Grade 9 Math & Science Nov. 28 & 29th!!

9-2 Math class

After your quiz.....Go to TLE 9 on your main screen.  If it is not there, go to START menu, my programs, The Learning Equation 9.  Create a new account using your computer name and password.  Save it as a file in my documents.

Click on NUMBER CONCEPTS........ then click on POWERS, BASES and EXPONENTS.

Do the pencil PROBLEMS AND DOUBLE PENCIL PROBLEMS!!!

9-2 & 9-4 Science Class

a) Finish your reproductive system notes here:

go to REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM MALE   POWERPOINT PPT at the bottom of the screen

http://www2.mbusd.org/staff/pware/humanbody.htm

b)  Take out your "Boy or Girl" sheet and look up terms you are not sure of, clarify with classmates where you are going to check them off

c)  Take out your yellow vocabulary sheet for Chapter 3 and start typing a vocabulary master list and keep a bibliography of your sites!

d)  Check over your page 90#1-4 questions here.  #5 will be gone over in class together.

Page 90 # 1-4, 5 on Hormone sheet

1.    Male changes at puberty include:  sperm production beginning, voice deepening, production of facial, underarm, pubic hair, and broadening of shoulders.

Female changes at puberty include:  ovaries begin to produce/release eggs, deposits of fat in breasts and hips, growth of pubic and underarm hair.

2.   Testosterone causes the appearance of secondary sexual characteristics in males, while estrogen causes the appearance of secondary sexual characteristics in females.  In BOTH sexes, FSH (follicle stimulating hormone) is produced at puberty to trigger (start) the development of the gonads( ovaries and testes).

3.   Start in the seminiferous tubules of the testis, move into the epididymis for maturation and storage, travel from there through the vas deferens, and continue along the urethra until they leave the body through the penis.  There are a few glands along the way like the prostate gland, Cowper’s gland and seminal vesicles that contribute fluids and lubricants to make the semen fluid enough to flow! 

 4.   The liquid mixture formed when sperm combined with the fluids secreted from the three glands labeled above is called semen.  The fluid gives the sperm something to swim in and nutrients for energy to make the trip to find an egg to fertilize.

Circulatory Slam 2011

Here are your instructions 8-7!

1)  Make sure your HEART DIAGRAM is filled out with the appropriate vocabulary by using the answer key from class here.

1.5)   Did you answer the questions on the back of the heart diagram????  The questions are here....check with Mrs. Snyder if you got them right or not!

2)  Fill out your JOURNEY of a RED BLOOD CELL bubble sheet (handed out Friday, Nov. 25th).

DRAW in arrows to indicate the flow of blood.   Be sure to write down when blood is OXYGENATED or DEOXYGENATED.
 If you  need help, fill-in-the-blank words are available here.

3)  Fill out your worksheet called The Human Heart. (It was handed out Friday, Nov. 25th.)  Use www.kidshealth.org, expertspaces or try signing up for BRAIN POP for a 1 week trial to see what they have about the circulatory system.  If you find other good websites, please add them as a comment to this post.

4)  When all of these pieces are done, please find a picture of veins, arteries and capillaries showing their cross-sections.  Be sure to copy down and paste the URL of the picture.  Create a t-chart below the picture comparing the structure and function of veins, arteries and capillaries.  How are they the same?  How are they different?  What is their average diameter?  What are their jobs?  Email this to Mrs. Snyder and paste it on your WIKI page.

SCIENCE Extravaganza 8-7

1) Fill in your RESPIRATORY EXAM STUDY SHEET.  Use Kidshealth.org lungs website.

****Pop quiz....once you've watched the LUNGS video.

2)  HEART WEBQUEST - download here and SAVE in your my documents.  Go to the websites and start!

3)  Take out your A BUSY PUMP sheet and answer the questions. 

473.17 millilitres = 1 pint 

______millilitres = 9 pints

_________litres    = 9 pints

You'll need a blue and red pencil crayon to colour veins & arteries.  Yellow will be used for capillaries in lungs and in the body.

Complete the sheet and

4)  START A VOICETHREAD about the circulatory system.

Check out former students reading their paragraphs here. 


Then go to VOICETHREADS.  Sign up for an account using your computerusername@smail.pembinatrails.ca    email addresss.

Take out your paragraphs you wrote.  Be ready to read them through with headphones on.

Use the pictures available here as you like to talk through your paragraphs.

Click CREATE and upload the pictures above to a new Voicethread. 
Practice makes perfect.  Good luck!

HAPPY NOVEMBER!!!

Here is Acadia's November newsletter!

Parent/Teacher/Student conferences are November 9th, Wednesday from 7 to 9 pm in the gym.

The second set of conferences are Monday November 14th, during the day from 9:00 am to 3:15 pm and then in the evening from 5:00 to 8:00 pm.

No classes for students on Monday, November 14th.