Science 8:  We went through the Wegener - Continental Drift Hand out from Friday, then reviewed the local mountain peak names.  We completed Lab 13E, which shows how the structure of the Earth can be learned from seismology.  We completed the Procedure and some of us started the Discussion Questions, but this is not due on Tuesday.  

Chemistry 11:  After a short group review (atomic structure, isotopes, alkanes # 1-10) we did the Solutions and Atomic Theory Unit Review WS.  Test on Thursday morning. 

Chemistry 12:  We completed the Oxidation Number WS today after a short review of electrochem topics.   This WS is due for Tuesday.  

Friday, Dec 13

Chemistry 12:  You did it!  Acid-Base Unit done!

Chemistry 11:  We started with a mini review of finding the concentration of ions.   Following this we spent time completing Unit 9 # 9-16, about intermolecular bonding.  In the second half we learned about Organic Chemistry by looking at a few slides and writing brief notes.  We began Organic WS # 1, but this is not due.  Test next week on the double block (Atomic Theory & Solutions) .

Science 8:  We went through the 5 discussion questions first from the Epicenter Lab from Wednesday.  After reviewing local mountain peak names, we read an article on Evidence for Continental Drift and filled in the tables at the end of the reading.  We measured off 10m, then walked it to find our "pace".   This value was used to find the number of paces needed for longer distances:  100 m, 1000m, walk to Sicamous, Walk to Toronto, Walk to Williamson's lake.  In the final 15 minutes we learned now to calculate speed, given the distance and the time.  We tried these problems:

1.  Lance cycles home (4.2 km) in 18 minutes.  Calculate his average speed in km per hour.

2.  Beth's time is 1:04.23 in a 100m freestyle race.  Calculate her average speed in meters per second.

3. Calculate the average ground speed in km/hr if a flight from Vancouver to Edmonton takes 65 minutes.  Use your North America map.