Reminder!!! Time and Ratio's exam Monday 7th December.

Here are some areas that you should be focusing on:

- Time (worded problems) converting between 12 and 24 hour.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzD_sdv2gIc


- Interpreting tables e.g. bus timetable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__YtngDq2z0


- Solving rate problems using multiplication and division (including some decimals)
e.g 75 AED divided 6 times 2 (decimals)

Rate problems
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm0KaIw-35k

Finding unit price
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7rAlcNHDUI

Worded rate problems
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ywTWCaLmXE


- Ratios: Writing and simplifying including 3 way ratios.
Simplifying rates
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5nomPfUF9k
e.g 24: 6: 12


Practise Resources: both keynotes and worksheets under unit 3- Time/ Rates and Ratios (Right at the end)


https://sites.google.com/site/8jmaths/unit-3-simpifying-ratios

                  Religion: Task and Criteria: 

Remember:
The table mentioned in knowledge and understanding on the criteria sheet is your sheets about each religion (notes you have researched)

This will be handed in with your paragraph.


https://sites.google.com/site/socialstudiesfornonarabs/religion-comparisons-assessment-task

   Simplifying ratios follow up from today

https://sites.google.com/site/8jmaths/unit-3-simpifying-ratios

                       

 Reminder!!Assessment task:Build a 3D model of a cell

Students will be creating a 3-D model of an animal cell or a plant cell usingcommon materials. This project will be completed at home and in-class. You will need to label the organelles and in your model and state their functions.

Exceptional model design to meet all task specifications.

See task sheet:
https://sites.google.com/site/8jsciencematter/biology

The CRITERIA for marking includes:
- Identifiable cell with a name tag (including a title, your name, rough magnification)
- Highly appropriate selection of materials, including some recycled materials.
- Materials used highly effectively and efficiently – little to no waste.
- Independently constructed-utilized class time when necessary
- Utilized all opportunity to complete construction of cell
- Model is aesthetically exceptional and includes all proper labelling as well as illustrating proper representation (location) of all scientific organelles
- Effort, time and thought and creativity went into the construction of model (was not rushed)


Due: Thursday 10th December (Next week)

 Red and white blood cells are not allowed due to minimal organelles

                                                            Cells Rap- In class today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zafJKbMPA8

                                                IBT Testing

This week:

Our timetable is the following:

Monday:  English lesson 2 and 3    CF 11
Tuesday: Mathematics lesson 4 and 5    CF 11
Wednesday: Science lesson 2 and 3     CF 11

-Tests are 60 minutes long and will go over two lessons.
- All students must have pencil/s and eraser.
- Exam conditions (tables separated)
- No devices or calculators
- No student leaves the room until the exam has finished (Use the bathroom before)

                           Vikings History task: Kahoots 

Through Semester One we have been studying about Vikings lives, how they lived and what lasting impacts they have had on us.

You and a partner will now display some of this learning as a peer assessment tool through making a Kahoots quiz on a specific learning area we may have covered in classes.

Some examples could be:
-Viking long ships
-Religion
- Trade and discovery
- Language
- Attacks
- Viking homelands
- Key events in Viking history.

Your quiz will be between 15 and 25 questions and you will present your quiz to the rest of the class with your partner.  You will have at least 3 sessions in class to finish your Kahoot.

Remember to make it realistic, but challenging for your class to complete.

https://kahoot.it/

Due date: Week 15

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzIFTrMQUAA

PROPER USE OF THE MICROSCOPE 22/11

(info)

