Summer

I hope everyone is enjoying summer. See you in a month!

Last few days!

Math 10 - we are having our unit 7 exam on Friday, June 17. It covers Systems of Linear Equations.

Math B30 - we chose Monday, June 20 for our final exam on Statistics and Data Analysis. You can find the review answers: HERE

Physics 20 - on Tuesday, June 21 we will write a shortened Heat Exam. You can find answers for the full review on the review sheet.

Math Updates!

Math 10 Foundations/Pre-Calculus
On Tuesday, June 7 we are writing our Unit 6 Linear Functions exam. We have one more unit to cover after that!

Math B30
On Tuesday, June 14 we are writing the Matrices unit exam.

On Thursday, June 9 we are writing the Matrices Practice Exam. Answers will be posted here after we write it. UPDATE: here they are ---> Answers #4 should have -3/5 as term 21

HERE are the answers to the Matrices Review.

Physics Updates

Hey! Thanks for stopping by. There are a few updates in both Physics classes.

Physics 20
In class on Tuesday, we decided on the evaluations for this unit. You can read about them HERE.
On there you can see that we have:
- Quiz on Wed., June 1
- Project due on Friday, June 3

Physics 30
We are nearing completion of the Electricity Unit. We have a number of key dates coming up.
First, there is a Circuit Quiz on Monday, May 30.
Second, there is a Practice Exam on Wednesday, June 1. Here are the answers (link removed) NOTE: multiple choice 7 should be D
And last, but not least is the Unit Exam on Friday, June 3.

The review assignment should be completed and signed by a parent/guardian. You can find the review answer key HERE Please, note that I scanned the last page twice!! This was an accident.

When studying you may want to check out that applet we used in class again. http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/electric-hockey

Markbook Update

All classes have had their marks updated online. Please, head to sis.hzsd.ca to check out where you now sit. We have 21 days of class left before finals!

Mid-May

Hi! I hope things are going well with everyone. It has been a bit of crazy month for me with different PD events and Sanctions. I don't have any more planned adsences from school this year!

Physics 20 We are just finishing up Optics. Our exam for that will be Tuesday, May 17. The review answers may be found here: PAGE 1 PAGE 2

After Optics we are looking at Sound. We will try an inquiry and collaborative approach to this unit! Let's see where we end up!

Math B30 There is a Math B30 Sequences and Series Exam coming up too. On Monday, May 16 we will write the Practice Exam. The Practice Exam answers are HERE
On Wed., May 18, we will write the actual exam. The review answers are on the Review Sheet.

On Tuesday, we will begin Matrices! Matrices is a new concept that you have never seen before. It is a powerful tool to solve equations in more than two variables!

Physics 30 We are partway through the Electricity unit. We have a ways to go before our next exam. We are just watching our amazing Prezis on electricity applications now!

Math 10 We are partway through the unit on Functions. We are about to start graphing lines. Pretty quick we will be looking at slope!

U of S Physics 30 Contest

Here is the link to the U of S page that has old example contests. Here

Scroll down to the heading "2011 University of Saskatchewan High School Physics Competition." Beneath that, you will find the old contests.

Good luck! We are writing it on Wed., May 18.