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__ Jan 16 2013 __ Happy New Year!

__**Looking for a tutor for SCIENCE 9 and 7 (non-semester**__). -It is a really easy assignment. 2 hours per week, cash. -Family is very supportive and flexible with times. -You'll work primarily with gr 9 student and sometimes the grade 7 student depending on what their schedules are like. -Located in GTA - Steels and Leslie/Don Mills. -If you are interested please contact me at: l.kalvin3@gmail.com -You can come with me one week to see what it's like. Thanks! --Kalvin--

__ October 26, 2012 __ __ Looking for a Biology/Chemistry Tutor! __ __If anyone is interested in tutoring a Grade 11 student in biology and chemistry, please contact me: kelly.a.nakamura@gmail.com__ __The family is great, very flexible with your time. They live at Avenue Road and the 401. Thanks!__

__ BOOK CLUB ENTRIES __ For your last assignment :) just enter your name, the author's name and the book title. Thanks so much !!! evolution chapter available online (draft version): http://darryl-cunningham.blogspot.ca/2011/06/evolution.html || ISBN-10: 1554075270 || me and the author and the title. Thanks so much.
 * NAME || AUTHOR'S NAME || BOOK TITLE ||
 * Reema || Rebecca Skloot || The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks ||
 * Robin || Mary Roach || Stiff ||
 * Kelly || Al Gore || An Inconvenient Truth ||
 * Lindsay || Annie Leonard || The Story of Stuff ||
 * Antonette || John Medina || Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home and School ||
 * Talia || Jill Bolte Taylor || My Stroke of Insight ||
 * Tamara || Darryl Cunningham || Science Stories
 * Paula || Kary Mullis || Dancing Naked in the Mind Field ||
 * Cinzia || Rachel Carson || Silent Spring ||
 * Endri || Joe Schwarcz || Dr. Joe's Science, Sense and Nonsense ||
 * Efi || Lawrence Kelemen || To Kindle a Soul: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Parents and Teachers ||
 * Alia || Shapiro and Fisher || Beyond reason: using emotions as you negotiate ||
 * Kalvin || Mark Henderson, Joanne Baker, and Tony Crilly || **100 Most Important Science Ideas – Key Concepts in Genetics, Physics, and Mathematics **
 * Nicole || Karen Shanor & Jagmeet Kanwal || Bats Sing, Mice Giggle: The Surprising Science of Animals' Inner Lives ||
 * Holly || Sarah C.R. Elgin || Modern Genetics for All Students ||
 * David || Lauren Slater || Opening Skinner's Box ||
 * Rena || Dr. T. Colin Campbell || The China Study ||  ||
 * Steph || Dr. Sharon Moalem || Survival of the Sickest ||

APRIL 10TH AT THE ROM Please enter the info in the spaces beside the gallery assigned to your group.

