Life Sciences 11:  Time was given to finish the Moss Lab, which is due Friday.

In the second half we went to the IT Lab to create a Fern Life Cycle Crossword using Microsoft Excel.  Follow these instructions:

a) Using the desktop app, open a new Microsoft Excel workbook and save it to your OneDrive with a useful file name.  An example might be Fern Life Cycle Crossword Freddy Mercury 2020 12 17

b) Read about the life cycle of a Fern, and note the key terms.

c) Start with the answer key, laying out your terms like this.  Try to get 8 to 12 terms in total, or more if its fun.

d) Use the border button to outline your crossword, like this.  

e) Create your numbering system, using Super-scripted numbers in the appropriate cells.

f) Insert a Text box, and create clues for your Across words.  Give the Text box a title.  Clues can be phrases, fill in the blanks, images, etc.

g) Repeat for the Down words.  An example of a completed key can be seen here.

h) Name the sheet you are working on as the "Answer Key"  Copy the entire sheet and paste it to a new sheet named "Puzzle".  Remove the letters from the Puzzle sheet, leaving blank squares.  Format the Puzzle so that it prints nicely on a single sheet of paper.  Add a title.  Add some cool Fern Graphics.  Show Mr. Gale.  Save it to your OneDrive.  Print the Puzzle on a single sheet of paper and hand it in.

The Fern Crossword Puzzle is not due Friday.

Chemistry 11:  We did our Reactions Unit Test today.  In the second half we learned about electron configuration and Unit 8 # 26 and 27 was assigned.  Lab 20C was prepared and a demo of a titration was shown.  Lab 6C is due Friday too.

 Chemistry 11:  The Reactions test will be tomorrow, Thursday December 17th in the first half.  We spent time on Lab 6C, but it is not due Thursday.  We also started the Atomic Theory Unit by looking at a Cathode Ray Tube (Crookes Tube), spectroscopes, and reading pg 139-150 in Hebdon.  # 7-18, 22 were assigned, but are not due Thursday.

Life Sciences 11:  After going through page 250 # 7-15 we did the Moss Lab.  Our luck was with us today, as several specimens had attached sporophytes, which are a little rare in December.  The Moss Lab is not due Thursday.  We did an ID mini fun quiz, and included a few non-plant species as well as two new ones:  Lupine and Mountain Ash.  This clip showed the grazing of kelp by sea urchins.

Tomorrow we will watch this clip on artificial kelp plantations, perhaps a way to grow more marine biomass and reduce the atmospheric concentration of Carbon Dioxide gas.

 Chemistry 11:  After a review of Endo and Exothermic reactions we read section 6.6 and did Unit 6 # 70 - 80.  There was time for a short discussion about batteries, fuel cells, electric vehicles and home photovoltaic arrays and we watched this clip on Batteries.  The differences between Millwrights, Mechanical Engineers, and Chemical Engineers was discussed as well.  We began Lab 6C, and finished the procedure for Part I.  The day was finished off with the Reactions Practice Test, since we have a Reactions Unit Test on Thursday.  There will be no questions about Titrations on Thursday's test.

Life Sciences 11:  After a short discussion about plant phyla (Algae, Moss, Ferns, Cone Producers, Flower producers), we looked at two new local Conifers, yew and spruce.  Pages 245 to 250 was read, and Problems # 8-15 on pg 250 was completed in fine sentences.  Create your own Figure 10 from page 259, and be ready to explain it to Mr. Gale.  No need to memorize it yet, you can look at it while you explain it to him.  We watched this video on making cheese, which relies on a bacterial culture.

Life Sciences 11:  After our Microbi Test we finished the Algae Lab.  We took notes on Plants, and watched a short clip on how Brown Algae is made into Nori. We started watching this clip about Volvox, and will continue tomorrow.   The Algae Lab is due tomorrow.

Chemistry 11:  Today I collected the legal sized stoichiometry WS.  We did a second Stoichiometry sheet today, and we worked on Lab 6B on the conclusion.  Both the Lab and WS are due Tuesday.  We will have a test on Reactions on Thursday.

 Life Sciences 11:  We added a little to the Fungi Notes from Wednesday, then read pages 238-244 in our Texts.  In Quality point form (there should be no single word responses:), do pg 245 # 1-3 and 5-7.  We finished off the Fungi documentary.  I collected the Microbi WS today.

Chemistry 11:  Complete the Stoichiometry Involving Limiting Reactant WS for Friday.  Complete the Questions and Calculations and Follow up Questions from Lab 6B for Friday.  No conclusion yet.

 Life Sciences 11:  After a short review, we worked on page 232 # 17-23, 25 in fine sentences.  Include these with your Protists Lab.  We took notes on Fungi, and watch this Nature of Things documentary on the evolution of Fungi.  The Microscopy Review WS helped review microscope calculations and other skills.   We will have a test on Microbi on Monday.

