February at ACADIA!

Report cards were sent home WEDNESDAY, Feb. 1st! 

Please show them to your parents/guardians students.  Please bring back the slips to your ADVISOR teachers once they are signed!

Feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns about 8-7 students as I am their homeroom teacher.

The February newsletter for Acadia is now available at:

http://www.pembinatrails.ca/acadia/newsletter/Acadia%20Newsletter%20-%20February%202012.pdf

Please check it out and find out about why honour roll is only in June this year (no stickers on this report card), what is up with the Mid-Winter Festival, and many more interesting topics!

Monday, February 20th, is Louis Riel Day and there are no classes.

8-7 Microscopes!

1)  Go to http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/interact/vemwindow.html  and try using all the slides to see what an ELECTRON MICROSCOPE can see.

2) Study your microscope parts and functions for the quiz on Tuesday, Jan. 31st!

http://nhscience.lonestar.edu/biol/dropdrag/microscope2.htm

http://www.purposegames.com/game/microscope-parts-functions-quiz

http://quizlet.com/3632738/microscope-parts-and-functions-quiz-december-2010-flash-cards/



3)  Practice your microscope drawing on Friday, Jan 27th in class.

9-2 Math Polynomials - The Learning Equation

Click on TLE9 on the desktop of the computer you sign into.

I'll have 1 weekend, extra long, January 20, 21, 22nd please!

Students in 8-7, 9-2 and 9-4, please enjoy your long weekend!

Us teacher folk will be at school on Friday making sure your report cards get entered as perfectly as we can!  Feel free to email me if you have science or math questions!

The newsletter was sent home last week and it is available at this link!

Have a great weekend and check your CLASS PAGE above to see your homework for this weekend.

Welcome back, January 9th!

Hey students in 8-7, 9-2 and 9-4!  Ease your way back into school this week by getting to bed earlier and getting more sleep!

All of your class pages are updated, and you DO have homework in math and science every night in January!  Some of it is practice on current math, some of it is practice on review of older math concepts that will be re-assessed this month, and some of it is finding out about cool science stuff like the periodic table for grade 9 and cell organelles for grade 8!

Report cards are being finalized for term 1 this month and will be sent home February 1st.  If there are any concerns that I have, I will be talking to students and their families individually during the month of January.  If you don't hear from me before report cards are due out, then it is because there are no huge concerns so far!

Have a great January folks!

Grade 8 Cell & Cell organelle exploration

1)  Different kinds of cells: 

Go to STUDENTS/      SHARED/      GRADE 8/              Science/   and select the CELL TYPES folder.  Click through each picture and follow the instructions below.

              a) Look at the pictures and copy into a Microsoft word file or sketch them out on looseleaf. 
               b) What is the job of each specialized cell?




2) Different organelles inside the different types of cells

First go to:  http://people.usd.edu/~bgoodman/ReviewFrames.htm

And jot down what you learned about each organelle on loose-leaf.




Then go to:  http://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=cResource.dspDetail&ResourceID=450
You only get 5 minutes on the GIZMO once you click on it.  Use your time wisely.

Use the following sheet to record what you notice.

8-7 SCIENCE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM link for final test on FRIDAY, DEC.8th

Here is a voicethread of Mrs. Gibson going through the blood flow through the body.

It is the final long answer question on the HUMAN BODY SYSTEMS test tomorrow.

http://voicethread.com/share/234485/