Ms. McClarty - ES 11 / OPES 9 Social studies

Welcome to the Experiential Science 11 (and OPES SOCIALS 9) homework site!

previous dates at bottom of this page

Friday 22 January
Day off for studying!!!

Monday 25 January
Geography 12 BC Provincial Exam: 9:00-11:00
(At YOUR HOME School:
Emily, Jamie, Vero, Katelyn at Vanier; Evelynn at PCSS)
Socials Studies: FINAL EXAM (1:00 - 3:00)
(Wood St. Centre)

Tuesday 26 January
Chemistry 11 Exam (9:00 - 11:00)
(Wood St. Centre)
Biology 11 Review Sesson (1:00 - 2:00 pm)
(Wood St. Centre)

Wednesday 27 January
Biology 11 Exam (9:00 - 11:00)
(Wood St. Centre)
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Wednesday 26 August
First day of ES 11
Meet at Wood Street Centre
Class starts at 8:45
Dismissed at noon

Thursday 27 August
Bring binders and stipple pen to class
* parent / student information meeting tonight at 7 pm *

Friday 28 August
Biology: Quiz: pro/eukaryotic cells, kingdoms, taxonomy
Field Trip: Wildlife Preserve: bring rubber boots, raingear, warm clothes, lunch, and 1L + water

Monday 31 August
Biology: quiz: rotifers, wildlife preserve plant activity/wildlife info, and microscope labeling
PE: running in am (bring running shoes and appropriate running clothes: shorts/track pants, t shirt, socks, etc)
** please note: the heat will be turned off all weekend, so the school may be very cold on Monday.  Dress appropriately :)

Tuesday 1 September
Biology: Read pages 324-334 on mollusks.
               Lab day (at Wood Street Centre): squid dissection/calamari

Wednesday 2 September
PE: cycling in am (we will cycle on the Schwatka Lake road, so bring an appropriate bike); bring helmet, bike tube/patch kit, jacket, gloves/mitts, touque, water, snacks as we will be doing field work outside all morning
Biology: complete mollusc lab (analysis questions #1-6, #10, and conclusion)

Thursday 3 September
Socials 9:
Leave WSC at 6 pm to go to Teslin: bring Friday's lunch, snacks, water bottle, sleeping bag/thermorest/pillow, toiletries, WARM CLOTHES, rain gear, rubber boots, trip journal, pencil, day pack, duffel bag, sunglasses, sunblock, hat

Friday 4 September
Field trip: Bird banding in Teslin

Monday 7 September
LABOUR DAY: STAT HOLIDAY

Tuesday 8 September
Biology: first lab at Yukon College: mosses and ferns and fungi
Meet at College biology lab for 9 am (start time for lab)
Open book quiz from Teslin field trip

Wednesday 9 September
Art: drawing class with Mr. Sharp
Biology: fungi lab due, fungi quiz

Thursday 10 September
Socials 9: Geolabs 13 and 15 (Q#1-5)
Mapping assignment (Alberta + Lumsden)
Quiz on mapping, UTM's, map reading (use your notes and assignments)
Current events: Tanisha
Orienteering/hiking in pm: bring good footwear (hiking boots, day hikers), raingear, snacks, water bottle (1L +), pencil, ziplock for your map
*Questions or problems with the homework?  Email me or ask me on Wednesday 9 Sept :)

Friday 11 September
PE: cycling in pm - bring helmet, gloves, etc.
Return your signed permission slips for H Junction trip

Monday 14 September
Bring your signed permission forms for the Haines Junction trip!!
Art: hand building with clay in pm
Biology: test - molluscs, platyhelminthes, rotifera, taxonomy, prokaryotic/eukaryotic cells, kingdoms
Geography: quiz - map reading, UTM's, longitude/latitude


Tuesday 15 September
Field trip: to Haines Junction for forestry/field work/biology/geography
Bring: (2) lunches, snacks, day pack, duffel (for overnight gear-sleeping bag, thermorest, pjs, pillow, toiletries), journal (ziplock, pencil), waterbottle, sunglasses, hat, sunblock, toque, warm clothes, rubber boots, rain gear...
ALSO if you have medications, please make sure you give me an extra bottle/vial for the first aid kit.

