Science in the News #3

April 2 - Looking Ahead

Hello everyone! It's been wonderful to see that so many students are logging on to D2L! We've been noticing students looking at the Light and Optics slides and working on their writing prompts, so good work! Tomorrow, we are going to have our first Friday class meeting on Google Meet at 10am . An invite code will be sent to your webmail at 9:55am. It is expected that you attend - barring technical difficulties. This meeting will be a little bit longer than our usual meetings since we are still getting up and running. Two main topics we will cover in this meeting: Tutorial on how to submit assignments from Drive on D2L How to take the Practice Quiz (Tomorrow) and the Science Test (Monday) One question we had yesterday was about what Mrs. Thornborough is going to do with Band . We talked to her today and she said that she would set up a webpage with an optional weekly activity for Band students to do in order to further their learning and skills. This is NOT a cours...

Tips for Online Calls

Hi Again! In preparation for our online "chat" - and as we begin to get used to this being our new "norm" - I've created a short slideshow (...with my face on every slide ahah!) going through some basic info regarding Google Meet. 😃 Please review prior to logging in, so that you are aware of what to expect. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1StEks4y2DWUwFoK8maxESvcRdFP1skM_7gVDu7bwLC4/edit?usp=sharing Have a great evening! -Mrs. Lockyer

This Week in Math and Science

Hello Grade 8's! Last week in science, we took a look at the particle model of matter, viscosity, density and buoyancy. Slides shown in class can be viewed by clicking here his link . Make sure you know and review these! On Thursday, we looked at the density of different substances in the creation of our density tower. We found that the most dense substance, corn syrup, sank to the bottom, below the other substances. This was followed by dish soap, water, vegetable oil and rubbing alcohol, the least dense substance, resting on top. On Friday, buoyancy was introduced by Bill Nye . This week, we will continue to look into buoyancy and compressibility. Our density tower - Rubbing alcohol (dyed red), Vegetable Oil (yellow/white), Water (dyed blue), Dish Soap (green), Corn Syrup (brown). This is what we should have expected from our Coke density investigation today. Why do you think our regular Coke can floated when we tried it in class? Last week in math, we looked...

Grade 8 (Lockyer/Badr)

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