SCIENCE 9
Prerequisite: N/A
Grade Level: 9
Classroom: Room 111
Period: Block 3 (Full year)
Total Duration: 36 weeks
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COURSE PROLOGUE: Study Skills
Taking Notes (CrashCourse Video)
Reading Assignments (CrashCourse Video)
Memory (CrashCourse Video)
Planning & Organization (CrashCourse Video)
Focus & Concentration (CrashCourse Video)
Procrastination (CrashCourse Video)
Studying for Exams (CrashCourse Video)
Test Anxiety (CrashCourse Video)
Papers & Essays (CrashCourse Video)
Exercise (CrashCourse Video)
UNIT A: Biological Diversity
Biological Diversity Note Package
SpongeBob and the Scientific Method Booklet
What is Biodiversity? (MonkeySee Video)
What is an Ecosystem? (MonkeySee Video)
Topic 1.1 Assignment (Graph data from Activity A-1 on p. 14 & answer questions 5-8 on p. 15 of the textbook)
4 Parasites too Creepy to Exist (SciShow Video
Drunken Bear Stumbles Through Colorado (CBS News Video)
Topic 1.2 Assignment (Answer questions 1-4 on p. 19 of the textbook)
Swallow Wing Span Evolves Over 30 Years (ABC News Video)
Natural Selection (CrashCourse Video)
Topics 1.1-1.3 Review Booklet (Biological Diversity is Reflected in the Variety of Life on Earth)
Biological Diversity Quiz 1 (Topics 1.1-1.3)
Pando, One of the Oldest and Largest Organisms (SciTech Now Video)
Plant Reproduction (CrashCourse Video)
Topics 2.1 & 2.2 Assignment (Complete questions 1-4 & 6 on p. 29 of the textbook. As well, create a table based on the advantages and disadvantages of asexual and sexual reproduction you read about on pp. 35-36 of the textbook).
Biological Diversity Quiz 2 (Topics 2.1-2.2)
Genes vs DNA vs Chromosomes (Scientific American Video)
Topic 3.1 Assignment (Complete questions 1-4, 8 & 10 on p. 45 of the textbook)
Mitosis (Amoeba Sisters Video)
Meiosis (Amoeba Sisters Video)
What is Cancer? (Cancer Treatment Centers of America Video)
Mitosis vs Meiosis Rap Battle! (AsapSCIENCE Video)
Topic 3.2 Assignment (Complete “Give It a Try” & answer questions 1-3, 6, 7 & 8 on p. 48 of the textbook)
Patterns of Inheritance Question Sheet
Topics 3.1-3.3 Review Booklet (DNA is the Inherited Material Responsible for Variation)
Biological Diversity Quiz 3 (Topics 3.1-3.3)
The Sixth Extinction (PBS Digital Studios Video)
Owl Dance-Off (GoPro Video)
Topic 4.1 Assignment (Answer questions 2-6 on p. 65 of the textbook and complete a table outlining the four main natural causes of extinction and three main human causes of extinction, including examples of each from information provided on pp. 59-61)
Selective Breeding (FuseSchool Video)
Topic 4.2 Assignment (Answer questions 1-2 & 4-7 on p. 71 of the textbook)
Invasive Species: The Story of Bunny (SciShow Video)
Rat Patrol (CBC News Video)
Cull Fails to Control Canmore's Rabbit Population (CTV Calgary News Video)
Unit Outcomes and Review Booklet
Biological Diversity Unit Exam
UNIT B: Matter and Chemical Change
Matter and Chemical Change Note Package
Lab Rules - Dua Lipa "New Rules" Parody (AsapSCIENCE Video)
General Lab Safety (Amoeba Sisters Video)
Lab Techniques & Safety (CrashCourse Video)
Topic 1.1 Assignment (Answer questions 2 & 4-7 on p. 96 of the textbook)
Changes of State (FuseSchool Video)
