Science: Test on Friday

Language: Complete Ironic comic strips. No more class time will be given.


Reminders
-Relay, long jump and shot put tryouts will take place over the next few days. Bring appropriate clothing.

- Dress rehearsal for next week's performance. Bring in clothing.

- Art tomorrow. Bring old shirt to wear while painting.

Science: Complete #1-10 on page 30.

Dance: Girls, bring in possible costume choices.

Reminders

- Shotput tryouts tomorrow for grade 8s.

HOMEWORK

LANGUAGE: Get test signed. Complete comic on cosmic, verbal,situational and dramatic irony.

SCIENCE: Work on Inquiry Project on The Water Supply in First Nations Communities

DANCE: Work on your choreography.

Really proud of the excellent work last week! Let's keep it up

HOMEWORK

LANGUAGE- Complete irony handout

SCIENCE- Reread 10.5. Complete #1-4

MATH-Complete handout

SCIENCE

- In Canada, fresh water is pumped from wells, lakes and rivers, or stored in reservoirs.

-In nature water usually contains toxins and impurities.

Water treatment- the process of making water safe for desired uses( drinking/bathing).
-Water is hardly ever pure. Even when it is colourless, odourless and clear, it can still contain toxins.
Toxin- something that is toxic/dangerous

Water Treatment Process
1) Metal screen removes large objects like rocks, garbage, sticks and leaves.
2) Alum is added to make clumps  that stick to waste. Thus the waste (floc) is formed when solids stick to the clumps. This happens in a large tank.
3) In a settling tank, the floc settles to the bottom and the water floats to the top.
4) A sand and charcoal filter removes any remaining waste  solids and floc from the water.  The water is now clear, colourless and odourless.
5) Chlorine and ozone are added to the water to kill micro organisms like bacteria.
6) Treated water is stored in sealed containers.

Water can also be treated by:
-Reverse Osmosis - mechanical pressure forces water through a membrane that acts as a filter trapping everything but water particles. This is usually used with water wells and not with municipal water. 
-Ultraviolet radiation that kills viruses, bacteria and other microorganisms. 
- Adding water softening chemicals removes calcium and magnesium. These chemicals found in rock cause the water to be hard. Hard water is not dangerous but it leaves a deposit on water pipes, kettles and on your hair. 
-Boiling kills disease causing organisms.

HOMEWORK

LANGUAGE: Cartoon due tomorrow. Watch video below on irony.

LANGUAGE-MEDIA LIT

HOMEWORK

SCIENCE: Watch video below and complete questions.

GEOGRAPHY: Research the Water Crisis. Check out links on twitter. Bring in anything you have found.

SCIENCE VIDEO

SCIENCE

97 % of the water on earth is salt water. It cannot be drunk. Only 3 % of the water is fresh water. 

Surface Water- water found on the earth's surface. It is found in lakes, streams, ponds, marshes and creeks.

Ground Water- water found below the earth's surface. People or places  that get their water from wells depend on ground water.

They are interconnected. For example, in areas where the lakes and streams have disappeared, people depend on ground water.

Aquifers and Aquitards

Aquifers- Underground layers of permeable rock that store water and allow water to pass through.

Aquitards-Underground layers of low permeable rock that allows very little water to pass through.

Aquiclude- Impermeable rock that allows prevents the movement of water. 

 Today Experiments

Lab 1 Experiment

Gravel, silt and sand are an aquifer. They allow water to pass through.

Clay is an aquitard. It allows very little water.

Lab 2- Shallow Wells

Lab 3 How does water rise in columns?

Water rises in column of sand. 
Lab 4 What environment holds that water?

Grass allows water to return to the water table and replenish our groundwater.
Pavement does not allow water to return the water table.
Lab 5

HOMEWORK

SCIENCE: Complete handout on The Water Cycle
GEOGRAPHY: Quiz tomorrow
LANGUAGE: Work on cartoon assignment

CARTOON ASSIGNMENT

LANGUAGE:
Watch the news from a credible news source for the next few days. Pick a current event or topical issue. Create a cartoon that parodies or satirizes that issue. Use the criteria we created as a class when completing your assignment. It is due next week Wednesday.