Chemistry 11:  Due Thursday is Unit 7 # 1-4 and 6. We started Lab 6B today, but it is not due. 

December 8, 2020

Life Sciences 11:  We viewed pond water (from Williamson's Lake) and several prepared slides (Paramecium, Amoeba, Plasmodium, Diatoms) to explore some of the types of Protists found in local water and elsewhere.  In the second half, we had a short discussion about Fungi, the last of 3 kingdoms that make up our Microbiology Unit.  Various samples of carbohydrate rich foods were innoculated with fungal spores in order to grow some fungi.  The spores were found in dusty places around our classroom and nearby hallways.   Today I collected the Antibiotics Homemade Assignment from Monday. Nothing is due for Wednesday.

Chemistry 11:    From Monday I collected Lab 4D, Lab 4B, and the WS titled "Writing Reaction Equations".  We took notes on the Law of Conservation of Matter, and did Balancing II WS.  More notes were taken on the Categories of Chemical Reactions, and a WS titled "Predicting Reaction Products" was given out.  Both of these are due on Wednesday.  Time was given to prepare Lab 6B.

 Monday, December 7th

Life Sciences 11:  

Read the article on Bacteria and Antibiotics and create an assignment for the article.

Crate 4 challenging multiple choice problems, 4 fill-in-the-blank questions, and 2 short answer questions.  

Here are the requirements:

-Each multiple choice question will have a "stem" and 4 choices. 

-four questions will be about general knowledge about bacteria

-the remainder will be specific to antibiotics

-at least one of the problems must require the interpretation of a diagram 

-on the back or on a separate page, create an answer key. 

In the second half, we took notes on Protists and watched Professor Dave explain Archaea and Protists in this video.  We took notes on Protists.  Lastly we read pg 226-229 (stop at the start of Amoeba) and sketch a lifecycle of P vivax, the pathogen that causes Malaria.

Chemistry 11:  Today we did the Moles Unit Test and spent time on Lab 4D, which is due Tuesday.  The WS titled Writing Chemical Reactions Equations is also due on Tuesday.  The Balancing sheet is not due Tuesday. 

 

 Chemistry 11:  After a short review we did the Moles Practice Test.  Click here to see it, and click here to see the answer key.  Time was given for Lab 4D, then we took notes on Chemical Reactions. A WS titled "Writing Chemical Reactions" was completed.  On Monday there will be a Moles Unit Test.

Life Sciences 11:  We began with the Evolution Quiz, followed by some work time for the Monera flippit assignment. We watched Professor Dave speak about Bacteria in this clip,   Due Monday is the Flippit. 

 Chemistry 11:  After a short review we did some examples that show how Dilutions work.   Due Friday is Unit 5 # 78-81, 95,, 96, 99.  We started Lab 4D, and time will be given next class for this.

Life Science 11:  We watched a short clip on Sexual Selection and took notes on Patterns of Evolution.  Answers were given for the Evolution Practice Test.  A test with 10 MC and 4 WR problems will be done on Friday.  Read about viruses on pg 199-204 then do pg 205 # 7-14 in fine sentences.  

Life Science 11:  After a short review, we watched this clip about Evolution by Natural Selection and we did the Giraffe Worksheet.   We went through the three natural distribution graphs that represent Directional, Stablizing, and Disrupting Natural Selection.  In the second half, we did the MC section of an old Evolution Test to review the ideas that we have learned so far.   We also started some notes on Viruses. 

Chemistry 11:  The differences between empirical formula and molecular formula were reviewed at the start, then we did U5 # 47-54, which are due Thursday.  We made a standard solution today, and did a dilution.  Create a Lab Report and include these Sections:  Title, Purpose, Materials, Procedure.  We finished off with a quiz on moles calculations.

Chemistry 11:  Due Wednesday is Lab 4B and Unit 5 # 46 (a,c,e,f,h,k,j), any 3 from 44/45, and any 4 from 15.21,22.  Also due are concentration problems Unit 5 # 59, 61-64.

Biology 11:  After watching this clip about Natural Selection, we read pg 247 to 252 in MacMillan Biology and filled in a prepared placemat.  We took notes on Taxonomy, read page 196 - 199 in our own texts, and did pg 199 # 1-6.  

November 30, 2020.

Chemistry 11:  Due Tuesday is Unit 5 # 15,21,22 (any 15 problems total) and Unit 5 # 44 and 45 (any 10 total).  We worked on Lab 4D today, I and forgot to make it due tomorrow.  Lab 4D is due Wednesday.  Please ensure that you are checking answers constantly, and showing your math reasoning clearly.

Life Science 11:  Today we wrote our Introductory Unit Test.  We also did the Genetics II WS, and spent time finishing the Fossil History of the Elephant Lab (all the procedure, and the Discussion Questions # 1-7.  Due Tuesday is pg 182 #1-4, 7,8. We finished with this clip, about Natural Selection.