Grade 10 Academic Science - Fall 2017
Welcome back to a wonderful year of science at Cawthra Park. Hope you had a fun filled summer and are ready to embark on an exciting semester of Science. The grade 10 course consists of 4 units of study: Optics, Chemical Reactions, Plant and Animal Biology and Climate Change. A course outline detailing evaluation practices, mark breakdown and course of study will be given to you on the first day of class.
If you are wondering what materials you should have in preparation for the class, the following list would be helpful.
*3 ring binder
*lined paper
*pencils (mechanical 0.7 mm HB preferred)
*pens (2 colours)
*correction tape/white out
*eraser
*pencil crayons
*scientific calculator
*clear and colourless protractor and ruler
*graph paper
Looking forward to meeting each of you on Wednesday.
Daily Lesson Plans
Outdoor activity
Thursday, September 14
Feedback Loops - lesson and handout
Hands-on Activity
Wednesday, September 13
Challenge: The Effect of CO2 on climate change
CONGRATULATIONS TEAM 5 AND 6
Video: Misconceptions about Climate change
Introduction to Summative Project
- start thinking of topics that you want to investigate regarding the impact of your daily
activities on your carbon footprint
Homework: Carbon Footprint online survey - complete by Friday
CONGRATULATIONS TEAM 5 AND 6
Video: Misconceptions about Climate change
Introduction to Summative Project
- start thinking of topics that you want to investigate regarding the impact of your daily
activities on your carbon footprint
Homework: Carbon Footprint online survey - complete by Friday
Tuesday, September 12
ROOM 305 - pHET simulation on computer
Homework: Greenhouse Gas worksheet
Monday, September 11
Quiz Return - bonus marks will be banked
Effect of Sun on Earth and the Greenhouse Effect
Homework: Complete "Atmosphere" worksheet
**Class will be in Room 305 tomorrow**
Friday, September 8
Mini Quiz - to start your grade 10 science on the right foot :)
Remember all the important aspects of HEAT SINKS
Climate Change intro continued - complete second side of handout and powerpoint
Textbook Distribution
Atmosphere - worksheet
- this is Monday's lesson and homework (if you know you're going to be busy on Monday
evening, please attempt to complete the worksheet)
Thursday, September 7
Introduction to Climate Change
- powerpoint with student handout
Wednesday, September 6
Course outline
Submit electronic personal profiles to jane.chan@peelsb.com
In the subject line write: Last Name, First Name Grade 10
You MUST copy and paste the profile to a NEW document. Then save it and email it as an
attachment to me. The google document is NOT private.
Personal Profile Link
In the subject line write: Last Name, First Name Grade 10
You MUST copy and paste the profile to a NEW document. Then save it and email it as an
attachment to me. The google document is NOT private.
Personal Profile Link
A look at Mrs. Singh's website
Wake your Brain - a Kahoot game reviewing key ideas from grade 9 Science
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Grade 10 Academic Science - Fall 2016
Dissection Bell Ringer - Friday, January 20
In Class Summative - Tuesday, January 17
Moved to Wednesday and Thursday
Stay safe! Don't want any of you to put yourself in danger getting to school.
Guiding Questions
EXAM REVIEW
Friday, January 13
Climate Change Videos - continued
Thursday, January 12
Respiratory and Circulatory System QuizClimate Change Videos - begin watching and preparing reflection piece for in class summative - Part 2
Wednesday, January 11
Frog Dissection - ensure that the dissection is completed by the end of the period
Tuesday, January 10
Musculoskeletal System - Bill Nye Video- fill in worksheet that was distributed on Monday
Interactions of Systems - worksheet and lesson
Comparing and linking systems - class discussion
Monday, January 9
Blood and Circulation Bill Nye Video & worksheet
Friday, December 23
Frog Dissection - prepare for dissection after the holidays
Respiratory and Circulatory System Quiz - moved to after the holidays
Thursday, December 22
Wednesday, December 21
Mrs. Singh will be away - Grade 9 Field Trip
and Nervous System - lessons
Tuesday, December 20
Circulatory System - ppt lesson (See Dec. 14 combined ppt.)
- embedded video link and matching activity from powerpoint (just in case it doesn't work while viewing lesson)
Circulatory System - ppt lesson (See Dec. 14 combined ppt.)