1. When moving your microscope, always carry it with both hands (Figure 1). Grasp the arm with one hand and place the other hand under the base for support. 2. Turn the revolving nosepiece so that the lowest power objective lens is "clicked" into position. 3. Place the microscope slide on the stage and fasten it with the stage clips.  You can push down on the back end of the stage clip to open it. 4. Using the coarse adjustment, lower the objective lens down as far as it will go without touching the slide! Note: Look at the slide and lens from the side when doing this (see Figure 2). 5. Look through the eyepiece and adjust the illuminator (or mirror) and diaphragm (Figure 3) for the greatest amount of light. 6. Slowly turn the coarse adjustment so that the objective lens goes up (away from the slide). Continue until the image comes into focus. Use the fine adjustment, if available, for fine focusing. 7. Move the microscope slide around so that the image is in the center of the field of view and readjust the mirror, illuminator or diaphragm for the clearest image. 8. You should be able to change to the next objective lenses with only slight focusing adjustment. Use the fine adjustment, if available. If you cannot focus on your specimen, repeat steps 4 through 7 with the higher power objective lens in place. DO NOT ALLOW THE LENS TO TOUCH THE SLIDE! 9. The proper way to use a monocular microscope is to look through the eyepiece with one eye and keep the other eye open (this helps avoid eye strain). If you have to close one eye when looking into the microscope, it's ok.  Remember, everything is upside down and backwards. When you move the slide to the right, the image goes to the left! 10. Do not touch the glass part of the lenses with your fingers. Use only special lens paper to clean the lenses.  (read the page on keeping your microscope clean) 11. When finished, raise the tube, click the low power lens into position and remove the slide. Remember, microscopes are expensive scientific instruments. Handle them properly and carefully and they will last for many years!

            New Zealand rugby legend passes

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/union-news/all-blacks-legend-jonah-lomu-dead-at-40-20151118-gl1mjy.html

        MST Timeline assessment timeline before Christmas

                                                   More ratio's questions

1. Rosa prepared 8 kilograms of dough after working 4 hours. How many hours did Rosa work if she prepared 16 kilograms of dough? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.

1. Tisha cycled a total of 12 kilometres by making 3 trips to work. How many trips will Tisha have to make to cycle a total of 16 kilometres? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.
2. Joel jarred 9 litres of jam after 3 days. How much jam did Joel jar if he spent 5 days making jam? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.
3. Dinah learnt a total of 10 starter recipes over the course of 2 weeks of culinary school. After 4 weeks of culinary school, how many total starter recipes will Dinah know? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.
4. Gabby grew 10 flowers with 2 seed packets. How many seed packets does Gabby need to have a total of 15 flowers in her garden? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.
5. Tatsu took a total of 15 quizzes over the course of 3 weeks. After attending 4 weeks of school this quarter, how many quizzes will Tatsu have taken in total? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.
6. Ken's graduation picnic will cost $9 if it has 3 attendees. If there are 4 attendees, how much will Ken's graduation picnic cost? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.
7. Mika's office recycled a total of 6 kilograms of paper over 3 weeks. After 9 weeks, how many kilograms of paper will Mika's office have recycled? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.
8. Shereen grew 12 flowers with 2 seed packets. With 3 seed packets, how many total flowers can Shereen have in her garden? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.
9. Alana jarred 16 litres of jam after 4 days. How much jam did Alana jar if she spent 5 days making jam? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.
10. Abby took a total of 6 quizzes over the course of 2 weeks. How many weeks of school will Abby have to attend this quarter before she will have taken a total of 12 quizzes? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.
11. Whitney walked a total of 14 kilometres by making 7 trips to school. After 8 trips to school, how many kilometres will Whitney have walked in total? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.
12. Sheng learnt to sing a total of 14 pieces over the course of 7 weeks of voice lessons. How many weeks of lessons will Sheng need before he will be able to sing a total of 18 pieces? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.
13. Zachary took a total of 10 pages of notes during 2 hours of class. After attending 3 hours of class, how many total pages of notes will Zachary have in his notebook? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.
14. Dave grew 8 plants with 4 seed packets. With 9 seed packets, how many total plants can Dave have in his back garden? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.
15. Tatsu used 10 centimetres of tape to wrap 2 presents. How much tape will Tatsu need in all if he has to wrap 4 presents? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.
16. Kendall earned a total of $8 by selling 2 cups of lemonade. After selling a total of 4 cups of lemonade, how much money will Kendall have made in all? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.
17. Brandy's retirement party will cost $9 if she invites 3 guests. What is the maximum number of guests there can be if Brandy can afford to spend a total of $18 on her retirement party? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.
18. Matthew cycled a total of 12 kilometres by making 3 trips to work. How many trips will Matthew have to make to cycle a total of 16 kilometres? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.

Mei's birthday party will cost $16 if she invites 8 guests. If there are 10 guests, how much will Mei's birthday party cost? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.

