January 31st

Science 8: Today we finished the Fluids Unit. Portfolios were submitted and will be handed back on Thursday. Students will have an in-class assignment on Monday, February 6th on Chapter 9 and a test on Chapter 7,8 and 9 on Friday, February 10th. 

Science 9: Today we finished the notes for the Chemistry Unit. We will be completing a lab next class and portfolios will be collected. Our test on Chapter 1, 2 and 3 will be Wednesday February 8th.

Checklist for Science 9 Portfolio:

Reminders: 
* Health Personality Islands Projects are due Thursday February 2nd.
* February 2nd is "Brown Day" for Groundhog Day.
* Candy Grams and Crush will be sold Feb.1st-3rd. Candy Grams are $1, Crush is $2.
* Literacy Day has been rescheduled for this Friday, February 3rd.

Have a great week, Miss Goulding:)

January 27th

I hope everyone enjoys their extra-extra long weekend! Just a few reminders for next week!

* The Health "Personality Islands Project" will now be due next Health Class- Thursday February 2nd.
* Science 8 (pg. 351-353) and Science 9 (pg. 97) questions are now due on Tuesday, January 31st.
* Science 9 exit card will be on Tuesday, January 31st.

Happy Literacy Day!! Enjoy a good book on your snow day :)

Miss Goulding:)

January 25th

Science 8: We worked on questions page 351-353, these are due on Friday and are to be placed in our portfolio.

Science 9: Today we worked on questions page 97. These are due on Friday and are to be placed in our portfolios.

We had lots of fun having a Dodge Ball game last period today!


Reminder: 

*January 27th- Literacy Day!
* Health 8/9 Personality Islands Project is due Friday, January 27th


Miss Goulding :)

January 23rd

Happy Monday! Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Science 9: Today we went over rules for naming Ionic and Covalent compounds. We completed some practice examples. We will continue with our practice on Wednesday and also complete a matching (name to formula) game. We will be having an exit card on Friday, January 27th!! 

Health 8/9: Students went to the library to work on their "Personality Islands Project". This was the last class to work on it. If you have not yet passed it in it is due on Friday, January 27th!! 

Science 8: Today we discussed Pressure, Area and Force. We completed practice problems on calculating each. We started questions page 351-353. We will have next class to work on these and place them in our portfolios. We will be having an exit card Wednesday, January 25th!! 

Enjoy your week, Miss Goulding :)

January 17th

Science 9: Today we continued our discussion and examples of Ionic and Molecular compounds. We will be starting naming these compounds next class. We are now on the last chapter of this unit. A test will be coming up in the next couple of weeks. I will set a date as it gets closer.

Health 8/9: Today we worked on our personality islands project in the computer lab. Students will be given one more class to complete this project. Please refer to the rubric as you create your islands!

Science 8: Today we started chapter 9. We talked about balanced and unbalanced forces and mass vs. weight. We also discussed buoyancy and did an activity to see if a filled water bottle vs. an empty water bottle will sink or float.

Reminders:
* January 19th- No school. PD Day.

*January 27th- Literacy Day







Enjoy the rest of your week, Miss Goulding :)

January 13th

Good luck to the girl's volleyball team at their tournament in Bishop's Falls this weekend! Looking forward to watching some games tonight! 

Science 8: In-class assignment chapter 7-8 was completed today.

Science 9: Presentation with the school nurse.

Reminders: 
* January 19th- No School (PD Day)

Hope you have good luck this Friday the 13th!! Have a great weekend, Miss Goulding :)

January 11

Science 9: Today we began Chapter 3. We talked about ionic and covalent compounds. Next day we will be going over the rules of how to name these compounds.

Health 8/9: We finished the emotions journal then started the "Personality Islands" project. Students were given today's class and they will be given next class to work on it as well. Be sure to use the rubric to help you when completing your project! Be creative! :)

Science 8: Today portfolios were handed back and we played a game of "Review TrashBall" in preparation for the in-class assignment on Chapter 7-8 this Friday, January 13th. It is open book and you will have one hour to complete it. A lunch time review session was held if any students had questions.


Miss Goulding :)

January 9th

Congratulations to the girl's volleyball team on their Silver medal this weekend!! 

Science 8: Today students finished density practice problems on page 312-314. Then we finished notes on Chapter 8. Portfolios were collected today and will be handed back Wednesday in preparation for the In-Class Assignment on Chapter 7-8 on Friday January 13th. This will be open book but still be sure to review. You will be given an hour to complete the assignment. 

Science 9: Today we completed the "Edible Atoms" activity. This was placed in our science portfolio. Next day we will start Chapter 3. This is the final chapter for the unit! 

Reminders: 

* January 19th- No School (PD Day) 

Enjoy your week, Miss Goulding :) 

January 5th

Science 9: Today we worked on an "Edible Atoms" activity. We will finish this activity next class and begin Chapter 3. Assignments were handed back today.




Health 8/9: We finished watching the "Inside Out" movie and then completed an emotions journal. We will be starting a project on the movie next class.




Science 8: Today we went over density problems and then students worked on practice problems page 312-314. I will be collecting these next day to place in their portfolios. I will give 15-20 minutes next day to finish up. If you feel you need extra time complete some at home!

Upcoming Dates: 
* School PD January 19th- No School for Students

Enjoy the rest of your week, Miss Goulding:)

January 3rd

Welcome back! I hope everyone had an enjoyable Christmas break and a Happy New year!

Science 8: Today I handed back Flow Rate labs and we discussed. We then started Chapter 8: Density. We learned about what density is and the formula for calculating density. Next class we will solve density problems.

Science 9: Today we continued with Chapter 2. We started discussing Bohr Diagrams and completed some examples. Next class we will be completing an activity "Edible Atoms".


Hope you have a great week, Miss Goulding :)