- embedded video link and matching activity from powerpoint (just in case it doesn't work while viewing lesson)
Monday, December 19
Digestive System QUIZ - just the human parts and functions
Respiratory System - lesson
- embedded video links 1 and 2 in powerpoint lesson
Friday, December 16
Wellness Day - stay well
Weekend work: Read over the Perch Dissection
Thursday, December 15
Earthworm Dissection - working in pairs
Label the diagrams of the human digestive system and the earthworm
Label the diagrams of the human digestive system and the earthworm
Wednesday, December 14
Systems - the digestive system - lesson and powerpointPre-lab - Earthworm Dissection - read over dissection to prepare for Thursday
Tuesday, December 13
A Stem Cell Story - video and fillable worksheet
Monday, December 12
Mitosis Drawings - complete by the end of class and submit with yellow rubric
Textbook Questions: Pg. 44 #1-7
Friday, December 9
Microscope Calculations QUIZ
Microscope Drawings - select a mitotic phase of an animal cell AND plant cell
- submit 2 drawings with all appropriate details
Specialized Cell Activity - match the cell diagrams with the appropriate description
Thursday, December 8
Mitosis - continued
Practice Quiz
Wednesday, December 7
Mitosis - a detailed note and drawings
Why is Cell Division Important - video and discussion
Tuesday, December 6
Mitosis - in detail
- amoeba sisters video with fillable handout
Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells
- read textbook pgs. 29-32 Questions Pg. 32 #1-8
Monday, December 5
Cell Organelle booklet - took up any problems
Cell Division - importance of mitosis - lesson
- discussion of cell division in every day life
Big Bang Theory Video - Period C only
Friday, December 2
Plant and Animal Cells - Lab - continued
- diagrams can be submitted on Monday
Cell Organelle Booklet - use textbook as guide
Thursday, December 1
Plant and Animal Cells - LAB
- Pg. 34 and 35 of textbook (Use human blood or animal cell composite prepared slides)
- DRAW one plant and one animal cell - magnification depends on your sample
- follow proper specimen diagram protocol (1/2 sheet)
- submit by the end of Friday's class
Wednesday, November 30
Microscope Calculations - booklet
- complete all calculations
Tuesday, November 29
Using a compound microscope - interactive lesson or powerpoint
Monday, November 28
Chemistry Quest #3
SEE GOOGLE CLASSROOM FOR CLASS SURVEY
Friday, November 25
Work on Types of Reactions formal lab report
Prepare for Monday's quest
Wednesday, November 23
Corrosion and Oxidation - discussion of societal examples
- make your own notes
- How do you reverse oxidation?
pH Scale booklet - took up problems
Introduction to Climate Change Project - Due: December 19
- outline is located on google classroom
ALERT!!!
Do this by: Tuesday, November 22
Sign in to Mrs. Singh's new Google Classroom.
Formal labs will be submitted this way.
Class Code: skqqls
Tuesday, November 22
- formal lab write up = Due Friday, November 25
Monday, November 21
Lab Quiz
Corrosion and applications - lesson
Prepare for Types of Reactions Lab
- formal lab
Thursday, November 17
Wednesday, November 16
Acids and Bases Lab - complete entire lab, make observations and do analysis questions
- Evaluation - Lab Quiz - Monday, November 21
= questions will be application based
= you are allowed to use your lab report
Tuesday, November 15
Quest - will take the entire period
- make sure you bring your periodic table
REPORT CARD DISTRIBUTION TODAY
Chemistry Quest #2
Tuesday, November 15
**Start preparing for the next quest - physical and chemical changes,
atomic structure, periodic table groups, atomic notation, trends,
conservation of matter,
conservation of matter,
molecular models - ionic and molecular,
Structural, Lewis Dot, Bohr-models**
Structural, Lewis Dot, Bohr-models**
Monday, November 14
LAB - Properties of Acids and Bases - be prepared to perform on Wednesday
Friday, November 11
Types of Reactions - complete neutralization reactions and visit prep room
- discussion of Philospher's Stone and How to get away with Murder
- ANSWERS for types of reactions worksheet
Thursday, November 10
Types of Reactions - lesson, fillable note and practice
**We will do the lab early next week as too many students will be away**
Wednesday, November 9
Half Day
Took up balancing equations worksheet - answers
Go over powerpoint lesson posted yesterday
Tuesday, November 8
Balancing Equations worksheet - complete both sides
Textbook Practice - Pg. 236 #5-7
Types of Chemical Reactions - powerpoint lesson
Textbook Questions: Read Pg. 237-243 Questions Pg. 239 #1-4, Pg. 243 #3-5, 7, 8
Monday, November 7
Molecule Building - take up answers for a few strategic questions
Homework: Finish doing Lewis dot and structural diagrams for all the other molecules
Friday, November 4
Molecule Building - continued
- try building and drawing molecular and ionic molecules
- use patterns to determine symmetry, lone pairs and multiple bonds
Thursday, November 3
Writing word, structural and balanced chemical equations - extension
- lesson and fillable sheet
Counting Atoms - practice
Wednesday, November 2
LAB: Is mass gained or lost in a chemical reaction?