Topic 1.2 Assignment (Answer questions 2-3 & 5-9 on p. 104 of the textbook)
Topic 1.3 Assignment (Answer questions 1-4 on p. 109 of the textbook)
Topics 1.1-1.3 Review Booklet (Matter can be Described & Organized by its Physical and Chemical Properties)
Matter and Chemical Change Quiz 1 (Topics 1.1-1.3)
The New Chemistry (CrashCourse Video - Start playback at 6:55)
The History of Atomic Chemistry (CrashCourse Video)
Theories of Matter (2.1) Worksheet
Topic 2.1 Assignment (Answer questions 3-4, 7-8 & 10-11 on p. 121 of the textbook)
The Periodic Table (CrashCourse Video)
The Genius of Mendeleev's Periodic Table (TED-Ed Video)
Will the Periodic Table Ever be Complete? (SciShow Video)
The Periodic Table Song (AsapSCIENCE Video)
Ptable.com (Online interactive periodic table of the elements)
Topics 2.2 Assignment (Answer questions 1-2a & 4-7 on p. 125 of the textbook)
Topic 2.3 Assignment (Answer questions 1-6 & 9 on p. 134 and complete the "Skills Practice" section on p. 129 of the textbook)
Topics 2.1-2.3 Review Booklet (An Understanding of the Nature of Matter has Developed Through Observations Over Time)
Matter and Chemical Quiz 2 (Topics 2.1-2.3)
Topic 3.1 Assignment (Answer questions 1-5 on p. 143 of the textbook)
The Number of Atoms in a Formula Worksheet
How to Speak Chemistrian (CrashCourse Video)
Topic 3.2 Assignment (Answer questions 1-5 & 7-9 on p. 149 of the textbook)
Naming Ionic Compounds Worksheet
Topic 3.3 Assignment (Answer questions 1-7 on p. 153 of the textbook)
Topics 3.1-3.3 Review Booklet (Compounds Form According to a Set of Rules)
Matter and Chemical Change Quiz 3 (Topics 3.1-3.3)
Topic 4.1 Assignment (Answer questions 1 & 4-9 on p. 162 of the textbook)
Topic 4.2 Assignment (Answer questions 2-7 & 9-10 on p. 165 of the textbook)
Unit Outcomes and Review Booklet
Additional Unit Review (Answer questions 1-2, 4-5, 7-10, 12-17, 18bcd, 21-22, 24-26, 30, 32 & 35 on pp. 175-177 of the textbook)
Matter and Chemical Change Unit Exam
UNIT C: Environmental Chemistry (PART 1)
Environmental Chemistry Note Package
The Nitrogen Cycle (FuseSchool Video)
Topic 1.1 Assignment (Answer questions 1-4, 6 & 8 on p. 190 of the textbook)
Acids, Bases and pH (Ricochet Science Video)
What Does Acid Rain Do To Your Body? (The Infographics Show Video)
Topic 1.2 Assignment (Answer questions 1-5 on p. 195 of the textbook)
MIDTERM EXAM
Midterm Exam Review Session - Friday, January 26 (12:00-1:30 pm)
Midterm Exam - Monday, January 29 (8:15-11:15 am)
UNIT C: Environmental Chemistry (PART 2)
Environmental Chemistry Note Package
Topic 1.3 Assignment (Answer questions 1-4 & 6-7 on p. 203 of the textbook)
In Da Club - Membranes & Transport (CrashCourse Video)
How Your Digestive System Works (TED-Ed Video)
Topic 1.4 Assignment (Answer questions 2-6 & 8 on p. 209 of the textbook)
Topics 1.1-1.4 Review Assignment (Answer questions 1, 3, 5-7 & 9 on page 211 of the textbook)
Environmental Chemistry Quiz 1 (Topics 1.1-1.4)
How Does Mercury Get Into Fish? (Seeker Video)
Topic 2.1 Assignment (Answer questions 2-3 & 5-10 on p. 224 of the textbook)
Exhaust Gas Scrubbers (Convergence Training Video)
Topic 2.2 Assignment (Complete "Skill Practice" on p. 226 & answer questions 1-3 & 5-7 on p. 228 of the textbook)
