Mr. Pitulis | ISA-International School of Athens, Kifissia, Greece

Mr. Pitulis

pitulis@isa.edu.gr

EXPECTATIONS

·         Behave safely in science lessons at all times especially during laboratories.
·         Be current with work load especially when preparing for laboratories.
·         Do all assignments.
·         Be co-operative and respectful to each other and to teacher/lab technician in class.
·         Have all material necessary for class.
·         Be punctual.
·         Raise hands/ do not speak out of turn.
·         Remain focused on class work while in class.
·         No eating/drinking in class or laboratories.
·         Wear correct uniform.
·         Bring lab coats when required.
·         Approximate grading percentages for non IB classes:
                  up to 50% Tests, quizzes, projects ,assignments.
                  up to 30% laboratory work and reports.
                  up to 20% homework and class participation.

Environmental Systems and Societies IB 2

5 September, Welcome Back! Let`s start with a revision on IB 1 material and an exam on Wednesday the 14th on that material!
7 September, work on these three questions from the IB bank. The test will be on Chapters 3-4-8-9-11-12-13-14
9 September, Revision on June Final Exam
12 September, Chapter 5: Biodiversity - Background and Mass extinctions - Geological Timescale
14 September, Revision Test
16 September, the Sixth mass extinction
19 September, Read the Full Planet Report and check the Living Planet Report web site and answer Question 6 from the test.
23 September,
27 September, propose factors to be measured in the schinias Field work on Monday, October 3. Still waiting for your HW!!!
29 September, Quadrats, Species Frequency and Density, Lincoln Index.
30 September, Speciation, Physical Barriers, Plate Activity, Biodiversity factors. HW: IB Bank Questions on Biodiversity for Monday
3 October, Field Work on Schinias Beach: Quadrats and Abiotic Factors. Get prepared for Laboratory work on Wednesday.
4 October, Laboratory work failed, next time bring your lab coats. Factors for Loss of Biodiversity and species extinction.
6 October, Tropical Rainforest, Characteristics and Vulnerability.
10 October, Lab Work: Schinias Soil Analysis Lab report due to October 31st.
12 October, Lab Work: Schinias Soil Analysis
14 October, Lab Work: Schinias Soil Analysis. Test on Chapter 5 on Wednesday, 19 October
17 October, Conservation of Biodiversity, Economic values of Biodiversity.
19 October, Test on Chapter 5
21 October, IB Criteria for Internal assesment grading
2 November, Chapter 6 - Conservation of Biodiversity
4 November, Chapter 6 - Conservation of Biodiversity
9 November, Revision on IB bank Test
11 November, Revision on IB bank Test - Introduction to Global Warming
16 November, Global warming and Greenhouse Effect
21 November, The Tricellular Model
23 November, Radiative Forcing
30 November, Climate Change, CO₂ and Temperature levels, the Consensus view, Effects of Climate Change on Sea Level and Polar Ice cups
2 December, Effects of Climate Change on Glaciers, Weather patterns, Food production, Biodiversity and Ecosystems, Water supplies, Human health and Migration, Nationals Economies. Positive - Negative Feedback and Climate change
5 December, Carbon emissions from Fossil fuel burning - Strategies. Global Dimming, Climate Modelling. Work on the past paper handed out
7 December, Ecological Succession and Zonation - Chapter 14. Still waiting for the past paper!
9 December, Pollution Management - Chapter 15
12 December, Revision on Past Paper
16 December, Pollution Management - BOD, 3 Level Pol. Managenemt, Strategies, Waste and Disposal, Eutrophication. Check these Documents for Lab Internals. Pdf1, Pdf2
19 December, Pollution Management - Ozone, Urban Air Pollution, Acid Deposition.
21 December, Lab Reports Criteria. HW for Christmas Holidays: Write 1 Lab Desing using Guideline1 - Revise Chapters 1 to 15 except 2 for the Mock Exam and get ready for a TEST on the material covered so far on Monday 9 January 2012
9 January, Revision Test
11 January, Revision Test correction
13 January, Environmental Perspectives - E N D O F S Y L L A B U S - Bring on Monday the Germination Lab Design. Wednesday 18 Jan. we start the experiment on Germination. Prepare the Lab Desing on Greenhouse Effect using Guideline 2.
17 January, Lab work on the Germination Desing Experiment. Revise for the Mock Exam. Check the ESS syllabus link on 13 January.
23 January, Revision - Deadline for Lab Reports 15 February.
10 February, Mock exam revision - Prepare for a Test on chapters 8-13 and 15 on Wednesday 22 February.
23 March , Revision on past papers
26 March, Soil Systems
28 March, Revision
Just R E V I S E !