- performed lab in entirety (pg. 228)
- Analysis Questions:
1) Answer Testable Question (purpose)
2) Write a word equation and chemical equation for both reactions
3) Account for the difference results for both reactions.
Tuesday, November 1
Chemical Reactions - note and worksheet
- focus on word, chemical and structural equations
LAB: Is Mass Gained or Lost in a Reaction - Textbook Pg. 228
- read over lab and prepare appropriate data table
Monday, October 31
Happy Halloween
Building Molecular Models - take up structural diagrams and Lewis dot
- summarize patterns
Nomenclature Bingo OR review of nomenclature
Friday, October 28
Building molecular models - hands on lab
- complete building all molecules - emphasize structural diagrams and Lewis Dot
- all exit tickets completed today
Thursday, October 27
Molecular Compounds - powerpoint lesson and fillable worksheet
Homework: Complete naming molecular compounds
Exit Ticket - students who are ready
Wednesday, October 26
Take up all polyatomic questions and write exit ticket
Extra worksheet review
Period C: Start of Molecular Compounds
Tuesday, October 25
Field trip - Mountsberg Conservation Park
**Please dress warm and bring extra socks
**You need to bring your own lunch and snacks
** There is nothing to buy in the bush!
Monday, October 24
Polyatomic Ions - lesson and fillable worksheet
Homework: Practice Questions
Prepare for Exit Ticket on Wednesday
Friday, October 21
Multivalent Metals - IUPAC and Latin/Greek naming patterns
Complete Exit ticket for multivalent metals by end of Monday's class
Thursday, October 20
OSSLT Day
Wednesday, October 19
Period C: Waste Audit
Ionic Compounds - take up problems
Quiz / Exit Ticket
Period E: Naming Ionic Compounds
Homework: Complete first side of worksheet
Prepare for quiz/exit ticket on Friday
Tuesday, October 18
Ionic Compounds - powerpoint lesson from Monday (slides 6-14)
- fillable worksheet to go with lesson
Homework: Period C - complete first side of Ionic Compounds worksheet
Period E - Assembly - prepare OSSLT
Monday, October 17
Patterns in the Periodic Table - note
Ions - How do they form - powerpoint (only slides 1-5)
Homework - Complete Trends in the Periodic Table and Ion Chart
Friday, October 14
Review of groups on the periodic table, BR diagrams and Lewis
Work Period - complete the worksheets to reinforce basic principals
Applications of basics will begin on Monday
Homework: Groups BR diagrams Lewis
Thursday, October 13
Atomic Structure - review of Bohr-Rutherford and Lewis Diagrams
- board work and discussion
Physical and Chemical Changes Lab - took up questions
- discussed difference between word equation and chemical equation
- observations - be critical
Homework: Complete Groups on the Periodic Table worksheet
Wednesday, October 12
Optics Unit Test
Omit question #8 and 10
- be able to do all light ray diagrams with mirrors, refraction and lenses
Communication Question: Select an application of refraction or lenses and explain how it
uses optics fundamentals to function
Communication Question: Select an application of refraction or lenses and explain how it
uses optics fundamentals to function
Tuesday, October 11
Periodic Table and the Elements https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgVQKCcfwnU
Review of groups, periods and families on the periodic table - powerpoint
Thursday, October 6
Physical and Chemical Changes Lab
- perform entire lab with the exception of change 6
- Complete Apply and Extend Questions
Wednesday, October 5
Physical and Chemical Changes - note and demonstrations
Evidence of a Chemical change
PRE-LAB - Physical and Chemical Changes - Pg. 180 of textbook
- create an observation table following guidelines discussed in class
- have appropriate headings
- be prepared to perform lab and complete by the end of the period
Tuesday, October 4
Eye Dissection - answers
Chapter 11 & 12 review- answers
Chapter 13 review - answers
Applications of Lenses - answerpg1 answer pg2
Unit 2: Chemical Reactions
- introduction to the study of chemistry and the periodic table
Monday, October 3
Formative Quest - 15 minutes - took up questions
Complete by the end of period: dissection follow up
Application of Lenses - handout
- be able to explain one of the applications on the test
Review Questions: Textbook Pg. 590-595 #1-16, 19-33, 36-38, 40, 42-47, 51-54
Pg. 596-597 Self-Quiz #1-14
Friday, September 30
Sheep Eye Dissection - carefully follow procedure and show parts to your teacher
- complete lab questions as a group
