We will be rotating through three stations next period: Each station will be 17 minutes.
station 1 first row: examine rock samples, observe the properties and conclude how they relate to our geology unit.
station 2 second row: complete a worksheet on continental drift and plate tectonics. put your answers on a seperate sheet. hand in your answers and keep the worksheet for study purposes.
station 3 teacher's bench: Mini lesson on convergent plate boundaries: Learn about convergent boundaries and make sure your previous worksheet notes are complete.
those who are retaking quizzes will do so in the fourth row
HW: note the EARTHQUAKE group assignment due on this coming thursday to coincide with the district wide earthquake drill. Up to 4 people may work on one assignment. Each person can take care of one page.
look through this DYNAMIC EARTH website, which summarizes many of our concepts so far.
vargas island, summer, 2010
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Earthquake assignment
TSUNAMI
Picking up the pieces after Japan's tsunami, giving ‘garbage’ new meaning
In addition to our quiz in the post below, you also have a group assignment. This is a research assignment on earthquake preparedness. Download it here:EARTHQUAKE!!!
Due on May 3, the day of the "big one", a government mandated earthquake drill that every public school must do once a year: an annual reminder that the big one is an expected event on our BC coast.
BC Earthquake Preparedness website
BC Tsunami Preparedness website
Quiz next block: note correction
first, a correction of typo: the core of the earth. I mentioned magnesium in the outer core. this is an error. there is no magnesium
According to many sources, the core has sulfur and iron and nickel.
outer core is liquid iron and nickel
inner core is solid iron (and nickel too but this is not noted in provincial exams...)
Here's a geophysics site with more details.
Quiz next period on:
parts of the earth: name the layers and write a short description of their properties
types of plate boundaries: divergence, convergence, transform
hotspot movement
We will examine rocks next period too.
According to many sources, the core has sulfur and iron and nickel.
outer core is liquid iron and nickel
inner core is solid iron (and nickel too but this is not noted in provincial exams...)
Here's a geophysics site with more details.
Quiz next period on:
parts of the earth: name the layers and write a short description of their properties
types of plate boundaries: divergence, convergence, transform
hotspot movement
We will examine rocks next period too.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
test next period on April 17th, updated!!
The test is a unit test for our biology chapters 1,2, and 3. This test has very few surprises... one goal of this exam is to help you familiarize yourself with the language and images for our high stakes provincial exam.
There will be 50 multiple choice questions
Study the following sources: The first two sources will prep you for the final.
Some questions will be either directly from here or reworded from these questions, with edits:
Ministry website for provincial exams find all the sample exams, biology portion only: 20 MC questions
BC provincial exam study guide for biology unit look at the sample multiple choice questions. 10 MC questions based on the MC and fill in the blank questions in this guide. there is an answer key at the end of the guide.
Next sources ensure you have reviewed and studied your notes:
Some questions will be from our class notes: 10 MC questions
biome notes 1
biome notes 2 pyramids.
Nutrient Cycles
This class diagram
Add to this:
5 MC questions from our
The evolution worksheet we went over last day.
5 MC questions regarding our class work in the kerrisdale ravine, and PW garden and our Carbon dioxide lab.
bonus marks to make a song about our biology unit. perform it to the class the day after the test.
example of a song by ex-trek students: amount of bonus marks based on the cleverness and catchiness of the song.
DNA replication song
this one by P Carwana's sister: Not so complicated
and this one by a human biology professor from Stanford (Tom McFadden, he's the lead singer): a song about the stress response: (human biology topic, biology 12). You inherited your stress response from fleeing predators on the savanna: but the response may be stimulated by mental stress...such as studying for exams.
The Lion the Watch and the Hormones
and if you want to re-watch the dancing spider video, google the words "jumping spider" and "Wayne Maddison". Dr. Wayne Maddison is the director of the Beaty Biodiversity Museum and his research subject is the jumping spider.
I'll be checking school email frequently this weekend so please email any questions to clear up stuff
good luck
SC
There will be 50 multiple choice questions
Study the following sources: The first two sources will prep you for the final.
Some questions will be either directly from here or reworded from these questions, with edits:
Ministry website for provincial exams find all the sample exams, biology portion only: 20 MC questions
BC provincial exam study guide for biology unit look at the sample multiple choice questions. 10 MC questions based on the MC and fill in the blank questions in this guide. there is an answer key at the end of the guide.
Next sources ensure you have reviewed and studied your notes:
Some questions will be from our class notes: 10 MC questions
biome notes 1
biome notes 2 pyramids.
Nutrient Cycles
This class diagram
Add to this:
5 MC questions from our
The evolution worksheet we went over last day.
5 MC questions regarding our class work in the kerrisdale ravine, and PW garden and our Carbon dioxide lab.
bonus marks to make a song about our biology unit. perform it to the class the day after the test.
example of a song by ex-trek students: amount of bonus marks based on the cleverness and catchiness of the song.
DNA replication song
this one by P Carwana's sister: Not so complicated
and this one by a human biology professor from Stanford (Tom McFadden, he's the lead singer): a song about the stress response: (human biology topic, biology 12). You inherited your stress response from fleeing predators on the savanna: but the response may be stimulated by mental stress...such as studying for exams.