SUCCESS CRITERIA

1. It must be funny.
2. It must have proper grammar, punctuation and spelling.
3. It must be creative.
4. It must be attention grabbing.
5. The images should flow with the story layout.
6. It must make sense so that the viewer can understand.
7. There must be good quality illustrations.
8. It must be about something that the audience  finds important so that they can relate to it. 
9. The text should match the words, and the pictures and words should be clear. 
10. It should be short and get right to the point. 
11. It should have a message. 

Success Criteria for Cartoon Assignment for Period 1 Class

1. Pictures must match the words

2.There must be clear , easy to understand message that has meaning for the audience.

3. It is not too long.

4. It makes the audience feel something. 

5. It must be funny.

6. The visuals must be well drawn, attention grabbing and eye catching.

7. The txt must be clear. 

HOMEWORK

LANGUAGE: Work on your avatar and comic strip on Bitstrips Class Code Babb2015

SCIENCE: Review pages14-17. Answer #1-5

Reminders
- Cultural Day tomorrow. Bring in your money.
- Scientist in the School

SCIENCE

THE WATER CYCLE

Water on earth exists in all 3 states.

Evaporation- Liquid to Gas

Melting- solid to liquid

Sublimation- Solid to gas

Both evaporation, melting and sublimation involve heat being added

Deposition - Gas to solid

Freezing-Liquid to solid

Condensation- Gas to liquid

Freezing, condensation and deposition  involve heat being taken lost or taken away

Precipitation - solid or liquid water that falls to earth. ( Snow, sleet or rain)

Comic Strips

Here are my two comics; one funny comic and one political satire.
- Praveena

Comics

These are my 2 comics.
The first impling a political stand and the second purely humorous.

HOMEWORK

LANGUAGE: Post or tweet cartoon strips to class blog or twitter.

SCIENCE: Reread pages 12-13. Review note. Complete #1-3 on page 13.

GEOGRAPHY: Reread pages 52-56.


Reminders

-Spirit Week is next week. It is $5 for the week. Bring in your money

TUESDAY April 7^th – SPORTS DAY

WEDNESDAY April 8^th – CULTURAL DAY

THURSDAY April 9^th – SUPER HERO DAY

FRIDAY April 10^th – PYJAMA DAY

 - Scientist in the School is on Thursday.

- Today is the start of the holiest days in our church year. Have a blessed Tridium. 

SCIENCE

10.2 WHAT IS WATER
 Definitions

 A water molecule is made up of one oxygen particle and two hydrogen particles.  The O is negative and H is positive. 

irrigate- to supply water to crops or land

Water- is a colourless, tasteless and odourless substance.

Water is the universal solvent because many substances dissolve in water. This is part of why it is so necessary for life.

Living things (plants and animals are mostly made up of water).

Water is important in the human body ( essential for our health) because:

1. Over half of the human  body is made up of water.

2. Water is the transport system that carries nutrients and substances to  all the cells (tissues and organs) of the body.

3. Important chemical reactions can only take place in water. 

4. Water keeps us cool since as we sweat we lose heat energy. 

Particle Theory of Matter states:

1.Everything is made of particles.

2. Those particles are constantly moving.

3. There are spaces  between the particles.

4. When heated, the particles move faster as they have more energy. 

States of Water

Water can be a gas ( water vapour), liquid or solid (ice).

Water particles have in most energy when they are in the vapour state. And they have the least when they are the solid state.

LANGUAGE

Irony came up in our study of political cartoons.
Let's review irony.

HOMEWORK

LANGUAGE: Find and bring two different cartoon strips to tomorrow's class. One should make a political statement or be based on recent news events.

SCIENCE: Reread pages 8-13. Make notes.

GEOGRAPHY:

Curtis Comic Strip for April 01, 2015 | Comics Kingdom

Curtis Comic Strip for April 01, 2015 | Comics Kingdom