Grade+9+Science

Welcome to Grade 9 Science!
-includes safety (equipment, MSDS), bkg knowledge, etc. || || Ambrozic || || **Chemistry: Atoms, Elements and Compounds** -includes a sample unit outline and **six**lesson plans -provides examples of learning stations and a choice board -incorporates an adaptation of the "Steps to Inquiry" from //SmartScience// //(//www.smarterscience.ca) How to Use Steps to Inquiry can be found at http://dpcdsb-science-writing.wikispaces.com/Lessons+Created+2010 || //Note: for Lesson 3, consider having all students try each station and they can reflect on which station helped them learn best.// || Cristina Colaiacovo (Gonzaga) || -includes a sample unit outline and **five** lesson plans -provides an example of a RAFT -incorporates the "Steps to Inquiry" from //SmartScience// //(//www.smarterscience.ca) How to Use Steps to Inquiry can be found at http://dpcdsb-science-writing.wikispaces.com/Lessons+Created+2010 || || Melaine Logan (Joan of Arc) || -using inquiry to investigate and explain various environmental contaminants and how they affect the environment -also includes a proposed unit plan and suggested days to introduce, plan, and conduct student-directed inquiries || //Notes: you may want to consider the following// [] The teacher resources also includes how to use this gizmo with "Smarter Science" posters. || Chris, Laura and Lauren || (SNC1P) || **Electrical Applications** -includes a sample unit outline and **seven** lesson plans -provides an example of a Learning Menu (Contract) || || Erin O'Brien (Cabot || -electroscope, charging by friction, conduction & induction || || Julie Grando, Joy Tanega (Ambrozic) ||
 * **Course** || **Title/Topic** || **File(s)** || **Author(s)** ||
 * Grade 9 Applied (SNC1P) || **Pre-lab for Investigation 5.6 (p.188 of Nelson's Science Connections 9)**
 * Grade 9 Academic (SNC1D)
 * [[image:dpcdsb-science-writing/ss_poster_lrg.jpg link="@http://www.smarterscience.ca/"]] || **Physics: The Characteristics of Electricity**
 * || **How does your Garden Grow?**
 * //start germinating the seeds prior to the start of the lab so that they are little seedlings by the start of the lab (e.g. 1-2 days prior to starting the lab)//
 * //for treatment of each plant: 15 drops of treatment + 15 drops of water (so that the plant does not die from dehydration)//
 * //monitor the water absorption - they may need to be watered more on Fridays so that they are not dehydrated by Monday//
 * Gizmo Alert!** You can use the "Plant Growth" gizmo to simulate a similar investigation:
 * Grade 9 Applied
 * || **Static Electricity Labs**
 * SNC1D/1P || ====**Frayer Model:** Use with students to summarize the main ideas by comparing and contrasting the different groups of the periodic table. This table was meant to support Nelson 9 (1999) pg. 110-113), but can easily be adapted for other texts.==== || ==[[file:groups of elements frayer.doc]]== || Ambrozic ||

demonstrate an understanding that we have aresponsibility to regulate our impact on the sustainability ofecosystems in order to preserve them for future generations (Gr 9) || ||
 * -choice board:
 * **Demo:** Dissecting a Glow Stick || [[file:Demo - Dissecting a Glow Stick (1st draft).docx]] ||
 * -chemistry learning menu: the impact of chemicals on environment (Gr 9) || [[image:http://c1.wikicdn.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="file:dpcdsb-ssc/Science Learning Menu.doc"]] [[file:dpcdsb-ssc/Science Learning Menu.doc|Science Learning Menu.doc]] ||

Useful Web Sites
(lesson plans that connect science with Catholic Values) || www.nelson.com/cptperspectives9 www.nelson.com/cptconnections9 || @http://www.nelson.com/onsciencepd || Current Electricity || @http://staoapps.com/e-main.asp ||
 * Nelson Education's Online Resource
 * use this link & your access code to access online resources
 * students can use this link & their access code to access the student eBook || www.mynelson.com ||
 * Nelson Education's Catholic Values Tool Kit * use this link & your access code to access online resources
 * Nelson Online - video tutorials, online quizzes, student eBook, ... || @http://www.nelson.com/scienceperspectives/pd/tutorials/
 * Gr 9 Science Essentials - online Learning Centre || [] ||
 * STAO On Line Workshop
 * Exercises on Financial Literacy on STAO website: * The Characteristics and Applications of Electricity (**Gr 9 Physics**) || [] ||
 * Astronomy Unit c/o STAO || [] ||
 * A neat app for astronomy || [] ||
 * Observatory: New Ecosystem Is Found Around Southern Ocean Hydrothermal Vent || nyti.ms/zSlQBn ||

@http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/teacher_resources/main/teacher_resources.html || group at Sonoma State University -includes video games, educational activities, PowerPoint presentations, etc. related to black holes, gamma rays, galaxies, stars, and electromagnetic spectrum || @http://epo.sonoma.edu/ || Plugging gadgets into a socket in the wall, or loading them with batteries - or maybe even unfurling a solar panel - is how most of us think of getting electricity. But what about plugging them into your body? Read More
 * Putting together the Internation Space Station - piece by piece; timeline & animation || **http://i.usatoday.net/tech/graphics/iss_timeline/flash.htm** ||
 * Windows of the Universe (Earth and Space Science)-includes Teacher Resources -great for ecology! || @http://www.windows.ucar.edu/
 * Space Science Education and Public Outreach
 * FREE "Journey to Stars" DVD w/ Teacher's Guide (access online or you can order free copies) || @http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/07jun_journeytothestars/ ||
 * Via BBC News**
 * **Stellarium** - FREE program for observing the night sky! || @http://www.stellarium.org/ ||
 * **Gravity and Orbit Simulator** || @http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/gravity-and-orbits ||