Science 7-  Jags completed sourcing their bacteria for their petri dishes.  Next week students will see which groups bacteria grew most and who had their hypothesis on the three variables correct.  A new ‘Spooky’creative assignment was distributed out today.  Students are to create a creature never seen before and to explain it ensuring they’ve followed the criteria.  Due Friday Nov 7.  Homeworkà Catch up on outstanding work and start your Bacteria lab report, and your creature never seen before report.

Woodwork 8:  Class cancelled for Spooky Halloween events.

Happy Halloween!

Math 7—Jags received their integers test results.  Class went over the test.  Time remaining went into introducing integers.  HomeworkàEquivalent Fractions WS.

 Science 8-  Students go a new creative/imaginative assignment.  Students started research on new assignment- Create your own creature.  Due next Friday Nov 7.  Students in second block completed parts 3 and 4 of their bacteria lab.  Class ended looking at cell specialization.  Homework Questions 1-3 on page 53.

Woodwork 7:  Students continued construction of Bird’s bird house.  Up next:  Themed cutting boards.

Science 7—Jags completed as a class a chart on humans and their interactions with ecosystems.  Sustainability and biodiversity were discussed with various different visual representations.  Homeworkà  mini poster that explains biodiversity and sustainability.

 Math 8:  Jags continued learning about fractions.  Equivalent fractions, lowest common multiples, adding, subtracting and multiplying fractions and modelling fractions were reviewed.  Homeworkà WB page 53 + Equivalent fractions worksheet.

Woodwork 8:  Students continued construction of exploding outhouses.  Jewelry box construction up next.

 

 

Science 7—Class got back and went over their chapter 2 quizzes.  Jags then were introduced to their next chapter of study- The role of Humans in Ecosystems.  Comparison and contrast between aboriginal and European perspectives towards nature was discussed.  Homeworkà Questions 1-3 on page 61.

 Final due date Wed Oct 29, 2014.  Read introduction to chapter 3.

 Math 8:  Jags continued learning about fractions.  Equivalent fractions, lowest common multiples, adding, subtracting and multiplying fractions were introduced.  Homeworkà Text book page 108 questions  9-19 odds only & WB questions page 50&51 (most students finished the workbook questions in class)

Science 8:  The need and importance and characteristics of cell division was tackled.  Homeworkà TB pg#50 questions 1-3.   Finish Pathogen Assignment “Pathogen Wanted” poster with 10 criteria points listed on your handout.  Final due date Wed Oct 29, 2014. 

Math 7:  Jags completed an integer quiz.  Up next fractions.  Homeworkà Read introductory pages to fractions Chapter 3 in your textbook.

Science 7—Jags prepared their petri dishes for Fridays bacteria lab.  Homework- Finish Northern Gateway Project.  Final due date Wed Oct 29, 2014.  Read introduction to chapter 3.

 Math 8:  Class got back their integer tests and made corrections as the class reviewed the test.  Class ended with an introduction to fractions.  Homeworkà  WB pages 48 + 49.

Science 8:  Class prepared petri dishes for Thursdays bacteria lab.  HomeworkàRead section  Finish Pathogen Assignment “Pathogen Wanted” poster with 10 criteria points listed on your handout.  Final due date Wed Oct 29, 2014.  Read next section pages 49 +50 on cell division.

Math 7:  Jag reviewed integers going over a practice test during class.  Homeworkà prepare for test by completing odd numbered questions in you extra practice booklet.

Mr. Ryan Smith- Teacher

Science 7—Jags completed their chapter two quiz- “Energy Flow and Matter Cycles in Ecosystems”.  Homework- Finish Northern Gateway Project.  Final due date Wed Oct 29, 2014.

 Math 8:  Class completed Integers unit test.  Homework- Read introductory section of Chapter three on Fractions.

Science 8:  Class was spent in the computer lab researching pathogens of students choice for their pathogen assignment.  Homeworkà Finish Pathogen Assignment “Pathogen Wanted” poster with 10 criteria points listed on your handout.  Final due date Wed Oct 29, 2014.

