Grade 10 students: Thank you for completing the 3 surveys regarding the HP laptop project. Here are the links to the 3 surveys as well as some instructions for completing them.

1) Survey from the International Science and Technology Educators organization:

https://www.surveymk.com/s.aspx?sm=4iG3bgXP1aOrAaJhCiyhig_3d_3d

If you already completed this survey once on your home computer, you won’t be able to do it a second time (it records the IP address of your computer). You could try doing the survey on another computer.

2) Survey from Mrs. Ross Holton, Mrs. Durnin, and Mrs. Gascho:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/B56RNCY

3) Google Docs Survey. Students from semester 1 should have completed this survey in the fall as well. You will need to enter your password, which is your course code that you were a part of the project in. If you were in both math and science with these teachers, please use the course code that you used in the fall. The course code you will use will be one of the following: SNC2P, SNC2D, SBI3U, MPM2D. Consider which course you used the laptops in.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dHVndTFwQ0VBb3V6RzVtZG9nZkxLWlE6MA

Thank you for providing your feedback on this important project. Your information will be used to provide improvements to future technology projects in math and science at CHSS.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Ross Holton, Mrs. Durnin, and Mrs. Gascho

Not sure if anyone from class will be checking the blog this weekend as you prepare for the exam, but I thought I'd give you some tips here...
Make sure you go through your Physics test. Some of you didn't come pick it up from me yesterday, so you'll have to get it on Monday. The physics questions on the exam are very similar to the unit test questions. Get help from me on Monday morning if you need it. Remember to review the Belgrave Creek Study (your analysis of the results), the Ecology Issues Test, any labs that we performed in chemistry, and all your chemistry quizes and tests.
Good luck with your studying...remember you can relax after the exams :)

So, as you can see, I haven't been keeping the class blog up to date very well. I don't think many, or any, of you were checking it regularly anyway. I will try to update the blog as we go through these last couple of weeks of semester 1. There may be times when you need information at home when preparing for your exam. So, please check here often until your exam. Sometimes, I even give exam hints on here.....

Today, students finished their graphic organisers on types of chemical reactions. We then did a quick review of identifying types of reactions, predicting products and balancing chemical equations. There will be the opportunity to rewrite the two quizzes on these skills tomorrow in class. If you didn't do well on both of these quizzes, or just on one of them, you can rewrite both or one of them tomorrow. If you did as well as you'd like to, then don't rewrite them! If you want to do the rewrites, I suggest you study for them tonight so that it's not a repeat performance!
See ya Thursday :)

On Friday last week, and today, students worked on a graphic organizer on the types of chemical reactions. We will finish these tomorrow.

So far this week, we've been practising balancing chemical equations. We had a quiz on this today. It's clear that a few of you need to come and get some extra help on this topic. Many of you have mastered it. Great work!

This past week, students completed the lab on conserving mass and reviewed types of reactions. They also had a quiz on identifying types of reactions and predicting products. Challenge Day was on Wednesday for most students. At the end of the week, students began to learn how to balance chemical equations. There will be a quiz on this on Wednesday. Extra help is available on Monday and Tuesday at lunch this week.

For extra help with chemistry, check out chem4kids.com!

This past week, students wrote a test on chemical compounds. They then began working on understanding chemical reactions, include 5 different types of these. They also began to prepare for a lab that they will do on Monday on Does the Mass Change During a Chemical Reaction?
Have a nice long weekend!

On Tuesday, we discussed the worksheet ionic compounds and students wrote a practice quiz on this topic. They then copied a note on polyatomic ions and compounds.
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On Wednesday, students practiced writing names and formulas of polyatomic compounds.

On Thursday, we took up the polyatomic worksheet and students wrote a practice quiz on these types of compounds. We then learned about how to write the names and formulas of molecular compounds and what covalent bonds look like.

Your chemistry test is now on Monday.

Here is the link to the Google survey I'd like you to do for the HP project. Please complete it as soon as possible. The password is our class code SNC2Pa.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dHVndTFwQ0VBb3V6RzVtZG9nZkxLWlE6MA

Also,
Please go to the following link and complete the survey on this site. Most of you have already done this survey in class using the HP laptops, but if you were absent on Friday Oct. 30th you will need to do it from home.
https://www.surveymk.com/s.aspx?sm=4iG3bgXP1aOrAaJhCiyhig_3d_3d

Today we took up the answers to the ionic bond Gizmo. Students then learned how to write ionic compound formulas and how to name them. They were given a worksheet to practice these skills, which is homework tonight if not done.

On thursday, students worked on learning about how atoms form ions. They then completed a "Gizmo" on ionic bonds. This will be taken up on Friday.

On Wednesday students created a note on physical and chemical properties and changes. I demonstrated several chemical reactions and students compiled a list of evidence of chemical change.

Today, students answered all the case study questions from the Household Hazardous Materials section of the textbook. They then copied a concept map on matter which we added definitions to.

On Monday, we spent time taking up the periodic table worksheet. We also began looking at Household Hazardous Materials using a short note and the textbook.

On Friday, students completed an activity involving learning the characteristics of the periodic table of elements.

Today we went through the grade 9 chemistry review from yesterday. Many important chemistry concepts were discussed.

Today students worked on a review of grade 9 chemistry concepts. We will be taking up that review tomorrow so please finish it for homework if you are not done.

Today students wrote the ecology issues test. Absent students from today will write it tomorrow.