The Lion the Watch and the Hormones
and if you want to re-watch the dancing spider video, google the words "jumping spider" and "Wayne Maddison". Dr. Wayne Maddison is the director of the Beaty Biodiversity Museum and his research subject is the jumping spider.
I'll be checking school email frequently this weekend so please email any questions to clear up stuff
good luck
SC
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
chapter 3 and homework for Thursday
finish 3.2 and 3.3 questions.
Look at the Ministry website for provincial exams. Click on Sample Exams
Assignment:
On a page, collect 4 challenging questions that relate to our biology unit so far. Identify which topic it covers and explain why this is challenging (in a sentence).
topics are: chapter 2: biomes, climatographs, ecosystems, food pyramids, food webs, food chain, nutrient cycle, and chapter 3: ecological change due to succession, evolution, disaster, human impacts.
Look at the Ministry website for provincial exams. Click on Sample Exams
Assignment:
On a page, collect 4 challenging questions that relate to our biology unit so far. Identify which topic it covers and explain why this is challenging (in a sentence).
topics are: chapter 2: biomes, climatographs, ecosystems, food pyramids, food webs, food chain, nutrient cycle, and chapter 3: ecological change due to succession, evolution, disaster, human impacts.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Work Party on Wednesday and quiz on Friday. Hand in Carbon dioxide lab
QUIZ ON FRIDAY: There will be a detail-oriented quiz on Friday on the Nutrient Cycles notes.
WORK PARTY: On Wednesday, be prepared for outdoor work in any weather. We will be using garden tools to move plants, dig out turf and also move 6 yards of soil up a hill.
CARBON DIOXIDE WRITE UP, DUE FRIDAY
You did a Carbon Dioxide lab on the day before spring break. You were to write up a summary of what you learned in one page. Summarize at least five properties of Carbon dioxide that you observed that day. 10 marks. Hand that in on Friday.
IF YOU WERE ABSENT FOR CARBON DIOXIDE LAB: Those of you who have an excused absence for that day, your alternate assignment is this, also 10 marks:
Prepare a map and answer the questions below. Your assignment is two pages. page one is a labeled map and page two answers the questions in short answer, sentence form.
Page one:
On a map, find places in Vancouver that act as all the different types of carbon sources and carbon sinks:
Page two:
Carbon sources come from many activities in Vancouver.
Find one example each of Carbon sinks that can be found in the form of
WORK PARTY: On Wednesday, be prepared for outdoor work in any weather. We will be using garden tools to move plants, dig out turf and also move 6 yards of soil up a hill.
CARBON DIOXIDE WRITE UP, DUE FRIDAY
You did a Carbon Dioxide lab on the day before spring break. You were to write up a summary of what you learned in one page. Summarize at least five properties of Carbon dioxide that you observed that day. 10 marks. Hand that in on Friday.
IF YOU WERE ABSENT FOR CARBON DIOXIDE LAB: Those of you who have an excused absence for that day, your alternate assignment is this, also 10 marks:
Prepare a map and answer the questions below. Your assignment is two pages. page one is a labeled map and page two answers the questions in short answer, sentence form.
Page one:
On a map, find places in Vancouver that act as all the different types of carbon sources and carbon sinks:
Page two:
Carbon sources come from many activities in Vancouver.
- Identify at least 5 of them
- write about how citizens of Vancouver can find an alternative
Find one example each of Carbon sinks that can be found in the form of
- forests
- bogs,
- bodies of water
- areas where there are shelled marine invertebrates.
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Homework update and BC Green Games
Hello Treks. please have a look at the Nutrient Cycles notes. Read this. It summarizes section 2.2 of your notes.
Some good news during this difficult time: BC Green Games: take some time to be inspired: Log in and cast your vote for some inspiring action for sustainability created by your peers, supported by their teachers. I'm amazed at the number of projects out there. Truly this site demonstrates the power of collective and collaborative action as we have thousands of youth and their teachers working towards positive change.
I know many of you are from different schools, and each school is unique in its contribution. Show your support to those students who put their energies into sustainability! The following projects are PW projects which involved students from the Trek Program, Mini and Main School (plan-it earth had ex treks as leaders!) and also from our bi 11 program (bog buddy) and mini (sustainabiity prezi). Finally the Garden club blog highlights our PW community Garden.
log in, get inspired and vote!
PW sustainability Prezi
bog buddy program
PW Community Garden Blog
Plan-It Earth Student Conference
Some good news during this difficult time: BC Green Games: take some time to be inspired: Log in and cast your vote for some inspiring action for sustainability created by your peers, supported by their teachers. I'm amazed at the number of projects out there. Truly this site demonstrates the power of collective and collaborative action as we have thousands of youth and their teachers working towards positive change.
I know many of you are from different schools, and each school is unique in its contribution. Show your support to those students who put their energies into sustainability! The following projects are PW projects which involved students from the Trek Program, Mini and Main School (plan-it earth had ex treks as leaders!) and also from our bi 11 program (bog buddy) and mini (sustainabiity prezi). Finally the Garden club blog highlights our PW community Garden.
log in, get inspired and vote!
PW sustainability Prezi
bog buddy program
PW Community Garden Blog
Plan-It Earth Student Conference
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