20. The corporate team-building event will cost $12 if it has 3 attendees. If there are 5 attendees, how much will the corporate team-building event cost? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.
21. Ozzie bought 6 souvenirs during 2 days of holiday. How many days will Ozzie have to spend on holiday before he will have bought a total of 9 souvenirs? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.
22. Brody prepared 8 kilograms of dough after working 4 hours. How much dough did Brody prepare if he worked for 7 hours? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.
23. Christine took a total of 15 quizzes over the course of 5 weeks. How many weeks of school will Christine have to attend this quarter before she will have taken a total of 18 quizzes? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.

                                         Part 2 Due: Thursday 19 November

Instructions: (Delete this box before printing your assignment).
This section will require you to take, crop and colour-code screenshots from Google Earth or Google maps of the sites you visited and use a legend to show what the surrounding land is devoted to, e.g. green = residential, red = industrial, blue = recreational, and so on. The more of a detailed map-user you can be, the better the mark you will get. See the exemplar for how this should look. You will need one screenshot of each site with the landmark you visited in the centre.

                                                  Japan: Religion

Be sure you have prepared all notes (research) answering inquiry questions about Buddhism, confucianism and Shinto in preparation for your next assessment tasks where you will be showing your understanding of them as well as making comparisons between them. 

Over the next few weeks we will focusing on creating a presentation using google slides answering inquiry questions all to do with biology. This will be in combination with targeted learning in class that will focus on aspects of biology that will allow us to be successful with this unit.  You will work in 3's and would be helpful if you are able to access a device and a gmail for science lessons in the next few weeks. This will also roll over as homework if tasks are not completed in class. This task will be graded. Here are your first questions: 1) What is Biology the study of? Explain 2) Demonstrate and describe how small bacterium is and label parts where possible. 3) Use pictures to show microscope samples of hair, saliva, muscle tissues  to understand the appearance of a cells 4) Find out about and display the type of cells the human body is made of.

         Ratio's Homework: Due Tuesday 17th November

1. Hassan earned a total of $12 by selling 3 cups of lemonade. How many cups of lemonade does Hassan need to sell in all to earn $20? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.

2. Harold bought 4 postcards during 2 days of vacation. How many days will Harold have to spend on vacation before he will have bought a total of 8 postcards? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.

3)Colton learned a total of 10 appetizer recipes over the course of 2 weeks of culinary school. After 3 weeks of culinary school, how many total appetizer recipes will Colton know? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.

4) Nicole's office recycled a total of 12 kilograms of paper over 4 weeks. How many weeks will it take Nicole's office to recycle a total of 15 kilograms of paper? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.

5) Andy cycled a total of 4 kilometers by making 2 trips to work. How many trips will Andy have to make to cycle a total of 12 kilometers? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.

6) Nancy used 12 centimeters of tape to wrap 3 presents. How much tape will Nancy need in all if she has to wrap 4 presents? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.

7) Kang's retirement party will cost $6 if he invites 3 guests. If there are 9 guests, how much will Kang's retirement party cost? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.

8)Maria ran a total of 12 miles over the course of 4 track practices. How many track practices would it take for Maria to run 18 miles? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.

9)Brian took a total of 6 quizzes over the course of 3 weeks. How many weeks of school will Brian have to attend this quarter before he will have taken a total of 20 quizzes? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.

10) Turner earned a total of $12 for 2 hours of yard work. How many hours in all will it take Turner to earn $18? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.

11) Tatsu walked a total of 15 kilometers by making 3 trips to school. How many trips will Tatsu have to make in all to walk a total of 020 kilometers? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.

12) Wesley jarred 8 liters of jam after 2 days. How many days did Wesley spend making jam if he jarred 20 liters of jam? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.

Sample problem:
Edgar prepared 12 kilograms of dough after working 2 hours. How many hours did Edgar work if he prepared 18 kilograms of dough? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.

                                          Paris Terror attacks:

Read and watch articles for information about the Paris attacks in the weekend.

Answer the following as if you were planning to write an article about this horrible occurence

1) What detail would you include in the first section?

2) What secondary detail would you include in the middle section?

3) What least important information should be included in the last section?

4) What would you call an article about this if you were writing it?

