First Class

Welcome to Science Class!

This is the official blog of Dr. G's grade 10 Applied Science Class.

Today we started by finding out a bit about each other.

Handout: Student Information Sheet

Ten we discussed the course outline.

Handout: Course Outline

Then we did we some science questions just for fun.  Here they are along with the answers at the bottom...

1. What is the biggest bone in the human body?

A) Skull

B) Femur

C) Forearms

D) Spine

2. What is botany?

A) Study of humans

B) Study of diseases

C) Study of animals

D) Study of plant

3. How long does it take the earth to make one complete orbit around the sun?

A) 30 days

B) 365 days

C) 366 days

D) It changes every year.

4. How many legs does a spider have?

A) 4

B) 6

C) 8

D) 10

5. How many legs does an insect have?

A) 4

B) 6

C) 8

D) 10

6. What scientist came up with E = mc2?

A) Einstein

B) Newton

C) Galileo

D) Curie

7. What do pandas come from?

A) Mexico

B) Brazil

C) South Africa

D) China

8. What is the molecular formula for water?

A) H2O

B) H2, O2

C) CO2

D) dihydrogen monoxide

9. What colour is not in a spectrum?

A) ultra violet

B) infra red

C) white

D) x-rays

Here are the answers...

1. B
2. D
3. B
4. C
5. B
6. A
7. D
8. A
9. C

And some visual aids...

The femur is the bone from your knee to your hip.

Spiders have eight legs, insects have 6.  "What about centipedes?" someone asked.  Well, they're not insects, they're officially called chilopods!

Next we jumped right into the first unit.  

Biology

Learning Goals: Understand what a cell is.

Success Criteria: You can describe what a cell is and how it makes up living organisms.

Here are some notes I gave to the class:

Cell: a cell is the smallest part of an organism (anything that is alive).

• All living things are made of cells.
• The cell is the smallest living thing.

An onion skin seen through a microscope.

Human skin seen through a microscope.

Cells are made up of organelles.

• Every cell has a nucleus in the middle.  It contains the DNA.

We then discussed what DNA does in a person.  Here's a video you might be familiar with...

In the movie Peter Parker's DNA changes and he becomes Spider Man.  In real life, he'd probably get cancer and die...

Homework: 

• Bring a binder to keep all the handouts from this course.