Friday, May 29, 2009

Friday May 29th, 2009 - Learning Community Day - Period 2 & 5 classes

PSE 4U
- No class.

SNC 2P
1. Biology Unit Test.
2. Read 14.1 and 14.3, do p. 201 #1 and p. 207 #1-4 (due Monday)

PPL 1O1
Day 5 Tennis - The Gatorade Open

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Thursday May 28th, 2009

PSE 4U
Piaget's 4 stages of development

SNC 2P
Review period for tomorrow's unit test.

PPL 1O1
Day 4 of tennis

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Wednesday May 27th, 2009

PSE 4U
1. Continue motor development Ppoint note.
2. Baby observation (reflexes/reflexive movement phase). Thanks for coming to visit us Landon!

SNC 2P
1. Continue Cells Ppoint Note: Biotechnology, DNA
2. Observe human cheek cells under the microscope
3. UNIT TEST THIS FRIDAY!!! ANYONE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND ON FRIDAY SHOULD BRING A NOTE AND WRITE THE TEST TOMORROW!!
Tomorrow will be a review/study period. Everything on the test has been covered as of today. For your own copy of most of the notes from this unit, click below to view the Cells Ppoint file.
http://fcinternet.hwdsb.on.ca/~noah.gardner/Cells.ppt?FCItemID=S03C30450
Some of the videos and links might not work, but you can try them, and you don't really need them anyway.

PPL 1O1
Day 3 of tennis

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Tuesday May 26th, 2009

PSE 4U
Observation of 2, 3, 5 year-olds.
1. Developmental stages.
2. Skill Observation: Kicking a soccer ball, One-handed overhand throw, hitting a baseball off of a tee. Break down each skill into 5 phases while observing an "expert". Next, observe the children and note differences on skill observation sheets.

SNC 2P
Work on assignments previously not handed in.

PPL 1O1
Day 2 of Tennis

Monday, May 25, 2009

Monday May 25th, 2009

PSE 4U
1. Exercise 18.1. Do multiple choice in class. Do short answer #1-6 and 2 of the 3 longer answer questions for homework.
2. PPoint/Note: Chapter 18

SNC 2P
1. Lesson/Note/Movie : Sexual Reproduction in Plants (Angiosperms - flowering plants & Gymnosperms - coned plants)
2. Unit Test this Friday!

PPL 1O1
Day 1 of Tennis

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Friday May 22nd, 2009

PSE 4U
1. Part 2 of Unit Test.
2. Read Chapter 18

SNC 2P
Anatomy of a flower:
1. Lesson: Parts of a flower
2. Look at various flowers. Collect pollen from several and observe under a microscope.

PPL 1O1
Fitness Testing

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Thursday May 21st, 2009

PSE 4U
1. Progress Reports handed out.
2. Part 1 of Unit 2 Test.

SNC 2P
1. Lesson/Note: Sexual Reproduction/Meiosis Continued. Karyotype Assignment due tomorrow. See yesterday's post for details and the link.
2. Progress Reports handed out.

PPL 1O1
Fitness Testing.

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Wednesday May 20th, 2009

PSE 4U
Unit 2 test review Jeopardy.
Test Tomorrow!!

SNC 2P
PowerPoint Note/Lesson.
Asexual Reproduction Continued (& Human Regeneration movie)
Sexual Reproduction - Meiosis.
See:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/miracle/divi_flash.htmlflash.html

Homework assignment due Friday:
Go to:
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/human_bio/activities/karyotyping/karyotyping.html
and complete the instructions exactly as they are written.
Read all pages as you complete the steps.
Hand in on Friday: 7 questions total - 6 short answers as instructed plus a 2-3 sentence summary as explained on the site.

PPL1O1
Speedball Day 2

Tuesday May 19th, 2009

PSE 4U
VO2 max calculations. Hand in with a paragraph which includes:
A) Comment on your #'s vs avg., fit athletes, etc.
B) Comment on the consistency of your 3 #'s.
C) Comment on the accuracy of your 3 #'s.