Environmental Systems and Societies IB 1

Syllabus: Environmental systems and societies guide

5 September, prepare a paragraph suggesting three actions you could take in order to improve the environment. Very important: use references!
9 September, Study Systems and the Laws of Thermodynamics. Links: Laws, Scale of Universe
12 September, Laws of thermodynamics - Nature of Equilibria - Feedback.
16 September, Transfer and Transformation processes - The water cycle
19 September, Use the water cycle model: think of a change and predict the output.
23 September, Pyramids of Numbers, Biomass and productivity.
27 September, The DDT example, BioAccumulation and BioMagnification. Study pages 19 and 20 and prepare Population Interactions, pg 21. HW Paper 2 question on the Carbon Cycle.
30 September, Species, Populations, Habitats and Niches - Populations Interactions - Measuring Abiotic factors. Still waiting for Carbon Cycle paper 2.
6 October, Abiotic factors measurements, Dichotomous keys. HW: Use the examples to create a Dichotomous keys for 5 Species living in the Desert and another one for 10 Rainforest species.
10 October, Dichotomous keys examples, Measuring Biotic Components, Lincoln Index and Quadrats.
14 October, Examples on Quadrats Density and Frequency. HW: Study the Simpson Diversity Index.
17 October, Simpson Diversity Index - Introduction to Biomes.
21 October, Biomes - Tropical Rainforests. Read about Soil Leaching: Thinkquest - Mongabay
31 October, Biomes - Deserts
3 November, Biomes - Tundra
4 November, Temperate Forest and Grassland Biome
11 November, Revise for Test on Monday 21 November on all the material covered so far
21 November, Test
24 November, Field work for Group 4 Project. Get ready for a full day on mountain Parnitha. Weather forecast
25 November, The Man that Planted Trees
28 November, Producers, Conumers, Decomposers. Photosynthesis - Respiration
2 December, Transfer and Transformation of Energy. HW: check and learn how to use diagrams 2.28 on page 47
5 December, Nitrogen Cycle - Nitrogen Fixation. Nutrient Cycles
9 December, Ecological succession and Zonation
12 December, Questions from the IB Bank
16 December, Questions from the IB Bank on Productivity Check this Link
19 December, Introduction to the IB Laboratory Reports Grading Criteria. Read during Christmas Break these Documents: IB Lab Reports 1 and IB Lab Reports 2. Revise all material covered so far for the Mid Term Exam: Chapters 1 and 2, up to page 55.
9 January, Limiting Factors and Carrying Capacity
13 January, Density-Dependent and Density-Independent Factors, Survirorship Curves
16 January, Changes in Succession - Climax Community. Prepare for a Test on pages 43 to 69 on Thursday 26th.
STUDY GUIDE for the Mid Term exam: in your Book up to page 69 or in the Syllabus up to Assessment statement 2.6.7
23 January, Revision - Lab Reports Structure - Read the helping guides on how to write Lab Reports, links on Dec19!
10 February, Checking the Mid Term Exam. HW: prepare one paragraph for a research proposal on the Pendeli Field work. Which Biotic and Abiotic factors should we check to monitor the succession on the Pendeli ecosystem.
13 February, HW: Exercise 1 page 59. Also: d. Describe the Curve, e. Show procesing of the data!
20 February, Preparation for the March 1st Field Study on Pendeli Succession. Check the Links and Get Prepared!
23 February, Instructions for the Pendeli Field Study.
1 March, Pendeli Field Study is postponed on Next Thursday March 8th.
5 March, Structure of Lab Reports. Grading Criteria. Check the Links: Lab Reports , Criteria.
26 March, Lab Reports, Planning
2 April, Resources and Natural Capital. After the Easter Break bring two Lab Reports: Pendeli field Study and the Germination Planning. Use the links on January 19th.
On Monday, 30 April, you will repeat the Test on Population Dynamics. Revise pages 83 to 95.
27 April, Soil Resources.
30 April, Soil Degradation and Conservation. Population Dynamics Test on Thursday, May 3!
14 May, The water cycle. Instructions for the "Energy from Food" lab experiment
STUDY GUIDE: Syllabus: pages 22-42, topics 1,2 and 3. Book: chapters 1,2 and 3.

