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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.
Year 9 Science
End of Year Exam Study Guide
Chemistry:
Safety
Atomic Theory, isotopes, ions (simple and polyatomic), electron configurations, formulae
Ionic, covalent, macromolecular and metallic bonding and related properties.
Study all notes, labs, old tests and handouts.
Make sure you know all vocabulary.
Chapters to concentrate on are:
2 (pages16 – 29),
3 (pages 30 –45) and
4 (pages 46 – 65),
from Chemistry text book.
23/5
questions 2-7 pages 64 and65
18/5
Questions on page 61.
Read and take notes on pages 62-63
16/5
Do pages 58 and 59
9/5
Test on pages 46-57
28/3
Do questions on page 51 and finish drawing diagrams for 1) aluminium and Chlorine, 2) Aluminium and oxygen.
9/3
Open Book Test on measurement. Bring graphpaper, calculator,ruler etc.
Mid Year Exam Study Guide 2012
Chemistry:
Safety
Separation Techniques
Atomic Theory,
Significant figures,
Scientific notation
Conversions e.g. kilo, micro,nano,giga,terra etc.....
SI units
Study all notes, labs, old tests and handouts, problems and class assignments.
Make sure you know all vocabulary.
Chapters to concentrate on are:
Chemistry text book
Chapter 1 (pages 6 – 11),
Chapter 2 (pages16 – 29),
Chapter 3 (pages 30– 45),
Physics text book
Chapter 1 (pages 10 – 13)
13/1
Do all problems assigned in questions 1, 2 and 3 on the following site http://myweb.astate.edu/mdraganj/Sigfig1.html
Merry Xmas to you and your family.
It would be advisable that you revise all your Chemistry over the break, so that you are prepared for the mid year testing period. This includes your labs and chapters 2 and 3. Good Luck.
21/12
Practice problems and quizes from this site :
http://janus.astro.umd.edu/astro/scinote/
Quiz on scientific notation.
9/12
Quiz on conversion factors. Page 11 of textbook, including pico and Tera
2/12
BRING PHYSICS TEXT BOOK
30/11
Test on pages 30 to 37
23/11
V.P, A.S and E.Z do quiz on elements and electron configurations
All do questions 3 to 9 on pages 44 and 45
16/11
Finish all atomic diagrams until Calcium.
11/11
Questions on page 35
9/11
questions 1 and 2 on page 44
October 24, 2011. The three students ( E. K., G.SM.L., A.F. ) that missed their Chemistry test on Friday the 21st, will be expected to take it during their Biology class today. BE PREPARED.
21/10
Test: Separation Techniques
19/10
Lab 4 due
12/10
Bring lab coats, green grass or green leaves. Submit lab 3 "The Chromatography of ink"
7/10
Bring lab coats, lab3 instruction sheet and vocab words i.e chromatogram, chromatography.
5/10
Hand in completed lab report and do vocabulary.
30/9
"Production of rock salt experiment" must be typed up and printed for today!!!!!!!!!!!!!
23/9
Bring lab coats and come prepared for experiment 1 " Purification of rock salt"
16/9
TEST Elements 1 - 20
14/9
Quiz elements 11 to 20
Finish Vocabulary
9/9
Quiz first 10 elements
Year 10 Chemistry:
End of Year Exam Study Guide
Safety
Atomic Theory,
Ionic, covalent and metallic bonding and related properties.
Relative molecular mass calculations
Mole calculations involving masses and gases and solutions
Empirical formulae calculations
Rates of reaction
Energy changes
Chemical equations
Study all notes, labs, old tests and handouts.
Make sure you know all vocabulary.
Chapters to concentrate on are:
2 (pages26 – 35),
3 (pages 36 – 57),
5 (pages 74 – 87),
10 (pages 144 – 159) and
11 (pages 160 – 171),
from Chemistry text book.
14/5
KINETICS TEST!!! STUDY (Chapter 10)
29/3
lab 73. bring lab coat and data collection note pad
26/3
Do questions 1, 2 and 3 on page 147 and questions 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 an page149.
5/3
Photosynthesis lab report due
20/2
Bring Lab coats and designs. You will be carrying out two more Trials to complete the photosynthesis lab.
13/2
Photosynthesis Design experiment due.
26/1/12
Some practice problems for exams
http://dl.clackamas.edu/ch104-03/practice.htm
Year 10 Chemistry/ Biology:
Mid Year Exam Study Guide
Safety
Types of bonding and properties
Relative molecular mass calculations
Mole calculations involving masses and gases and solutions
Empirical formulae calculations
Ions (including polyatomic ions)
Chemical Formulae
Balancing Chemical equations
Calculations from equations
Study all notes, questions done in class and for homework and old tests.
Make sure you know all vocabulary.
Chapters to concentrate on are:
3 (pages 36 – 57),
5 (pages 74 – 89),
6 (pages 90 – 95)
from Chemistry text book.
Biology
Starch test
Structure of leaf
Photosynthesis( chapter 10)
12/1/12
Quiz: Leaf structure diagram, labelling and functions.
Merry Xmas to you and your family.
It would be advisable that you revise all your Chemistry over the break, so that you are prepared for the mid year exams. This includes your labs, polyatomic ions, chapter 5 and balancing equations. Good Luck.
19/12
Starch lab due
15/12
fisrt draft of lab due
12/12
Bring lab coats and be prepared for lab, "Testing Leaves for Starch", Chapter 10.
1/12
Test on writing and balancing equations.
21/11
First draft of lab due
10/11
Bring lab coats and come prepared to carry out Design Experiment forMgO.
24/10
Test on Chapter 5
20/10
All questions on page 87 and questions 14 and 15 page 89
17/10
Q16 end of chapter 5
10/10
Submit final draft of Design experiment
6/10
Design experiment, "The Empirical Formula of Magnesium Oxide", typed and printed
22/9
Questions 1-6 on page 88 of text.
19/9
Do questions 1 - 8 on page 81. Don`t forget your calculators.
15/9
Bring text books and calculators.
12/9
Polyatomic ion revision quiz
End of year Study Guide
Study chapters 1- 8 and medicines and drugs option
Merry Xmas to you and your family.
It would be advisable that you revise all your Chemistry over the break, so that you are prepared for the mid year exams. This includes your labs and topics 1, 2, 3 and 4. Good Luck.
20/2
Come prepared for enthalpy lab
Revise Bonding
submit labs
30-1/12 be prepared for lab. Bring lab coats.
15/11
Test on periodicity
10/11
Revision Questions on Periodicity
12/10
Atomic Structure test
4/10
HL: Finish electron configurations
22/9
Stoichiometry test
15/9
Q 14 and 15 text, multiple choice from e-mail. Please print it and bring it to class.
13/9
Ions quiz and questions 1-5 page 5 of study guide
7/9
Bring usb with rate labs
Merry Xmas to you and your family.
It would be advisable that you revise all your Chemistry over the break, so that you are prepared for the mid year exams. This includes your labs and topics 1 to 11. Good Luck.
19/12
Revise organic sl
8/12
SL Organic Test
1/12
Work on sl organic revision sheets sent to your e-mails
9/11
Quiz on naming organic molecules
18/10
Redox Test
3/10
Revise Redox thus far.
19/9
Topics 1-8 revision test
12/9
Med. and Drugs SL test
8/9
Bring Designs and lab reports