Woodwork 7-  Bird’s Bird Houses under construction.  Students are milling their lumber to size and learning how to operate Jointers and Planers safely.  Cut out and assembly with nails should be underway next week.

Science 7—Jags completed chapter 2 review during class.  Jags then transitioned to the computer lab to work on their Northern Gateway reports.  The reports are now due Wednesday Oct 29, 2014. Homeworkà prepare for tomorrows chapter 2 quiz; remember to make a review sheet.

 Math 8:  Integer and Exponent unit review was completed during class.  Homeworkà make sure you have chapter 2 unit review pg#42-46 complete (yesterday’s homework!) and complete the short five question practice test in your textbook on page 99 in preparation for tomorrows Integer test.

Woodwork 8-  Exploding Outhouses- under construction.  Remember to bring back a signed course form and course fee.

Science 7—Class discussed the water cycle and watched a clip about how water cycles and has been for millions of years.  Jags then started diagraming the Carbon and Water cycles.  Homeworkà finish diagraming the two cycles on the 11x17 paper provided.

Math 7:  Students completed the integers section on diagramming with number lines.  Jags started Integer review.  The WB unit review was completed in class.  Homeworkà complete the practice test on page 81 of your textbook.

Math 8:  Exponents and order of operations were reviewed.  Jags started unit review in their workbooks.  Homeworkà finish Unit 2 review in WB pg42-46.

Science 8-  Students finished notes on digestions and watched a short clip on digestion.  Students then moved on to reading about Unicellular organisms and how they digest.  Homeworkà questions 1-7 page 47.

Woodwork 7- Jags worked on Bird's Bird House. 

Science 7—Class discussed the move in the US to increase fracking as a means to limit dependence on Alberta tar sands.  Pros and Cons and a chart were completed.  Class ended discussing how this all ties into the Carbon cycle.  What carbon is and how it cycles was discussed.  Class ended watching clip on Carbon cycle (4minutes).  HomeworkàRemember to bring pencil crayons or felts for coloring your diagrams tomorrow.  Also finish lab reports on Fridays worm lab and previous Fridays yeast lab if not already complete.  Remember labs are to have the following:  question, hypothesis, materials, procedure, data chart, graph, analysis, conclusion.

Math 7:  Students completed were taught how to demonstrate integer subtraction using number lines.   A review of BEDMAS and order of operations with integers was also covered.  Homework- WB page 42 and W/S “Why is the nose in the middle of your face”.

Math 8:  Class completed an order of operations or BEDMAS review.  Exponents were introduced and their place in the order of operations was stressed.  Homeworkà finish exponents worksheet.

Science 8-  Students had an additional 15 min to finish last week’s chapter 1 quiz.  Quizzes were marked in class.  Jags then transitioned into learning more about the digestive system than the small chart of data provided in their texts.  Homeworkà  Finish lab reports;  should be done by latest, Thursday Oct 23.

 

Mr. Ryan Smith- Teacher

Science 7-  Class started with a review of the expectations for their Northern Gateway Pipeline project.  Three example projects were shown so student could better comprehend scope.  A 10 min CBC documentary on the PR war around the pipeline was viewed.  Students were informed of the federal governments’ stance on the pipeline was discussed.  Second block- students transitioned into their second science lab for the year on the response of earthworms Phylum Annelida  to external stimuli.  Students are currently studying ecology and earthworms are a very important part in an ecosystem.  .  Homeworkà Lab report write ups.  Get a lab report in for lab #1 on yeast growth from last Friday if you haven’t already and start putting together your lab report from today’s experiment- lab#3 for Monday. 

 

 Wood Technology  8:   Students started breaking out stock for project 2-Exploding Outhouse.  Students were reminded to bring back signed forms and course fee ASAP.

Math 7- Jaguars went over how to model and evaluate integer values.  Students have for Homeworkà Finish WB up to pg#40.

Science 8-  Students had their weekly computer lab time where they started research on a microbe (bacteria, virus, or protest pathogen) of their choice.  Students are to construct a ‘Wanted’ poster for the microbe they select.  Student finished the day with their second lab on the response of earthworms (Phylum Annelida ) to external stimuli.  Homeworkà Lab report write ups.  Get a lab report in for lab #2 on yeast growth from last Friday and start putting together your lab report from today’s experiment- lab#3.