Science 10

6 September, welcome back! ...and prepare for a Chemistry Test on Chapters 2 and 3 on Thursday 15th of September.
8 September, the Mole, Chapter 5
13 September, Chapter 5 Relative Atomic Mass, Isotopes percentage and Relative Molecular Mass
15 September, Revision Test
20 September, Percentage Composition of Compounds
22 September, The Mole, HW: Questions on page 88 1-2-3-4-5
27 September, Empirical formula, exercises
29 September, trip - no clas
4 October, Molecular Formula. HW Exercises pg. 89: 10-11 12-13
6 October, Molecular Formula. HW Exercises pg. 85: 5-6-7
13 October, Concentration. HW pg. 87: 1-2-3-4-5
18 October, Designing ab experiment for MgO. HW: Next Tuesday bring your lab design
20 October, Exercises on Concentrations. Read Ch. 6.2 HW: Exercises 1-2-3 page 93
25 October, collecting your Lab Desigs for MgO
1 November, Exercises on Chapter 5. Graph Test Tuesday 8 November in the IT Lab. Chem Test on Chapter 5 plus Balancing Chemical Reactions on Thursday 10 November.
3 November, Revision on Concentration exercises and balancing Chem. reactions
10 November, Test
22 November, MgO lab experiment Design. Be prepared for Lab work on Tue 29/11 and Thu 1/12
29 November, Laboratory Experiment on MgO Emprical Formula
1 December, Laboratory Experiment on MgO Emprical Formula - Remember next week we start Physics!
6 December, P H Y S I C S Vectors
13 December, Vectors, Displacement and Distance, Graphical and Calculation Solution. HW Find Displacement 1. 52 S and 164m S 2. Graph 200 S and 100 SW 3. Calc. 500 E and 1200 S
20 December, Exercises on Speed and Velocity. Work on the exercises given in class and Revise all Material covered so far for your Mid Term Exam!
10 January,Exercises on Speed and Velocity. Acceleration. Prepare for a Test on Physics on Thursday 19 January!
12 January, exercises on Acceleration - Speed/ Time Graphs
17 January, Straight Line Motion and Displacement of Uniformly Accelerated Bodies - Exercises
Study Guide for the Mid Term exams Chemistry: Mole, Relative Atomic Mass, Isotopes Percentage, Relative Molecular Mass, Percentage Composition of Compounds, Empirical formula and Molecular Formula, Concentration, balancing Chem. Reactions
Physics: Vectors, Displacement and Distance, Graphical and Calculation Solution, Speed and Velocity, Determination of Displacement, Acceleration, Straight Line Motion and Displacement of Uniformly Accelerated Bodies.
22 February, Test Thursday March 1st on Acceleration, Straight Line Motion, Displacement of Uniformly Accelerated Bodies, Kinetic and Potential Energy plus Conservation of Energy. Link for Physics Text Book.
20 March, Rates of Reactions, Chapter 10. HW exercises on pages 147-149
27 March, Rates of Reactions, Work on the Thiosulphate Laboratory Experiment for Thursday April 5. Get ready!
29 March, rates of Reactions Graphs, Activation Energy and Catalysts. Link. Get ready for a Test On Ch. 10 (pg 144-153) next Tuesday!
3 April, Catalysts. Test on Rates of Reaction
5 April, Laboratory Experiment: Thiosulphate Reaction, Concentration Effect. Lab Reports due the first week after Easter vacations. Check these links: Pdf 1 and Pdf 2.
24 April, Lab Reports and Test revision. Thursday: Lab experiment: Rates of reaction and Temperature effect
26 April, Laboratory Experiment: Temperature Effect on Rate of Reaction
3 May, Enzymes and Catalysts. HW. Chapter 10 Revision Exercises: 4-8

