Science 8:  Read pg 75-78.  Make a placemat showing 1 or 2 important facts for each section.  pg 81 # 3-8, 15, 16 in sentences.

Science 10:  Fossil history of the Elephant lab, Procedure only.  Expect a biology test next week.

Earth Science 11:  Due Monday is the Atmospheric Science Practice Test.  We will have a test on Monday.

Junior Girls Volleyball:  Be at the school at 7:00 am for our Saturday trip to Armstrong.  We should be back by 5:00 pm.  Bring a lunch, snacks, both jerseys, and a water bottle.  No Monday morning serving practice, this has been changed to Wednesday.

Earth Science 11:  We spent time working on the Cloud powerpoint assignment today.  Make an 11 slide Powerpoint.  After the title slide, make 10 slides with different cloud types.  On each, include a photo, the Cloud name, and one or two notes about the cloud.  To share it with your instructor, save the Powerpoint to your "One Drive" and use a descriptive file name.  In your One Drive, right click the file and share.  Type ggale in the recipient line, and it will fill in the rest.

We learned about Global Weather patterns, Hadley cells, and the Coriolus Effect, that steers moving air to the right.  After a little reading, we created a mini assignment with 3 multiple choice questions on Global weather.   This will be due on Friday.   We finished with a Documentary on Weather.  Finally, a quiz on the Orographic (Mountain) Effect.

Junior Girls Volleyball:   See the Junior Girls Volleyball blog on the school website - click here.  Thanks Mr. Rourke for posting such an awesome blog!  Today we depart at 1:50 pm for league play at VSS.  Practice on Friday.  Armstrong mini-tournament on Saturday (return your special permission forms into the office by Friday.)

Science 8:  Today we did Lab 2-5 and showed that amylase made sugar from starch.  Due Friday is Lab 2-5, Analyze # 1-3 and Conclude and Apply # 1 (pg 78/79).

Science 10:  Today we learned about Punnet Squares, a way to solve genetics problems.  The Genetics WS is due Friday.  We also did a lab on flower anatomy, which is also due Friday (analysis f - j).  Expect a Bio test next week.

Junior Girls Volleyball:  Board the Activity bus at 1:50 Thursday.  We play at 5:00, 6:00, and 7:00 at Vernon Secondary School, so bring both jerseys, food, water, and extra socks.  We won't get back until about 10:15.

On Saturday, we travel to Pleasant Valley Secondary in Armstrong for a 6 team tournament.  Be at RSS by 7:00.  Bring both jerseys, a lunch or money for a lunch, socks, and water.  You will need to have your permission form and $30 for fuel/entry fee handed in by Friday to Ms. Maltby.

Science 10:  Today I collected the Sexual Reproduction in Flowering plants mini research assignment.  Have it ready for my Wednesday if you were away last Friday.  We learned about Mendel's experiments with peas, and wrote some notes together. Section 17.2 from the old Science Probe 10 was read individually, and # 2-6 was done.

Earth Science 11:  I looked at and recorded the Dew Point activity from Friday.  We took notes on the Orographic Effect, so we now know why we live in a rain forest.  We did a WS on the Orographic Effect and on Cloud names.  This WS is due on Thursday.   On Thursday, we will spend 30 minutes in the IT Lab, completing the Cloud Powerpoint.  Please share this with me (ggale@sd19.bc.ca) when you are done.

Science 8:  Read pg 70 - 74.  Do # 2-6 on pg 76.  There will be a quiz on the Digestive system parts on Wednesday.

Junior Girls Volleyball:  Armstrong is on!  Saturday only, we leave early in the am (time to be determined).    Girls not travelling are asked to help out with the Grade 8 Last Spike tournament.

Junior Girls Volleyball:  We travel to Vernon Secondary on Thursday and play at 5:00, 6:00, and 7:00.  We will leave in the afternoon at 1:45 (to be confirmed).   We will drop off the boys in Salmon Arm on the way there and pick them up on the way home.    Click here to see the full League schedule and rules.

Science 8:  The "Cup Experiment" was collected today, after we added the Title, Purpose, and Materials section to the front.  We made a place mat and learned about Nutrient Categories by reading pg 64 - 69.  On Tuesday we will mark pg 63 # 1-10.

Science 10:  We started with a quiz on Human Reproductive Anatomy.  We went to the library to research how flowering plants reproduce sexually.  The Assignment, which is due Tuesday, is outlined below in blue.

Meiosis, Sexual Reproduction, and Heredity                                                Science 10

At the library, you will spend 20 minutes learning by reading, and taking brief notes.  Allow yourself about 5 minutes of video learning, and use your headphones.  Spend 20 more minutes creating a mind-map or mini poster that answers these questions:

A      How do flowering plants reproduce sexually?

B      In what structures do meiosis, fertilization, and embryo development occur?

Finish this for Tuesday, but limit yourself to 20 minutes of focused work outside of class.

Marking guide:

-Point form notes are created that attempt to answer the questions posed.

-Miniposter shows some level of organization.

-There is considerable connection between Questions A and B and the content on the miniposter.

-The amount of detail and number of key terms show that new learning has occurred and is consistent with a 60 minute deadline.

-you are able to explain your miniposter to someone verbally


Earth Science 11:  We started with a mini review on Atmospheric Science topics and cloud formation.  Then we did a worksheet where thermometers were read in order to determine the Dew Point temperature for several scenarios.  We finished with a You tube video called Luke Howard, the man who named the clouds.

Science 10:  Due Friday is the reproductive anatomy WS and # 1-4 on pg 381 of today's hand out. We self marked pg 373 from an answer key at the start of today's class, and a quiz was given on this material at the end of the class.

On Friday, there will be a quiz on Male and Female reproductive anatomy.  You will be given a blank anatomy diagram like we did today.

Science 8:  Today we did the experiment that you wrote the procedure for on Monday.    We wrote a Discussion about our experiment.  We also read about different kinds of cells, organs, and systems when we read section 2.1 and then we completed pg 59 # 1-10 in fine sentences.  This is due on Friday.

Volleyball:

Please bring in your athletic agreement, and Jersey deposit to the office.  There will be a meeting at lunch on Friday to give out jerseys, and we will practice after school on Thursday at BVE from 3:30 to 5:15.