Ozone Depletion (National Geographic Video)
What is Global Warming? (MonkeySee Video)
Global Warming at Work (Part of the "Chasing Ice" Documentary)
James Balog - Time-Lapse Proof of Extreme Ice Loss (TED-Ed Video)
What If All The Ice Melted on Earth? (ASAPScience Video)
The Last Time the Globe Warmed (PBS Eons Videos)
Topic 2.3 Assignment (Answer questions 1, 3 & 5-7 on page 233 of the textbook)
Topics 2.1-2.3 Review Assignment (Answer questions 1, 3 & 5-8 on pp. 234-235 of the textbook)
Environmental Chemistry Quiz 2 (Topics 2.1-2.3)
Flint: After the Drinking Water Crisis (CBC News Video)
The Science of Flint's Water Crisis (SciShow Video)
Topic 3.1 Assignment (Answer questions 1-5 & 7-8 on p. 242 of the textbook)
Topic 3.2 Assignment (Answer questions 1-2 & 5-9 on p. 247 of the textbook)
Deepwater Horizon Disaster, Five Years Later (CBC News Video)
Topic 3.3 Assignment (Answer questions 1-6 on p. 252 of the textbook)
Edmonton Eco Stations (ShawTVEdmonton Video)
Topic 3.4 Assignment (Answer questions 1-4 & 7 on p. 259 of the textbook)
Unit Outcomes and Review Booklet
Environmental Chemistry Unit Exam
UNIT D: Electrical Principles and Technologies
Electrical Principles and Technologies Note Package
What is Electricity? (Into the Ordinary Video)
Electric Charge (CrashCourse Video)
Avoid Electric Shock Getting Out of a Car (Physics Girl Video)
The Science of Lightning (SciShow Video)
Topic 1.1 Assignment (Answer questions 1-2, 4-6 & 8-9 on p. 278 of the textbook)
Topic 1.2 Assignment (Answer questions 2-3, 5 & 9 on p. 283 of the textbook)
Topic 1.3 Assignment (Answer questions 1-10 on p. 287 of the textbook)
Batteries and How They Work (Burn Radio Video)
Alternators and Batteries - How They Work (Donut Media Video)
How Does Electroplating Work? (FuseSchool Video)
Topic 1.4 Assignment (Answer questions 1-3 & 5 on p. 294 of the textbook)
Topics 1.1-1.4 Review Assignment (Answer questions 1-8 & 11 on p. 295 of the textbook)
Electrical Principles and Technologies Quiz 1
Conductors and Non-Conductors (FuseSchool Video)
Superconductors - Powering Our Future (Inside Science Video)
Dimmer Switches: Secretly Strobe Lights (SciShow Video)
Topic 2.1 Assignment (Answer questions 1-3 & 5-10 on p. 303 of the textbook)
Electric Current (CrashCourse Video)
Topic 2.2 Assignment (Answer "Skill Practice" questions 1-3 on p. 307 and questions 1-10 on p. 310 of the textbook)
How Does a Transistor Work? (Veritasium Video)
Topic 2.3 Assignment (Answer questions 1-2, 4-6 & 9-11 on p. 316 of the textbook)
Topics 2.1-2.3 Review Assignment (Answer questions 1-7 & 9 on p. 317 of the textbook)
Electrical Principles and Technologies Quiz 2
Topic 3.1 Assignment (Answer questions 1-8 on p. 323 of the textbook)
How Michael Faraday Changes the World with a Magnet (SciShow Video)
Oerstad's Experiment (MBD Alchemie Video)
Michael Faraday (An Excerpt from "Einstein's Big Idea" PBS Documentary)
The Motor Effect (DoodleScience Video)
How Does an Electric Motor Work? (Jared Owen Video)
AC vs DC Power (Nextek Power Video)
Topic 3.2 Assignment (Answer questions 1, 3-6 & 8-10 on p. 331 of the textbook)
Topic 3.3 Assignment (Answer questions 1-11 on p. 338 of the textbook)
Energy Input & Output Worksheet
