12, accurately type your name with proper capitalization.

2.  In the left corner, click on Menu in the navigation and select Who Am I.  Select the Learning Styles assessment, and complete it.  Report your learning style to Mr. Gale when you are done.

3.  In the left corner, click on Work and select Resumes.  Click the button + Create Resume and create a Grade 8 Resume.  Fill in as much as you can in the sections titled Contact Information, Education,  and Hobbies and Interests.  Write clearly and use appropriate capitalization and proper spelling.  We will do other sections later.

4.  In the Home left tab, click on Portfolios.  Add a Portfolio and call it Grade 8 Portfolio.  This is a place where you will store a collection of items that show your learning.  Create an appropriate Avatar.  Click "Add Box" and add both your Learning Styles and your Grade 8 Resume.

5.  Navigate back to the Who Am I section, and do the Personality Survey.  Add this to your Grade 8 Portfolio as well.  See Mr. Gale if this is all done.

Science 9:  Today we spent half of our class researching the scientific aspect found in our novel.  Ask Mr. Gale if you are not sure about what to look up.  Read, learn, and take a few key notes on a new Word Document with a useful title.  Keep a list of sources on your word document too.

Keep in mind these questions:
What are the basic science principles involved?,
What is the likelihood of this story really occurring?
What would prevent these events from taking place? etc.  Details about the Article you will be writing will come next class.

We also spent time reviewing biogeochemical cycles, brainstormed a little about pollutants, and watched a video on Coal Fired Electricity Production.

Chemistry 12:  Unit 3 # 56-61, 53, 25j due Tuesday.  Lab 19C due Wednesday am - you will get 30 minutes more to work on this on tomorrow morning.  Answers for you: 

56.  K_T = 9.0 x 10^-19, ppt forms

57.  [S^2- ] = 3.0 x 10^-36 M

58.  [F^- ] = 2.2 x 10^-4 M

59.  K_T = 2.4 x 10^-8,  ppt forms

60.  K_sp = K_T = 1.42 x 10^-7

61.  K_T = 3.4 x 10^-14,  ppt forms

52.  [OH^- ] = 4.3 x 10^-6  

Chemistry 12:  Work continues on Lab 19C, which will be due on the Double Block next week.

Science 9:  pg 60 from the old Probe 10 is due on Monday.  Your novel needs to be read by Monday.

Senior Girls Volleyball:  Permission forms and fees for the Kelowna trip tomorrow need to be in before we leave.  We will leave the school at 9:00 am and play our first match at Rutland Secondary School at 1:40 pm.

Science 9:  Today we started with a review of Biomes, and we began pg 60 in the Probe 10 (# 1-12, 15, 16.).  This is not due - we will work on it Thursday.

Chemistry 12:  We worked on Lab 19C, which is not due Thursday.   

Chemistry 12:  Today we did lab 19C, but it is not due.  Be sure that last day's work is completed - Unit 3 # 46-52 and the Review of 3.1-3.7 WS.

Science 9:  After a brief tour of the continents and oceans, we discussed the Phosphorus Cycle. 
Check out Video 1 and Video 2 of fungi, a variety of which are important to uptake of Phosphates from soil by plants.  Then we read about the 8 Biomes listed in the old Probe 10, and on our papers we recorded the rainfall, major plant species, 1 or 2 facts, and if you have visited this biome before.   Read your Joy of Reading novel by Monday!

Science 9:  1) Read and fix this article on the Phosphorus Cycle by pasting it into a new Word document  - use the Word App on your computer, not the net based version.   There needs to be 2 spaces after all periods.  Break the article into paragraphs, and indent the first sentence of each paragraph by using the TAB button.   When you are done, 1.5-space the whole article.  Put a proper header on this article (Cite "World of Chemistry, 8th Edition, 2000".)  Show Mr. Gale.

2) In the same Word document as your article, create an assignment that could be given to a Grade 9 student.   Ask questions on the 5 most important ideas found this article.

3) Save it to your OneDrive, and share it with Mr. Gale.

At Home, check the condition of your binder.  Use this checklist as a guide.  On Tuesday,  I will give you a paper copy for your adult to fill in with you, due on Wednesday.

Chemistry 12:  We added a 3rd Example to the notes from Friday on Ksp.  Unit 3 # 46-51 and a WS (Mini Review of 3.1 to 3.7) was assigned, and is due Tuesday.  We also prepared Lab 19C for Tuesday's class.

Science 9:  Our last day working with Mia on the Know Your Watershed Program.  Thank you Mia!  Now you are an expert on water issues in Revelstoke:)

Chemistry 12:  The long solubility lab was handed in at the start.  After a short mini review on Sections 3.1 to 3.4, we took notes on Ksp Problems and we did Unit 3 # 41-45, 21, 22 (these are due Monday).  We finished off with a homework quiz:

1) Write the formula equation, complete ionic equation, and net ionic equation for the following double replacement reaction:

A)   Na3PO4   +   CaCl2

B)   Zinc Bromide and Silver Nitrate


Thursday, October 17th

Chemistry 12:  Unit 3 # 18-20D, # 25 a-c and g-i, and the Solubility Lab WS are due next class.  Today we wrote a quiz on U3 # 1-12, 15.

Science 9 P12:  Today we went to The Water Treatment and Waste Water Treatment Plants, to meet with workers there and to see how the plants run.

Science 9:  Today I collected pg 95 # 2-10, 15, 17 from Period 12 Science 9, Period 56 will hand in theirs on Tuesday.   We drew 3 climatographs for 3 different biomes,  our partners did the other 3 biomes.   We are learning a little about weather because it helps move the Nitrogen and Carbon atoms around our globe.