Wednesday 16 September
Field trip to Haines Junction
We'll return in the afternoon.  Parents will be called after all gear has been cleaned and put away.

Thursday 17 September
Socials 9: Geography travel pamphlets due; be prepared to present your pamphlet during class.  Each pamplet must include topography, climate, vegetation, and map of your geographic region.
Current events: Trevor

Friday 18 September
PE: sea kayaking skills day at Schwatka Lake.  Bring an entire change of warm clothing (you WILL need to change!), touque, swimsuit (for under wetsuit), towel, gloves/mitts, lunch, water, snacks, sunglasses, sun hat, sunblock, wetsuit if you own one (we have neoprene gear at school you can borrow)... SNOW FORECAST FOR TODAY!  Be prepared!!!  :)
- trip meal plans are due before we go kayaking
Biology: read (and make notes) on pages 261-263; quiz on ferns and vascular plants before we go kayaking

Monday 21 September
Art: hand building with clay in pm
Geography: Unit 7 -- complete all assignments

Tuesday 22 September
Biology: lab at College: mosses and ferns
               Read the moss lab on page 260 and complete the lab prep
Geography: bring your geography book and homework (Unit 7)

Wednesday 23 September
PE:  Climbing at FHCollins in pm (bring stretchy pants)
Geography: Plate tectonics worksheets (yellow and white sheets) due

Thursday 24 September
Socials 9: Geographical regions quiz (use your notes, and textbook)
                First Nations projects due
Current events: Nahanni

Friday 25 September
PLEASE BRING ME YOUR PASSPORT NUMBERS
Biology: Quiz: Mosses and Ferns
PE: Bike ride for Terry Fox in pm - bring donation for cancer research
Geography: Have your biogeography projects to work on at school today
                    Bring your $20 for Geography book

Monday 28 September
Art: hand building with clay in pm
PE: dietician guest speaker in am
       Return your completed recipe critiques :)
PLEASE BRING ME YOUR PASSPORTS!
Geography: Have your biogeography projects to work on at school today
                    Bring your $20 for Geography book

Tuesday 29 September
Return your completed recipe critiques :)
Biology: lab at College: angiosperms, gymnosperms
               Read pages 265-272
PLEASE BRING ME YOUR PASSPORTS!
Geography: Bring your $20 for Geography book

Wednesday 30 September
PE: climbing at FHCollins in pm
       Recipe critiques due
PLEASE BRING ME YOUR PASSPORTS!
Geography: Have your biogeography projects to work on at school today
                    Bring your $20 for Geography book
Biology: Angiosperms lab due

Thursday 1 October
Socials 9: Quiz: First Nations Peoples (use your text to study)
                Explorers mapping assignment
Current events: Markie, Tanisha

ES CHEMISTRY: test

Friday 2 October
PACKING FOR TRIP! 
All passports and gear MUST be at the school today.
Geography: presentations in class
DISMISSED AT NOON - go home and get healthy before our trip :)

Monday 5 October - Wednesday 4 November
ES trip to Vancouver Island!!
Biology: plants test on Monday 5 October (Watson Lake SS)

Monday 16 November
Art: glazing pottery in pm

Tuesday 17 November
Biology: porifera and cnidaria lab
               Read pages 304-309
               Questions #11 and 16, page 341
Geography: Volcanism worksheet due (bring your Geography text to class)

Wednesday 18 November
PE: curling in pm

Thursday 19 November
Socials:
Current events: Talia

Friday 20 November
Geography: Unit 2 worksheet review package

Monday 23 November
Geography: Unit 2 test
Biology: Porifera / Cnidaria / Echinoderm test
               Yogurt making!
Art: masks (start)

Tuesday 24 November
Biology: flat / segmented / roundworms lab
               Read pages 311-316 (text)

Wednesday 25 November
PE: curling in pm
Biology: annelid and nematode labs due

Thursday 26 November
Socials: Timeline assignment due
Current events: Megan, Emily D.

