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Welcome to Grade 9 Science (SNC1D) by Mr. Oldridge, (nathanoldridge@torontoprepschool.com)
** Homework assigned on Thursday, January 20: ** None. The exam is all that's left!

Course Outline:

=**Agenda for Nov 1 to 5** =
 * **MONDAY** || 1. We will take up the quiz from Friday.

2. Compounds! Ionic compounds in particular.

3. Homework will be: Page 231, #2-4 and Page 261 #4def ||
 * **TUESDAY** || 1. Take up homework from Monday

2. Compounds! Molecular compounds in particular. ||
 * **WEDNESDAY** || 1. Take up homework from Tuesday.

2. Modelling Compounds. This will be an in-class assignment, to be handed in at the end of class.

3. - Homework will be: Page 241, #1-5 Also, students should begin to study for the test on Friday. Great review questions include: Page 254 #9-17, 21 and 23. ||
 * **THURSDAY** || We will do a day of review for the test. ||
 * **FRIDAY** || **CHEMISTRY UNIT TEST (Chapters 4 to 6 in the textbook)** ||

=**Agenda for this Week (Nov 8 to 12)** = I want to have a quiz EARLY next week, probably Monday, on: - How we know the Earth is round - Seasons/Days ... Moon revolving around Earth and Earth revolving around the Sun - The Solar System - Other Celestial Objects
 * **MONDAY** || **No School** ||
 * **TUESDAY** || 1. We will take up the Chemistry Test from Friday

2. Early Astronomy

3. How do we know the Earth is round?

4. Motion of earth, moon, sun - seasons

5. Homework is: Page 276 #2, 3, 5 ||
 * **WEDNESDAY** || 1. Take up homework from Tuesday

2. Motion of earth, moon, sun - eclipses, tides, phases of the moon

3. Page 276 #1 and Page 290, #3, 4cd, 5, 6 ||
 * **THURSDAY** || 1. Take up homework from Wednesday

2. The Solar System and Other "Celestial Objects"

3. Homework will be: Page 296 #1, 4, 5 ||
 * **FRIDAY** || 1. Take up homework from Thursday

2. Constellations

3. Review what we've learned this week

4. Homework will be: TBA ||

** New Project: 4 advertisements/infomercials showcasing destinations for travel, if we could travel in space. See this sheet: (Due Dec 1) **

** Tuesday ****, December 7: Storyboard about the Sun is due tomorrow. **

** On Friday (Dec 3), we took up the quiz and learned that next week we will have activities. Note to Parents: The average on the quiz was 51%, and so unless the quiz HELPS your student's mark, it will not count. Monday to Wednesday next week, we will be doing in-class activities, for marks, in lieu of the quiz mark. Students who did well on the quiz will also be expected to participate in the activities, as they are designed for better understanding of the material. **

** Friday, December 10: ** Correct Your Space Test (which was given back in class today). Solutions:

Dec 13: 6 questions on back of sheet

** Wednesday, December 15: ** Page 445 #3, 6 + The chemical ingredients to make a galvanic cell (there are lots of answers to this one).

= Agenda for this Week (Dec 13 to 17) =
 * **MONDAY** || 1. Review of Static Electricity, Charging by Friction

2. Charging by Contact and Induction (10.2 in textbook)

3. Playing with the Van de Graaff Generator

4. Homework will be: Homework sheet I will give out in class ||
 * **TUESDAY** || 1. Take up homework

2. Static Electricity in the Real World: Lightning, Air Purifiers, Spray Painting, Photocopiers, Laser Printers, Scanners, Radiation Detectors

3. Homework will be: TBA ||
 * **WEDNESDAY** || 1. Batteries and Cells

2. Homework will be: TBA ||
 * **THURSDAY** || 1. Types of Batteries + Introduction to Circuits. ||
 * **FRIDAY** || 1. TBA ||

= Agenda for this Week (January 3 to 7) = Handout 1: Filled in 1:
 * **MONDAY** || 1. Review of Static Electricity, Cells and Batteries

2. Introduction to circuits and circuit diagrams Handout 2: Filled in 2:

3. Activity: Role-playing as electrons || Handout: Filled in:
 * **TUESDAY** || 1. Circuits, in-depth: Potential/Current/Resistance

2. Mathematical relationships between Voltage (V), Current (I) and Resistance (R).

3. Homework: 5 Questions on handout (above) ||
 * **WEDNESDAY** || 1. Circuit Diagrams LAB

Handout: Handout 2: ||
 * **THURSDAY** || 1. More about Parallel and Series Circuits

2. Homework is: Page 471 #8 ||
 * **FRIDAY** || 1. Understanding Electricity (Video) ||

= Agenda for this Week (January 10 to 14) =
 * **MONDAY** || 1. How Electricity gets from the Power Plant to your Home

2. Homework: Page 500 #3, 4 ||
 * **TUESDAY** || 1. Quiz about circuits, voltages, current, power (stuff from the week of January 3 to 7)

Copy of Quiz: Answers:

2. How electricity is created at the Power Plant

3. Homework: None ||
 * **WEDNESDAY** || 1. Begin the In-Class Course-Culminating Task

2. Homework: None ||
 * **THURSDAY** || 1. Work on the In-Class Course-Culminating Task

2. Homework: None ||
 * **FRIDAY** || 1. I told everyone what was important to study for the exam

2. Homework: None ||

The rest of the week after that will be spent doing review for the exam and working on the Culminating Course Task.

= Agenda for this Week (January 17 to 21) =
 * **MONDAY** || 1. Review Period for Exam: Biology ||
 * **TUESDAY** || 1. Review Period for Exam: Electricity ||
 * **WEDNESDAY** || 1. **Electricity Unit Test**

Test: ** Answers: ** ||
 * **THURSDAY** || 1. Take up Electricity Unit Test

2. Review Period for Exam: Chemistry ||
 * **FRIDAY** || 1. Review Period for Exam: Space ||