Mr. Seland's School Stuff

Thursday, November 30, 2006

Announcements
Active living day forms and cheques due December 4.
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Science 8S
Microscope handout (both sides) due Monday.

Math 8S
Mean, median, mode, range handout due tomorrow. Quiz on same tomorrow.

Science 7X
Temperature activity (chart) due tomorrow)

Math 7X
Mult and divide integers handout p. 52 all, p. 53 even due tomorrow

Video Game Design
We added a start screen to Catch the Clown!

Monday, November 27, 2006

Science 8S
No class today.

Math 8S
We wrote our unit test today.

Science 7X
Today we started our new unit - Heat and Temperature.

Math 7X
We reviewed adding and subtracting integers. We will have a quiz on this tomorrow.

PE 8S
More volleyball. We practised the set today.

Digital Image Creation
First day with the new group. We made a multi-layered sunset.

Web Page Design
First day with the new group. I introduced the students to the joy of HTML coding.

Friday, November 24, 2006

Science 8S
Today I handed back the unit tests from yesterday, the students transferred their unit notes and worksheets to their storage folders, and we went tobogganing for DPA.

Math 8S
We reviewed for Monday's algebra unit test.

Science 7X
We had our Earth unit test today.

Math 7X
No math class today.

Digital Image Creation
The students did a self evaluation of their assignments today.

Web Page Design
The students did a self evaluation of their company website today.

Thursday, November 23, 2006

Science 8S
We had our Unit 1 test today.

Math 8S
Assignment: Algebra substitution p. 16 - all even # questions

Science 7X
Assignment
: Study for tomorrow's unit test.

Math 7X
Assignment: p. 44 G (1-20); p. 47 (first column)

PE 8S
Still playing volleyball1

Digital Image Creation
After a lot of wrong turns, we got the animations of ourselves working.

Web Page Design
Finished up websites.

Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Science 8S
Assignment: Study for Thursday's unit test.

Math 8S
Assignment: Find the formula handout, up to question 12

Science 7X
Assignment: Study for Friday's unit test.

Math 7X
Assignment: Integer addition and subtraction assignment.

PE 8S
Today we did forearm pass and played a few games.

Video Game Design
We wrapped up our projects and the students did a self-evaluation on their project.

Monday, November 20, 2006

Science 8S
Assignment: Study for unit final - probably on Thursday.

Math 8S
Assignment: Geometry problems #1, 2, 5, 7; Coin problems #1, 3, 6

Science 7X
Assignment: no assignment

Math 7X
Assignment: Integer worksheet questions 1-10 on front, 1-12 on back

Video Game Design
Finishing up our projects - 2 more classes.

Friday, November 17, 2006

Science 8S
Assignment: Topic 7 notes and questions due Monday. Start reviewing for the unit final.

Math 8S
Assignment: none

Science 7X
Assignment: Finish purple fossils handout for Monday. Start reviewing for the unit final.

Math 7X
Assignment: none

PE 8S
Volleyball today.

Digital Image Creation
Continued animating ourselves.

Web Page Design
We finished up our website projects. Students need to come in on their own next week if they are not quite done.

Thursday, November 16, 2006

Science 8S
Today we did some more calculating density questions. Assignment: Finish topic 7 notes for Monday. We only have one more topic left in this unit, so I told the students its time to start reviewing the unit.

Math 8S
We continued to work on solving word problems using equations. Assignment: finish up the textbook assignment from Tuesday.

Science 7X
We talked more about fossils and relative ages of rock layers. Assignment: Fossil handout due Monday.

Math 7X
Study for decimal word problem quiz tomorrow.

Digital Image Creation
We are starting to animate ourselves.

Video Game Design
Web Page Design
Still working on website projects.

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Science 8S
Assignment: Finish bouyancy worksheet; finish bouyancy wordsearch; topic 7 notes due for Monday.

Math 8S
Assignment: text p. 362 #1-7, 9-18

Science 7X
Assignment: Dinosaur Hunters video review sheet

Math 7X
Assignment: Choose 10 questions from: handout p. 88, text p. 129 #5-7, 12-18

PE 8S
Volleyball - serving

Digital Image Creation
Fancy text effects

Web Page Design
Today some of the students showed everyone their website projects so far.

Thursday, November 09, 2006

Announcements
* Get the active living day forms in by Friday.


Science 8S
Assignment: Video review sheet due Friday. Buoancy worksheet due Tuesday.

Math 8S
Assignment: Algebra worksheet p. 33 due Friday.

Science 7X
Assignment: Rock layers questions 1, 2 and 3 due Friday.

Math 7X
Assignment: Decimal word problems, backside questions 1-4.

Video Game Design
Still working on individual game projects.

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Announcements
* Get the active living day forms in by Friday.

Science 8S
We started a Bill Nye video on bouancy.

Math 8S
We started translating between algebra and English today. Assignment: handout p.30

Science 7X
We did a walk through the history of the Earth, and finished up our fossil notes.

Math 7X
Assignment: Decimal word problems handout questions 1-10

Web Page Design
We looked at how to add Flash buttons to our web page.

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Announcements
* Get the active living day forms in by Friday.

Science 8S
We continued to work on density calculations.

Math 8S
Assignment: Review for Wednesday's solving equations quiz.

Science 7X
We started notes on fossils.

Math 7X
Assignment: Study for order of operations quiz.

Digital Image Creation
Continued with the school logo.

Web Page Design
Continued with company website project.

Monday, November 06, 2006

Announcements
Active Living Day forms went out today. It is very important that they are back by Friday at the latest.

Science 8S
Today we worked on density calculations.

Math 8S
No math today.

Science 7X
We had our Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Mountains quiz today.

Math 7X
Assignment: Finish off pages 3 and 4 of the order of operations handout.

PE 8S
We started volleyball today.

Digital Image Creation
Today we tried to make an improved school logo.

Web Page Design
The students continued with their company website projects.

Friday, November 03, 2006

Science 8S We worked on mass, volume and weight. Assignment: none

Math 8S
Assignment: finish handout p. 24; study for quiz on Tuesday

Science 7X
Today we started talking about fossils. Assignment: Study for Monday's quiz on Earthquakes, volcanoes and mountains.

Math 7X
Assignment: side 1 and 2 of order of operations handout

Video Game Design
We talked about start-up rooms, parent-child object relationship, and drawing health.

Thursday, November 02, 2006

Science 8S
We compiled our density lab data, and started notes on the topic.

Math 8S
Assignment: solving ratio equations handout p. 27, all even # questions

Science 7X
Assignment: Study for Monday's test on Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Mountains

Math 7X
Assignment: Mrs. Karch assigned them questions from the textbook on order of operations

PE 8S
We did our second 15 minute run today.

Video Game Design

Working on individual game projects