SNC 2P
Powerpoint Note/Lesson:
Asexual Reproduction

PPL 1O1
Day 1 of Speedball

Monday, May 4, 2009

Friday May 15th, 2009

PSE 4U
1. VO2 max note.
2. 1.5 mile run and 12 minute run done concurrently. VO2 max to be calculated on Tuesday.
Unit 2 test next Thursday!! (Chapters 9-15)

SNC 2P
1. Part 2 of movie & answers from both parts taken up.
2. Continue working on Read p. 24-28 and do p. 28 #1-5 in Sciencepower 9 textbook.

PPL 1O1
Day 4 of Soccer

Thursday May 14th, 2009

PSE 4U
Work period in library for ISU project.

SNC 2P
1. Time (if needed) to work on mitosis drawings from yesterday. Hand in.
2. Read p. 24-28 in SciencePower 9, do p. 28 #1-4
3. Movie: Cells - An Introduction.

PPL 1O1
Soccer - Day 3

Wednesday May 13th, 2009

PSE 4U
1. Principles of Training movie.
2. Complete Ch. 15 Powerpoint/Note: Applications of the Prionciples of Biomechanics (see text).

SNC 2P
Microscope Activity: Identifying the stages of mitosis in onion root tip cells: Draw one cell in each phase.

PPL 1O1
Soccer - Day 2

Tuesday May 12th, 2009

PSE 4U
1. Movie: Tennis Biomechanics
2. PPoint/Note: Biomechanics Principles 5 & 6

SNC 2P
1. Time to work on assigned work.
2. Microscope activity:
A) Look at and draw the object of your choice.
B) View Onion Root tip cells on low, medium, and high power. Try find a cell in each phase of mitosis.

PPL 1O1
No class - assembly.

Monday May 11th, 2009

PSE 4U
1. Movie: Biomechanics of Throwing
2. PPoint/Note: Biomechanics Principles 4&5.

SNC 2P
1. Time to work on reading/questions from last week (see prior posts).
2. Note/Powerpoint: Mitosis.

PPL 1O1
Day 1 of Soccer

Friday May 8, 2009

PSE 4U
Work period for ISU project.

SNC 2P
Work period. Work on:
1. Down That Ramp Lab Report (if necessary - past due!)
2. Cells Assignment: (using Sciencepower 9 textbook)
A) Complete list of functions of cell organelles using p.13 & 18 and do p. 16 #2,3
B) Read p. 17-23, do p. 23 #1-7

PPL 1O1
Ultimate Frisbee

Thursday May 6th, 2009

PSE 4U
Lesson/PowerPoint Note: Classes of Levers and Biomechanical Principles #1-3.

SNC 2P
1. Powerpoint Presentation/Note: Cells & Reproduction Part 1

PPL 1O1
Ultimate Frisbee & Lacrosse

Wednesday May 6th, 2009

PSE 4U
ISU period in Library.

SNC 2P
1. More time for test for those who need it.
2. A) Read p. 4-13, 16 in SciencePower 9 Text.
B) Write the 4 postulates (ideas) of the Cell Theory (p. 11)
C) Use p. 6-9 to write a year (or years) beside each postulate.
D) Write a list of cell organelles and briefly state the function of each (use p. 12-13).

PPL 1O1
Ultimate Frisbee & Lacrosse

Tuesday May 5th, 2009

PSE 4U
1. Note/Powerpoint/Discussion: Intro to Biomechanics: Definition & Newtons Laws.
2. "Play" with blocks to discover the 3 classes of levers which model various joints in the body.

SNC 2P
Motion Unit Test.

PPL 1O1
Ultimate Frisbee & Lacrosse.

Monday May 4th, 2009

PSE 4U
1. PPoint Note: Chapter 14 completed: Principles of a Weight Training Program.
2. Intro to ISU, 1000 word+ essay/report & 15 minute presentation including visual aids - due 1st week of June. Possible topics displayed & discussed.
3. Assigned Reading: Chapter 15 - due Friday.

SNC 2P
1. Practice question: Non-collinear vectors. Ex: 1.2km[W] + 2km[S]. Draw a scale diagram, use Pythagorean Theorem to solve the length of the resultant displacement. Measure the angle from West or South to determine direction or use trigonometry (tan) to calculate that angle.
2. Unit Test postponed until tomorrow.

PPL101
Ultimate Frisbee.