The exhibit is an overall depiction of life in the past and present of various first nation communities. It includes art, weapons, clothing, canoes and model homes of many different First Nations and Inuit tribes/communities. Weapons date back to 9000-6000 BC. Having a set of questions for students to answer as they move through this exhibit would be valuable as the information and displays are not set up in the most effective and/or intriguing way. Be sure to check out the fascinating Whale Vertebrae Sculpture. || SNC 2D- D1.1 || Sorry I lost the page, however, the gallery on Canada was mostly furniture. Not helpful at all. ||  || The gallery is separated by era as well as geography, so includes dinosaurs as well as other prehistoric organisms. Some interesting topics include: how scientists make inferences from fossils, theories on dinosaur extinction, and the theory of birds as descendants from dinosaurs. || * Grade 9 Academic D3; Grade 11 U B3.3, B3.4 Anthony || Birds The exhibit displays many species of birds from all around the world. There are many cool and interesting facts to be found next to the displays. || Grade 11 Evolution C1.2, C2.1, C2.2, C3.2, C3.4 This exhibit could easily be used in the Evolution unit of Grade 11 Biology! - You could have your students go on a "Terminology Hunt", which would require them to apply terms and processes they learned in class, to different bird species in the exhibit. Here are a few examples: Structural Adaptation -Types of wings -Wings have adapted to flight depending on environment and use, i.e., bounding, flapping, hovering, stooping, explosive flight, underwater prolusion etc.) -Camouflage (ex. A Tawny Throated Frogmouth's body looks very similar to the bark of the trees that they live in) Sexual Selection - A Bird of Paradise's brightly coloured feathers are desirable to the opposite sex, but also make for easier to spot prey. Evidence of Evolution - Common ancestry through DNA comparison - Comparing anatomy of the birds' wings || 209 210 || Chris, Endri || Gems and minerals  Lots of pretty stones with a "do not touch" sign next to it. Includes detailed description on how they are formed, their chemical formula, as well as their crystal structure. || Grade 9 Academic C3.3, C3.8 Grade 10 Academic C3.1 || It is located in British Columbia and contains 505 million year old fossils. The Burgess Shale represents the view of the animals that evolved in the Cambrian Explosion of animal life (ended 520 million years ago). It was excavated by Smithsonian Director, Charles D. Walcott, and some of the animals that once lived "on the sea floor about 50 km offshore can now be found as fossils 2300 feet up in the Rocky Mountains!!" The exhibit contained all of the creatures that Judith brought in and showed us along with the video [] || Grade 11 Evolution C2.1, C3.1 and C3.2 || Talia, Robin, Lindsay - Questions for exhibits 207 and 206 Greg, Tamara, Steph, Jane, Ali
 * Gallery || Your Names || Brief Description || Course, Curr. Expectations ||
 * 108 || Greg, Tamara, Jane, Steph, Alia || First Peoples
 * 106 ||  || ====== Canada ======
 * 201 || Gillian, Kelly, Holly W. || Dinos
 * Have students notice similarities within and between displays about era/geography
 * Analogous vs. convergent features of species
 * Students can speculate what the pressures of the environment were to lead to such anatomical structures
 * Students can compare and contrast prehistoric and recent organisms
 * Grade 9 Academic D3.1; Grade 11 U B2, B3.3, B3.5, C2 There are anatomical similarities based on the organism's location in the food chain:
 * Predator vs. prey, carnivore vs. herbivore
 * Why are there similarities/ differences? What causes these differences?
 * How does this support the theory of evolution?
 * Grade 10 Academic D2.3
 * Students may want to learn the process of recreating an organism
 * What information do fossils give us?
 * Grade 12 U F3Possible causes of species extinction
 * Could we survive similar situations?
 * What other causes are they for species extinction?
 * Are we headed toward extinction?
 * Grade 11 U B3.1Common and latin names are included
 * What are the genus, species and taxon of the organism? ||
 * 202 || Talia, Robin, Lindsay || Mammals || This exhibit was removed from the ROM 5 years ago and no longer exists. They have infused mammals into other exhibits, but it no longer is an exhibit on its own. Too bad...it was my favourite! ||
 * 205 ||  || Bats ||   ||
 * 204 || Antonette, Kalvin and
 * 208
 * 2nd Floor Centre Block || Holly, Rena and Reema || Burgess Shale

Gillian, Kelly, Holly W. - Questions for exhibits 206 and 207

Chris, Endri

Holly, Rena and Reema - Questions for exhibits 206 and 207

Greg's Show It was great :) J

LAST DAY BEFORE PRACTICUM !!!!

Please put your name beside the units/course you will be teaching this time out !!!