Revelstoke Climate Data:
Jan ( -6C, 139 mm),
Feb (-2C, 92 mm),
March (1C, 75 mm),
April (7C, 73 mm) .
May (14C, 51mm),
June (16C, 75 mm),
July (19C, 60 mm),
August (17C, 61 mm),
Sept (12C, 67 mm),
October (6C, 90 mm),
November (0C, 120 mm),
Dec (-4C, 148mm)

Chemistry 12:  Unit 3 # 1-12, 15.  We worked on our mini "Dead Seas" to find determine the concentration of NaCl in a saturated solution.  A few of you were working on saturated Copper Sulphate solutions. 

Chemistry 12:  Today we wrote the Equilibrium Unit Test.  No homework is due for Tuesday.

Science 9:  pg 91 was collected from you today.  We took brief notes on the Nitrogen cycle, then read Section 4.3 in the Probe 10, then we did pg 96 # 2-10, 15 and 17.  Half in sentences, half in quality point form with no single word responses.   Pg 96 is due Tuesday

Thursday, October 10th

Science 9:  At the start of class we marked pg 85 # 1-10 from the Science Probe 10 Text and we reviewed local tree species (coniferous and deciduous).  We watched a TED talk on the Polar Biome, where producers are in short supply.  We started pg 91 # 1, 4-14, and 16 in sentences, again from the old Probe 10 but this was not assigned for Friday.  Click here to view the Probe 10 section.  In the second half we looked at Williamson's Lake water with microscopes, and sketched and labelled 2 phytoplankton and 2 zooplankton.

Chemistry 12:  Today we reviewed Equilibrium by completing the practice test.  Our Unit 2 test will be Friday.  Our next unit is Solubility Equilibria, so we made mini "Dead Seas" with our partner and on Tuesday we will determine the concentration of salt in those mixtures.   We took brief notes on Making Ionic Solutions, and did some experimenting with Conductivity.

Science 9 Period 12:  Today I collected pg 85 # 1-10 from the Science Probe 10 Text.  Due Friday is pg 91 # 1, 4-14, and 16 in sentences, again from the old Probe 10.  Click here to view the Probe 10 section.

Science 9:  We started off with a short ecology review, which included local tree species identification.  New today were deciduous trees and shrubs:  Mountain Ash, Trembling Aspen, Maple, Snow Berry, and Boxwood (doesn't lose its leaves seasonally).  The coniferous tree samples included cedar, hemlock, yew, fir, spruce and pine.  We read about Cycling of Organic and Inorganic Compounds in the Biosphere (section 4.1) and we did pg 85 # # 1-10.

Chemistry 12:  After a short review of Equilibrium Problems, we worked on U2 # 47-60.  If you are all done these, you can start the Practice Test.   Test on Friday. 

Monday, October 7th

Chemistry 12:  Super short class today - 5 minutes.  I collected your # 47-58 questions, please finish any problems that are not yet done.  Test on Unit 2 on Friday.

Science 9:  We reviewed 3 kinds of symbiotic relationships today, then got into the Carbon Cycle.  We spent time learning about 5 key reservoirs of Carbon:  Biomass, the Atmosphere, Fossil Fuels, Sedimentary Deposits, and Ocean Water.  We began a short discussion about how atoms of C move from one reservoir to another before the class was over.  I would like to collect pg 32 # 1-12 from the Science Probe 10 Text.

Chemistry 12:  Unit 2 # 47-58 are due Monday.  Answers below in blue:

Chapter 2 Answers:

47.  Keq = 5.0

48.  Keq = 3.0

49. a)  Keq = 0.013

49. b)  Keq = 0.93

50.  a) Q = 0.89, so shift to Products

50.  b)  Q = 7.5  so shift to Reactants

50.  c)  Q = 4 so no shifting required

51.  a)  Q = 7.5 so shift to Products

51.  b)  Q = 1.4 x 10⁴ so shift to Reactants

51.  c)  shift to Products

52.  [SO3] = .56 M

53.  [Cl2] = .229 M

54.  Shift to products; Q = 6.954.  Shift to products; Q = 6.9

#55  [CO] = 1.17 M;   

#56  0.639 mol Tl⁺;   

#57  K_eq = .044;

58.   0.098 mol H2S  

# 59  2.5 mol of CO2 removed

#60  [HI] = .0389 M, [H₂] = [I₂] = .0055 M;  

#61  16 mol NH₃;  

#62 [N₂O₂] = .0938 M

Science 9:  Today we read section 2.3 from the old Probe 10 to learn about parasitism, commensalism, and mutualism.  Pg 32 # 1-12 are due on Monday.  Write in fine sentences, except for the Multiple Choice problems where you will report a letter only.   

# 59  2.5 mol of CO2 removed

#60  [HI] = .0389 M, [H₂] = [I₂] = .0055 M;  

#61  16 mol NH₃;  

#62 [N₂O₂] = .093Science 9:  

Science 9:  Thanks Mia King from Wildsight for coming to our classes today to start the Know Your Watershed Program.  We learned a little about our local watershed, and discussed our field trip to Montana Creek tomorrow (Period 1/2, leaving 11:45 Wednesday) or Thursday (Period 56, leaving at 8:45).  Please ensure that your permission forms have been signed completely.

Chemistry 12:   Today you self-taught Equilibrium Constant basics to yourself  by reading section 2.6 and doing Unit 2 # 31-35.  Good work!  Ensure that you have a few questions or your instructor on Wednesday morning.