Due: Tuesday 17 November lesson 5

                Structure of the Essay: (Over two sessions)

Introduction: A brief introduction of what you will discuss. How the Viking long ship was  a revolutionary  design for its time, short term and long term effects of the Viking expansion.
Finally give a hypothesis or a strong statement that you need to prove through your essay. For example, The Viking expansion had huge short and long term effects that paved the way for Europe to expand and thrive through the ??? century

Paragraph one: The viking long ship. How it was revolutionary for it's time.

Paragraph two: The short term effects of the viking expansion. Your choice from your planning!

Paragraph three: The long term effects of the viking expansion. Your choice from your planning!

Paragraph  four: Summarise main points and concluding statement.

Remember to bring your planning, Be prepared for this.

Skim read this, it is a handy overview.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_Age

History: Some Points you may want to target your research towards.

Remember tomorrow you will just bring in your planning sheet with you to write the essay (over two lessons). You will hand in your planning sheet with your essay.

Some other last minute points to consider with your research:

Short Term Effects:
- Caused panic
- Destroyed towns
- Robbed the churches
- Caused battles- Ardham
- Slave trade

Long Term Effects:
- Viking attacks Kiev- Dublin
- English language
- Russian and Scandinavian relationship
- Iceland/ Greenland
- Trade routes
- Destroyed records.

                        Writing Dialogue with accuracy

                                         Writing Dialogue with accuracy

Use the words in the speech bubbles to write sentences that show what each person said, and who said it. Remember to add speech marks and any other punctuation that is needed. The first one has been done for you.

"What have you got there?" asked Rikki.
"It's my new robot!" exclaimed Manu.

                          Newspaper article exemplar:



https://sites.google.com/site/20152016englishresources/teens-in-the

Highlight and annotate some of the main points:

Features of a news report:
Catchy title- Headline
Picture with caption
Byline
Date published

Persuasive language:
Imperative: (Command)
Complex language
Hyperbole: Exageration
Emotive language:
Inclusive pronouns: Us, we.

Stereotyping:
- Race, gender, age.
- Offensive/ funny
- Quotes

                                                         Confucianism Link:


http://www.slideshare.net/mcaggia/confucianism-30941877?related=3


Watch slide show taking notes and answering questions.

Check  other sources to verify your findings.

https://sites.google.com/site/socialstudiesfornonarabs/confucianism

  

Please note: Maths exam (Index notation) now tomorrow lesson 4 due to vaccinations:



Here is some extra work. Some of it we have not covered but will in algebra. Don't panic, it will not be in the exam.

https://sites.google.com/site/8jmaths/index-scientific-notation


You will need to know what:
Repeating decimals are (and give example)
Terminating decimals are (and give example)
Irrational numbers are (and give example)

Irrational numbers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_wstDWjnKQ

Photo annotations part 1: Geography

Land uses: Talk about

Residential:

Areas where people live. Factors include increasing population and immigration

Commercial areas:

Category includes all types of wholesale, retail and service activities serving areas larger than neighborhoods.

Institutional Areas:

It covers the major public and semi public uses like educational, cultural, religious, health, protective and government services

Industrial uses:

• It includes manufacturing, refining, fabricating, assembly, storage, parking and other incidental uses including food processing, cottage industry, sawmills, rice mills, steel mills, chemical processing plants, etc
• 
  

 Recreational uses:Parks/ sports fields etc

Geomorphic processes: Talk about

- Erosion

- Dredging

- For transportation (port)

Care and management: Talk about

- Systems in place to keep area beautiful

- Clean up mechanisms

- Aesthetic care

Geography: Local land forms (Part 1 a: Annotated photographs) Due Thursday 12 November

Remember: For each site you should include at least 5- 10 photographs that are carefully annotated.

Here are a couple of examples: 

https://sites.google.com/site/8jsciencematter/diary-of-a-rock

          Maths lessons for this upcoming exam: INDEX NOTATION EXAM (Thursday)



1) Scientific notation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6lfVUp5RW8

2) Revisit exponents:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zNcXv_0P3g

- Negative exponents (Integer laws)
3)Zero exponent:
http://www.homeschoolmath.net/teaching/zero-exponent-proof.php


4) Expansion form: e.g 6 to the power of 5= 6 x 6 x 6 x 6 x 6 x 6 =
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7yHu_bvC2Q

5) Equations in index form (algebraic) / and x rules.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6FUVCl4BpE

6) Harder: (But necessary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsOSc0urc68

7) Know what repeating, terminating decimal, irrational numbers are.

