Science Grade 7 - Heat

1.Read the information in the link about convection, conduction and radiation.

2.Make notes about each of the 3 types of heat transfers and include a picture or diagram to explain each.

Heat Transfer

3. Do the heat transfer quiz and check your answers by going to the link below. Click "play this game".

Heat Quiz

Planning Sheets Due: Friday, Mar. 28th - Social Studies / History Multi-Media Assignment

Learning Goal:  Create a multi-media wall that includes words and graphics using Padlet software or bristol board material that educates the audience on issues related to Canadian history involving the First Nation and European communities.

This week students will be given a planning package in order to complete the initial work and also will be introduced to Padlet software.  

Research material - Students have watched a CBC movie, been given 3 subject specific handouts, research material from our library has been brought to the class and grade 7 students will use their history text book. On-line research for additional information is optional.  

Planning Sheets Due : Friday, March 28th - Students will receive Padlet password early if they submit  planning sheets before Friday.  They will not be provided with Padlet passwords until planning sheet are complete.  

Spelling Test # 14 - Polar Bears Grrrr...

We will be working on our editing this week for our Toronto Zoo polar bear naming expositions.  The spelling list is inspired by our new furry friend...

habitat, carnivorous, Arctic Circle, vulnerable species, indigenous people, insulated, buoyancy, physical power, starvation, hibernate and Nunavut

Exposition Text - Rough draft for peer editing due: Friday, Mar. 21st

Success Criteria for Exposition Text – Naming of Polar Bear Cub

• Your opinion is stated clearly in introduction
• Includes an introduction, body and conclusion
• 3 reasons are provided to prove your point and at least 2 supporting details for reason are included
• Supporting details are effective to prove your opinion
• Higher level vocabulary is included
• Paragraphs are organized – sentences are in the right paragraph
•  Unnecessary sentences and details are eliminated (they don’t support your opinion) 
• Grammar, spelling and punctuation have been edited for accuracy
• Make sure to use the same tense and stick with it (past, present, future)

New France virtual museum website and questions

These are questions that were created by your class about life in New France.

1.Use your textbook and the link to the virtual museum of New France to answer questions.
Virtual museum of New France

2. Write each question before answering it fully in jot note or proper sentence format.

3. Answer these questions in any order.

What was the landscape like of New France?
What harsh climate and living conditions did the inhabitants have to face in New France?
What were common foods eaten in New France?
Describe the economy and employment of New France.
What were the religions and beliefs that were represented in New France?
Why did young people have to pay taxes if they were not married by a certain age?
What diseases and illness were common in New France?
What did newcomers do to adapt to the lifestyle of New France?
Explain the population growth in New France.

Geometry - Websites for classroom and home

Identify co-ordinate pairs on a graph

Transformation Strategies

Shape Mods Interactive Transformation Game

Spelling List #13 - Transformational Geometry

This week's spelling list is associated with our new unit it in math.

transformation, translation, rotation, reflection, image, vertices, clockwise, diagram, corresponding side, corresponding angle, similar, rotational symmetry