__ Grade 9 Applied __ Biology - Kelly Chemistry - Kelly Earth and Space - Physics -

__Grade 9 Academic__ Biology - Chemistry -Robin, David Earth and Space -Kalvin Physics -Robin, Reema

__ Grade 10 Applied __ Biology - Kalvin Chemistry - Earth and Space - Physics -Lindsay

__Grade 10 Academic__ Biology - Greg Climate Change Chemistry - Rena Earth and Space - Physics - Efi

__Grade 11 Biology__ Diversity -Robin Evolution - Tamara, Greg, Antonette Genetic Processes -Robin, Kelly, David, Antonette Animals -Kalvin Plants - Talia

__Grade 12 Biology__ Biochemistry -Robin Metab. Processes -Robin, Rena, Reema Molecular Genetics - Homeostasis - Population Dynammics -

__ REAL RESOURCES FROM ESTER __

Hi,

Does anyone know what the Summary sheet is for the CB? Thanks, Paula

Alia, here is the article: Hope that works. -Kal Thanks Kalvin :) J

Hi Judith, I am not able to open the link for the second reading for Friday, " ** __Can Case Studies Be Used to Teach Critical Thinking__ ". When I login on the new webpage that opens, it doesn't accept my UTORid and password unfortunately. Any help would be greatly appreciated!** **-Alia**

Demo People:

Here is the template for the demo reflection: THANKS SO MUCH REEMA !! J

Thank you! Just got it. :)

Hello from Judith

I was able to get it by copying the line (minus CHAPTER ) and then placing it in the URL line. Hope you can try this.

Re: the readings, I am having issues opening up the second assigned reading for tomorrow. Has anyone else had a similar issue? If not, can you pass along your suggestions. Thank you,

Cinzia

Hey Cinzia, sorry for the late reply hope this works:



Here are the Readings for the next three (3 days).

Enhanced Lesson plan Optics and SMART Board

Differentiated Instruction- Optics:



=Simpson's Science:=

[|Simpson intro]

=HOME PAGE OF OUR WIKI= Added December 9th Added December 6th





== Added Dec 2





Judith adds on **__November 29th__** : Please read chapter 8 of this article for discussion on Friday Dec. 2nd.



Hello from Judith on Monday October the 31st **I hope you are enjoying your practicum so far and it's not too scary - ha.** **If you want to have a look at the Lesson Plans posted in the WIKI of another class, login in using** username : isaacnewton1 password : gravity and the Science-General11section2 will be available to you. Take care and see you soon. :)

Links for Text books: Grade 9: [] Grade 10: []

__Assessment__ For Tuesday October 18th, please read the linked chapter and be able to distinguish among **assessment for, as and of learning** by describing each of the three in your own words. Also describe a possible Science class example for each. []

I f you want a **FREE HARDCOPY** of the Ministry documents **MAILED** to you for **FREE** check the Discussion Board! (Thanks David)

__**Lesson Planning**__
 * Due Oct. 21**
 * Here are some useful materials:**
 * 1) Template to use for your submission:**
 * 2) Sample Lesson Plan using this template**

__**Microteaching Week**__
 * This week will be spent on the microteaching project. The recording will be organized to begin as quickly as possible on Tuesday morning in rooms 309, 300 and 328.**
 * Each group must find a time and place to review all the microteaching recordings and do the peer feedback sometime later in the week.**
 * Each individual will complete a Directed Reflection (max. 2 pages) to be submitted on Oct. 11.**
 * Download from here:**

Go to wikis in plain English [] to get the basics. Please add a commnet to this page !!!

-The video did a great of job of explaining "WIKI" --> engaging and easy to understand :) -Reema

A simple and fun instructional video on how to use wikispaces! - Rena

Trying out SMARTBoard software. Go to website and use this # SB680-R2-459441 [] Then have fun........Judith

Q: Has anyone downloaded this yet? If so, can you confirm the version you downloaded. Thank you. Cinzia P.

See this OCUP link for T/L Strategies

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[|One of the best bio videos of all time.] - Efi

^That was the first video I thought of after reading the link title. Amazing. -Kal

@Efi, my biology teacher showed us that in first year. It is awesome ....I offer a video I've intended to show in a bio class since seeing it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4hvZkBpUJs - Nicole

Efi, I'd forgotten about that video! Thanks so much for posting! I have a favourite bio video as well, but it appears to have been removed from YouTube (probably due to the large number of swears the author incorporated into the voiceover. Who knew the non-specific immune response could be so dramatically profane?) -Megan

P.S. The horizontal rule button (looks like a blue stripe across some text) is great for separating comments and posts.