Phenomenon Related to Refraction - took up worksheet (2nd page)
Dissection Pre-lab - dissection groups met
- established who was doing each step of procedure
- familiarized yourselves with the parts of the eye
Wednesday, September 28
Phenomenon Related to Refraction - took up worksheet (1st page)
Converging and Diverging Lenses - took up handout questions
Tuesday, September 27
Converging and Diverging Lenses - lesson and handout1 & handout 2Phenomenon Related to Refraction - took up worksheet (1st page)
Converging and Diverging Lenses - took up handout questions
Tuesday, September 27
Homework: Complete all ray diagrams for the lenses
Eye Dissection Video - watch this before Friday's class
Monday, September 26
In Class Assignment - Refraction - submit by the end of the period
Applications of Refraction - handout
- use textbook to fill in the blanks
Friday, September 23 - TERRY FOX DAY - shortened periods
Snell's Law Problems - take up issues
Homework: draw diagrams for Question #7-12 to correlate with calculations
Thursday, September 22
Refraction Summary - class discussion and interactive lesson
Snell's Law Problems - Homework: Try Questions 7-12
- if you have time or you need the practice, you can do #1-12
Wednesday, September 21
Index of Refraction - take up homework
Homework: PLEASE Review all concepts and complete handout
***Snell's Law Application - for you mathies - problem set
Tuesday, September 20
Refraction of Light Lab - take up chart and questions - HW check
Index of Refraction - handout and lesson
Homework: Pg. 525 #2-7
Monday, September 19
Refraction - note and lesson
- video (basic)
LAB - Refraction of Light through media - Pg. 520 of textbook
- complete entire procedure and observation table
- complete Analyze and Reflect section for homework
Friday, Septmeber 16
LAB: Images in Converging Mirrors
- complete entire lab
- try to draw accurate diagrams
Assignment - complete images in mirrors and submit by the end of class
Thursday, September 15
Images in Concave Mirrors - homework check
- take up problems
- complete questions
Images in Convex Mirrors (note)
LAB: Images in Converging Mirrors
- prepare mirrors and principal axes outlined in the lab
- will be performed tomorrow
Wednesday, September 14
Quiz Return
Homework Check - Images in Plane Mirrors
- complete the 5 cases in the booklet with accuracy and precision = use a pencil
- do NOT do the convex mirror activity (back page)
Tuesday, September 13
Optics Quiz
Reflection of Light Lab - take up solutions
The Laws of Reflection (note)
- complete the entire handout with precision and accuracy
Monday, September 12
Reflection of Light - short note (lesson)
Handout should refer to page 484
LAB: Reflection of Light with Plane Mirrors (lab)
- complete Part A and B of lab and measure angles accurately
- answer all questions
Crossword (answers)
Friday, September 9
Sources of light - demonstration and note (handout)
Homework: Read text references if Sources of Light lesson was too complicated for you
Textbook Distribution
Quiz: Tuesday, September 13 Topics: What is light and sources of light?
- prepare for quiz by doing the crossword
Homework: Read text references if Sources of Light lesson was too complicated for you
Textbook Distribution
Quiz: Tuesday, September 13 Topics: What is light and sources of light?
- prepare for quiz by doing the crossword
Thursday, September 8
Unit 1: Optics
What is optics? light?- discussion with (handout)
What is optics? light?- discussion with (handout)
- Video link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXxZRZxafEQ
Electromagnetic Spectrum Image: (diagram)
- colour in visible spectrum on your diagram
Demonstrations to determine Properties of Light
Cool down activity :)
Homework: Complete second page of handout by providing examples of the different types of waves
Electromagnetic Spectrum Image: (diagram)
- colour in visible spectrum on your diagram
Demonstrations to determine Properties of Light
Cool down activity :)
Homework: Complete second page of handout by providing examples of the different types of waves
Wednesday, September 7
Course outline
Submit personal profiles and all signed forms
A look at Mrs. Singh's website
Wake your Brain - a Kahoot game reviewing key ideas from grade 9 Science
Our first unit of study will be OPTICS - you will need a calculator, graph paper, ruler and protractor
Tuesday, September 6
First day of class - registration procedures
Timetable distribution & Locker Assignment
School information package - have your parents sign all forms and return ASAP