Wood Technology  7:   Students started breaking out stock for project 2-Birds’ Bird House.  Students were reminded to bring back signed forms and course fee ASAP.

 

Mr. Ryan Smith- Teacher

 

Wednesday Oct 15, 2014

 

Science 7- Students submitted their yeast lab reports.  Some are still outstanding; get them in.  Jaguars had a lesson on the water and carbon cycles and their importance to ecosystems.  Students compared amount of water in the water cycle to the biomes characteristics.  Homework-  Finish Lab Report from Fridays Yeast Lab & Finish Water Cycle & Carbon Cycle worksheet questions.

Math 8-  Students had a homework check for workbook pages 29 & 30.  Integer rules for multiplication and division were tackled.  Students practiced sample problem in their workbooks.  Homeworkà finish all multiplication and division problems in workbook; WB exercises up to pg #39.

Wood Technology  8:   Students started breaking out stock for project 2- The Exploding Outhouse.  Students were reminded to bring back signed forms and course fee ASAP.

Tuesday Oct 14, 2014

Science 7- Students submitted their yeast lab reports.  Some are still outstanding; get them in.  Students got their first tests for science back.  Students entered corrections and had opportunity to ask questions.  Students were presented with their next project for the next little while.  Students are to report on the Northern Gateway Pipeline tentatively due for Friday Oct 24, 2014.  Class ended with a discussion on energy flow through ecosystems.  Homeworkà finish energy flow through ecosystems questions on worksheet and start researching about the Northern Gateway.

Math 8-  Students got back their chapter 1 tests and class went through the test answers marking in corrections if needed.  Time was allotted for questions and clarifications.  After the test was reviewed students started chapter two on Integers and were assigned workbook pages 29 &30 to complete for tomorrow.

Wood Technology  7- .  Students completed safety for additional power equipment and continued making their hand tools introductory “lap joint” project.  Students were reminded to bring back in their forms and course fee.

Science 8.  Science 8 students presented their cell models complete with songs, poems, and skits.  Very well done!  Presenting in front of peers is a very demanding task.  After presentations students wrote a quiz on cells and cell systems.  Homework-à start brainstorming what microbe/pathogen you’d like to create a ‘Wanted Poster’ for.

 

Math 7:  Students went over their chapter 1 tests.  Students entered corrections onto their tests and had time to ask questions.  After reviewing class’s test students started a new chapter on Integers.  Students started working on workbook questions on page 31 and were to finish it for tomorrow.  Homework WB pg 31.

Friday Oct 10, 2014

 

Hello Parents & guardians,

Listed below is what the jaguars were up to for Science, Math, and Wood Tech. classes.  All students have their very own textbooks.  Textbooks can go home, but need to be remembered to be brought back every day for class work.  Remember that class documents can be found on the class blog. (http://johnstubbsjaguars.blogspot.ca/ ) 

Oct 10, 2014

Science 7- Students completed their first lab for science 7 on yeast.  Yeast formed part of their unit of study on ecosystems as a decomposing agent.  Homework- students are to have a lab report to submit on Tuesday Oct 14.  Also, students if not already have done so, can be working on submitting their wood web project which was due for today Friday Oct 10. 

Math 8-  Homework- read introduction to Integers in your workbooks and textbook in preparation for start-up of second unit.

Wood Technology  8-  Day 2 of woodworking 8.  Students completed safety for additional power equipment and continued making their hand tools introductory “lap joint” project.  A safety demonstration for the band saw which students have already started using was also completed.

Math 8 & Science 8 did not meet today.  However, for Science 8 students should have a cell model and have prepped for a quick showcasing of their work for Tuesday.  Remember to have a poem or song to go with your presentation and to be able to identify where the organelles are located on your model and what their functions are.

Have a happy Thanksgiving weekend.

Mr. Ryan Smith- Teacher

Oct 8, 2014

 Math 8-  Students  wrote Unit 1 test on square numbers and Pythagoras.  Integers next!