Friday 27 November
PE: climbing at FHC in pm
Biology: questions #1-7, page 205

Monday 30 November
Art: masks: design: sand, trim, draw design
Geography: Unit 3 worksheet package
** retest option: Units 1 and 2

Tuesday 1 December
Biology: protists, virus lab

Wednesday 2 December
PE: curling in pm
Geography: bring your weather report script and video to work on
Biology: virus and bacteria quiz
               hand in your bacteria lab

Parent Teacher Interviews: 3:30 - 6:30 Thursday 3 December 2009
please email Anne at anne.daub@gov.yk.ca or phone at 667-8413
to reserve a time

Thursday 3 December
Socials: Test: American Revolution and War of 1812
Current Events: Ben
Parent Teacher Interviews: 3:30 - 6:30
please email Anne at anne.daub@gov.yk.ca or phone at 667-8413
to reserve a time

Friday 4 December
PE: swimming 9:45-10:30 - bring your swimsuit and towel
Art: bring your ideas for your mask designs and be ready to paint masks!
       ** bring t-shirt for art project Monday
Geography: weather report due - have the video READY to show!  :)

Bring in your Concerned Citizen letter: addressed, signed, dated, printed and ready to put in the mail.

Monday 7 December
Art: fish printing - bring your t-shirt(s) to print, and an apron if possible
Geography: Flash cards for vocabulary from units 1-3
* use recipe card format, with ONE vocab term on one side, and its definition/diagram on the other side *
Book reports: Richard, Nick

Tuesday 8 December
Biology: biology lab - osteichthyes dissection
Book report: Jamie, Jamie

Wednesday 9 December
Art: First Nations designs: posters
Book report: Sophie

Thursday 10 December
Socials:
Current events: Chris

Friday 11 December
PE: Broomball!
Biology: Evolution - worksheet (evidence of evolution) due, and quiz
Geography: Unit 3 test (also, re-hand in your geography homework)


MERRY CHRISTMAS!  HAPPY NEW YEAR! 
GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY HARD!!
HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY HOLIDAY - YOU ALL DESERVE IT!  :)

Monday 4 January
Biology: Quiz (analogous/homologous structures, evolution)
Geography: unit 4 worksheets
  - do your flashcards for unit 4
  - quiz: unit 4 terminology
  - unit 4: focus questions in your textbook

Tuesday 5 January
Biology: Arthropod lab
Book reports: Katelyn

Wednesday 6 January
PE: sledding at the "V"
Book reports: Veronica

Thursday 7 January
Socials: Napoleon autobiography due (remember bibliography)
Current events: Logan, Emily W.

Friday 8 January
Socials: Social studies 9 morning
Book reports: Ben

Monday 11 January
Book reports: Cheylsea, Spencer, Nick
Geography: UNIT 4 Test: Biomes. 
                    Also, have your colour your biomes map
Chemistry: SELECTED questions on pages 216, 218, 219, 220, 221, 223, 225.  If you didn't copy down the questions, ask someone in the class :)

Tuesday 12 January
Biology: Chordates lab (Dave Mossop talks about birds)
Geography: make your Unit 5 flashcards
Book report: Massey, Evelynn

Wednesday 13 January
Book reports: Brandon, Jamie, Lindsay, Massey
Geography: quiz (themes, careers, resource ethics)
Biology: Complete chordate classes chart (pink sheet)
               Finish Dogfish lab
PE: cross country skiing (pm)

Thursday 14 January
Current events: Stacey
SEMESTER PROJECTS DUE!!!!

Friday 15 January
COMP DAY: Day off... for studying at home  :)
(because of all the weekends we were on our trip in the fall)

Monday 18 January
Socials: "sweatshop math" worksheet, Wal-Mart worksheet

Chemistry: test: excess, stoichiometry, organic...?
Book Report: Evelynn
Geography: Presentations: Energy unit.  Have your handout/lesson practiced, prepared and ready to go!  :)

Tuesday 19 January
Biology: complete chordates chart

Wednesday 20 January
PE: cross country skiing              
Biology: Chordates / Ecology Test
               Trophic levels worksheet

6:30: Parent evening, watch DVD

Thursday 21 January
Socials: EXAM REVIEW!

Questions?  Email me: bridget.mcclarty@yesnet.yk.ca