Science 9

5 September, Welcome back! Get your books and please bring the Safety Contracts signed.
8 September, drawing Laboratory equipment and introducing Atoms
12 September, Chapter 2: Elements, Symbols, Periodic Table, Protons, Neutrons and Electrons. Get ready for a Quiz on the first 10 Elements.
15 September, Isotopes and their use. Quiz on the next 10 elements.
22 September, Quiz - 20 elements. Revision on Chapters 1 and 2, Separation Methods: Filtering, Evaporation and Crystallisation.
29 September, Lab demonstration on Distillation with Ink and Milk. Get ready for your Rock salt experiment on Wednesday 6 October.
6 October Laboratory work: Rock Salt experiment. Read pages 23, 24, 25 about Chromatography. Next time we meet again in Lab.
10 October, Chromatography. HW Read page 26-27 and exercises 6-7 on page 29.
13 October, Lab Report Structure - Variables.
20 October, Variables, Electron Shells. Lab Report due on Monday 24 Oct.
24 October, Periodic Table properties, the Noble Gas group.
3 November, Revision on Chapter 2: Separation Techniques. Test on Ch. 2 on Monday 7 November
10 November, Revision on Chapetr 3. Test on Chapter 3 on Monday 21 November
14 November, Revision on Atoms, Elements and Periodic Table
21 November, Test on Atomic Structure
5 December, P H Y S I C S Chapter 1.01 Numbers and Units - Prefixes - Scientific Notation. HW: Questions 1-7 on page 11
9 December, Unit Coversion and Scientific Notation exercises
19 December, Density and Volume Calculations. Christmas Break HW: Calculate your Body Volume using Cylinders as an approximative body model and find you Body Density. Revise for the Mid Term Exams
9 January, Density and Volume exercises, Relative Density - Mass and Weight. HW exercises on pg. 22: 2, 3, 4 and 8
12 January, Revision and Exercises on Density - HW exercises on pg 23 11 - 12 - 13 - Prepare for a Test on Physics (Density, Volume, Prefixes, Units and Conversion of Units) on Thursday 19 Jan.
Study Guide for the Mid Term Exam - Chemistry: Chapters 1, 2 and 3 - Physics: Prefixes, Units, Scientific Notation, Density and Volume.
20 February, Revision on Vectors, Distance and Displacement. Acceleration. Test on Velocity, Vectors, Distance and Displacement and Acceleration on Thursday March 1st.
12 March, Ions
15 March, Ionic Bond
19 March, Compound Ions
26 March, exercises on Ionic Compounds. HW Exercises 4, 5, 6 and 7 on page 53
29 March, Covalent bond HW: All Questions on page 55. Test on Ionic Bonding Next Thursday! Extra Exercises on these Links.
5 April, Test on Ionic and Covalent Bonds
23 April, Test Revision, Dot-Cross structures for Organic Molecules. HW: Write the Dot-Cross structure for Glucose and Aspirin. Get ready for a quiz on Compound Ions
26 April, Covalent Bonds, Dot-Cross structures for Complex Organic Molecules. Still waiting for the HW!!! Get ready for a Test on Dot-Cross structures.
3 May, Physical properties of Ionic and Covalent compounds. Revise Ionic Compounds for a Test next Thursday!

IT 9

5 September, Welcome back!
9 September, working without a mouse!
12 September, Power Point revision. HW: prepare a power point presentation on your vacations.
15 September, Adding a video to a power point presentation
19 September, Theory: Storage device and storage media - Characteristics of an internal hard disk
22 September, Theory: Characteristics of an internal hard disk
23 September, learning key words for storage.
29 September, flash Memory and Optical storage. HW prepare presentation on Optical Storage.
30 September, checking Power point presentation on Optical discs.
7 October, HW Collaboration pg 390, write a short paragraph about Backup Strategies.
13 October, Optical Discs and revision on Chapter 7.
20 October, Time saving tools for Power Point: Paste Slides - Word Outline into Presentation - Copy Formatting - Publish, Reuse Slides and Send Slides from a Slide Library - Translate Words
24 October, Powerr Point: Use Custom Shadows and Create Links. Test on Storage plus Power point Time saving tools, Thursday 3 November.
31 October, Revision on Chapter 7 - Storage.
3 November: Test
10 November, Power Point Macros
11 November, Power Point Action button
14 November, Power Point homework: prepare a 5 slide presentation showing all the skills learned so far.
2 December, Chapter 8 Operating Systems and Utility Programs - System Software Operating Systems
(starting and shutting down a computer, providing a user interface, managing programs, managing memory, coordinating tasks, configuring devices) up to page 406
5 December, Internet connection, monitoring performance, providing file management and other utilities, updating automatically, controlling a network and administering security
9 December, Opreating Systems: Windows, MAC OS X, UNIX
19 December, Revise all Material covered so far
12 January, Utility Programs, Test on Chapter 8 on Thursday 19 January.
Study Guide: Power Point time saving tools and Discovering Computers Chapter 7 "Storage" and 8 "Operating Systems and Utility Pograms".
IT9 Mid Term Exam on Thursday 9 February.
20 February, Excell calculations and Graphs
19 March, Chapter 9 on Discovering Computers -Communications
26 March, Ch. 9: Networks
5 April, Chapter 9: Networks communication standards
23 April, Computers communication, communications software
26 April, Computers communication, Types of lines for communications over the telephone network.

Syllabus: Environmental systems and societies guide