Science 7- Student wrote a quiz on ecosystems today.  Students prepared for Fridays lab formulating a hypothesis and getting report headings ready.

Wood Technology  8-  Day 1 of woodworking 8.  Students were given an overview of what they would be learning and building over the year.  Students started a safety package and ended the day with a  hand tools only project.

Tuesday Oct 7, 2014

Science 7

Homework for Wednesday Oct 8:  Finish Food Chains and Food Web W/S questions.

Study for tomorrow’s Science test.  Create a review sheet!!

 

Math 8

Study for unit 1 test tomorrow.  Utilize the review section of your texts and the review document given out in class.

 

Science 8

Finish cells and cell systems questions WS 2.1.  Prepare your lab report for Thurs.  Formulate a hypothesis on what you think will happen.

 

Math 7

Finish unit 1 review on workbook pages 27 &28.  Start preparing for Thursdays test.

Monday Oct 6, 2014

Math 8

Class reviewed their weekend homework (pg 23, &24) in their workbooks.  Students started an extra practice review booklet.  Homework: complete extra practice 1,2,3,&4 for tomorrow.  Unit 1 test on Wednesday Oct 8, during period 2. 

 

Math 7

Class reviewed their weekend homework (pg 20, 21).  Section 1.8 was covered as a class.  Homework: start review for unit 1 by completing WB pages 25&26.  Unit 1 test on Thursday Oct 9, 2014.

 

Science 7

Class reviewed and checked their homework – Unit 1 review sheet and Work Sheet 1.6 –“Interactions of Living things”.  Jaguars then stated section 2.1 in their textbooks.  Homework- finish “food for all” worksheet for tomorrow.

Science 8

Class reviewed osmosis and diffusion worksheet that was assigned as weekend homework.  A reminder went out to get in Onion lab reports.  Lab#2 will take place Thursday Oct 9.  Cells project due Friday Oct 10.  End of lab review sheets were started.  Homework:  Onion lab report and a review sheet for tomorrow.

Friday Oct 3, 2014

Science 7

Students today started reviewing their fist chapter of study on ecosystems.  Emphasis was placed on how to summarize and place the most important points into their review.  A one page restriction was placed on the length of their review/summary sheet.  Homework for Monday Oct 6- Finish creating a review sheet which they are allowed to use during their first test first block Tuesday Oct 7.  Food web assignment is due Friday Oct 10. 

Science 8

Jaguars learnt the principles of Osmosis and Diffusion for cell survival.  Homework- finish diffusion & osmosis worksheet.  Cells projects due Friday Oct 10.  Many students still need to get in their lab reports from Wednesdays lab. 

Math 8

Students finished their first math unit today on square roots and Pythagorean Theorem.  Unit review exercises on WB pg 23, 24 &25 were started in class and are to be finished for homework by Monday.  Unit 1 test is scheduled for Wednesday.

Math 7

Jaguars today in had a lesson reading and writing equations.  Students started workbook problems on page 20 &21.  Homework is to finish workbook pages 20&21 for Monday.

Sept 29 - Oct 3

Math 8

Students are progressing through their first unit of study on squares, square roots, and Pythagoras.
Work Pages 10 & 12 were finished Tuesday and Workbook pages 14, 16, 17 were completed Wednesday.  The unit will be wrapped up next week with a review and test.

Math 7.

Last week students looked at patterns in divisibility and divisibility rules.  Students this week have been looking at basic algebra with expressions and equations.  Work book pages 10 & 11 were completed for Tuesday and workbook exercises on pages 13, 15, &16 were completed Wednesday.

Science 7

Students are currently in the midst of their unit of study on ecosystems.  Students have studies the decline in amphibians and Guiyu.  Sections 1.1-1.4 have been covered thus far.  Worksheets for each section for comprehension are to be completed and are on the homework site for reference.

Science 8

Students are in the midst of learning about cells and how they function.  Section 1.1- 1.4 have been covered.  Students are completing exercises and worksheets as they progress through the unit.  Student completed experiment 1.4 on Wednesday.  Chapter will wrap up next week with review and upcoming test.