Topics 3.1-3.3 Review Assignment (Answer questions 1-8 on p. 343 of the textbook)
Electrical Principles and Technologies Quiz 3
Topic 4.1-4.3 Assignment (Electrical Sources and Alternatives Worksheet)
Unit Outcomes and Review Booklet
Electrical Principles and Technologies Unit Exam
UNIT E: Space Exploration
Space Exploration Note Package
The Scientific Revolution (CrashCourse Video)
The New Astronomy (CrashCourse Video)
Topic 1.1 Assignment (Answer questions 1 & 3-9 on p. 376 of the textbook)
Topic 1.2 Assignment (Answer questions 1, 3-4 & 7-8 on p. 383 of the textbook)
How Stars are Formed and Born (National Geographic Video)
Stars (CrashCourse Video)
Nebulae (CrashCourse Video)
Low Mass Stars (CrashCourse Video)
White Dwarfs & Planetary Nebulae (CrashCourse Video)
High Mass Stars (CrashCourse Video)
Neutron Stars (CrashCourse Video)
Black Holes (CrashCourse Video)
The Milky Way (CrashCourse Video)
Topic 1.3 Assignment (Answer questions 1-3 & 6-10 on p. 391 of the textbook)
Introduction to the Solar System (CrashCourse Video)
The Sun (CrashCourse Video)
Mercury (CrashCourse Video)
Venus (CrashCourse Video)
The Earth (CrashCourse Video)
Mars (CrashCourse Video)
Jupiter (CrashCourse Video)
Saturn (CrashCourse Video)
Uranus & Neptune (CrashCourse Video)
Asteroids (CrashCourse Video)
Meteors (CrashCourse Video)
Comets (CrashCourse Video)
Planet 9 from Outer Space (SciShow Video)
The Oort Cloud (CrashCourse Video)
Drone Solar System Model - How Far is Planet 9? (Mark Rober Video)
Topic 1.4 Assignment (Answer questions 1-6 on p. 400 of the textbook)
Topic 1.5 Assignment (Answer questions 1-4 on p. 405 of the textbook)
Topics 1.1-1.5 Review Assignment (Answer questions 2-4, 6-9, 11, 13-14, 16 & 18 on pp. 406-407 of the textbook)
Space Exploration Quiz 1
Rockets 101 (National Geographic Video)
Topic 2.1 Assignment (Answer questions 1, 3-4 & 6 on p. 417 of the textbook)
What Space Does to the Human Body (Seeker Video)
The Hardest Things About Living on Mars (SciShow Space Video)
Topic 2.2 Assignment (Answer questions 1-2, 6 & 8 on p. 425 of the textbook)
How Do Satellite Get & Stay in Orbit? (SciShow Space Video)
What is Space Exploration Doing For You? (Seeker Video)
4 Awesome NASA Inventions You Use Every Day (SciShow Space Video)
Topic 2.3 Assignment (Answer questions 1-3 & 8 on p. 432 of the textbook)
Telescopes (CrashCourse Video)
Topic 3.1 Assignment (Answer questions 1-9 on p. 439 of the textbook)
Light (CrashCourse Video)
Topic 3.2 Assignment (Answer questions 1-5 & 7 on p. 445 of the textbook)
Distances (CrashCourse Video)
Topic 3.3 Assignment (Answer questions 1-7 on p. 454 of the textbook)
Topics 3.1-3.3 Review Assignment (Answer questions 1-9 on p. 455 of the textbook)
Space Exploration Quiz 2
How Many People Have Been Killed in Space? (Seeker Video)
Space Junk Around Earth (DCODE by Discovery Video)
Topics 4.1-4.3 Assignment (Answer questions 1-7 on p. 469 of the textbook)
Unit Outcomes and Review Booklet
Space Exploration Unit Exam
PROVINCIAL ACHIEVEMENT TEST
Sample PAT Questions
Alberta Exam Bank (username: mchs / password: prairie)
Take Home Practice PAT
Final Exam Review Session - TBA (12:00-2:00 pm)
Provincial Achievement Test - TBA (8:15-10:45 am)