Some stereotypes about 'teenagers' we talked about in class today:

Teens are:

1.Sneaky
2.Trouble makers
3.Arrogant
4.Rebellious
5.Untidy
6.Buy lots of things with their parents money
7.Don't care about their grades
8.Dependent on their parents
9.Argumentative
10. Waste time using technology (TV, gaming, social media)

 Scientific Notation 4/11

Stereotypes 4/11

Following our work yesterday we decided that stereotypes are thoughts that are adopted about specific types of individuals.

1) Make a list of stereotypes that people believe about teenagers (name the people who think these things too). It should be at least 10, if not more if you can think of them.

2) Following that, choose three statements that you find interesting and write a supporting statement for each idea, either supporting that statement or arguing against it. You should be trying to follow a PEE paragraph (Point), (Evidence), (Explain)

Electives 2015 

Just to give you an idea these have been some of the options discussed for electives (29 November)
Once they are approved, students will select the activity that they are interested in doing.

Paintball 120

The Historical Society Free

Sharjah Indoor Football 35 (AM- Boys)

Mini Golf and Bowling 88 (PM)

Ski Dubai 185- 215

Sega/ Ice skating (250)

Art activities (Free)

Indoor rock climbing (125)

Build an app

Origami: Free

Hard core sports: (Free)

                                          Local Land forms fieldwork booklet

Site 1: Corniche St) 1) Geo processes
Movement water.
- Waves, constant, boats make bigger. How does this make erosion occur? What man made structures have been put in place to stop erosion.

2) Biotic features: Plants anywhere? Animals? Birds? Fish? Tree's and plants.

What is causing pollution? - Factories? Why? Boats? Traffic? Why? People and human traffic? How?
Impacts on natural environment? What are impacts of this pollution? - Sea life? Food surces? Water pollution, algae, Pests, smells, aesthetic pollution.


3) Environmental issues- Pollution? Factories? Erosion?
                                       - Economic? Lack of money from government? Companies and factories making money, oil extracting,.



Site 2: Flag Island
1) Dredging, formed lagoon, flag island from surplus (man made), retaining wall and stairs to prevent erosion, Transportation and trade, leisure (park), trade and commercial (central souk etc).


Aesthetics- Looks
Gentrifying- renovate and improve (a house or district) so that it conforms to middle-class taste.

Site 3: 
1) Tear drop shaped formation man made lagoon, dredging.
Commercial (Restaurants, walking track) Leisure (Light show, walking track)

Some key terms: Residential, commercial, industrial, institutional, 

2) Social: Restaurants etc places where people gather, exercise,
economical: Boosting the local economy through commercial business
Environmental.

                         Social Studies Non Arab: Japan

                                             Religion

https://sites.google.com/site/socialstudiesfornonarabs/history-alive--japan

Scroll down to Beliefs and Values, read chapter and answer questions in your book.

Any Castle assessments must be to me no later than Thursday.

                                                 Stereotypes: (2/11)

http://www.slideshare.net/Patrickwolak/lesson-9-stereotypes-presentation


Questions to finish before Thursday:

                                                        Scientific Notation
Lesson if you missed it today 2/11:
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/pre-algebra/exponents-radicals/scientific-notation/v/scientific-notation
Worksheets: (Minimum 2 sheets for homework by Thursday- Top ones)
http://www.mathworksheets4kids.com/scientific-notations.html

IXL Link:

Year 8 G.1

                 Essay preparation: (10 and 11 research Week 12 essay)
Reminder to consider and identify whether a source is primary or secondary


Short term effects:

1) Trade and discovery
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/vikings/trade_and_exploration/

2) Attacks on monasteries
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxoaXN0b3J5OGp8Z3g6NGFkZTE4OWVhMTYxZDhkMQ

Long term effects

1) English language:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/trail/conquest/after_viking/legacy_vikings_01.shtml

2) Religion:
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxoaXN0b3J5OGp8Z3g6MWEyNTZlMjZkMWE4NmU3Zg

3)Economic effects: (Good source)
http://www.aksitarih.com/what-were-the-economic-consequences-of-viking-invasion.html

4) Art:

5) Travel

This article is a must read!!!
http://www.sourcinginnovation.com/archaeology/Arch07.htm