9W2 Science

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• Select week General

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  • Select activity 9W2 Assessment 1: NZ Animal Infographic

    

    9W2 Assessment 1: NZ Animal Infographic Assignment

    Completion

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    Mark as done
  • Select activity 9W2 Science Assessment 2: Particles and matter

    

    9W2 Science Assessment 2: Particles and matter Assignment

    Completion

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    Mark as done
  • Select activity Y9 Science CAT

    

    Y9 Science CAT Assignment

    Completion

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    Mark as done
• Select week Term 1 Week 2

  Term 1 Week 2

  Kia ora Year 9's and welcome to Science! For those who don't know me already, my name is Miss Robertson-Bickers and I will be your science teacher this year. 

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  This week we will begin by looking at safety in the lab.

  Success criteria:

  • I can name the important rules in the lab
  • I can explain why it is important to keep safe in the lab
  • I can recognise hazard symbols
• Select week Term 1 Week 3

  Term 1 Week 3

  Kia ora year 9's, this week we will be beginning to explore the living world by learning about the characteristics of all living things...

  Success Criteria: I can/have...

  • I can name the 8 characteristics of all living things

  • I can describe the 8 characteristics of all living things

  • I can identify the features of plant and animal cells
    

  Activities:

  1. MRS C GREN notes
  2. Onion cell lab task

  
  
• Select week Term 1 Week 4

  Term 1 Week 4

  Kia ora year 9's, this week we will be finishing learning how to draw scientific diagrams of cells and recapping MRS C GREN

  Success Criteria: I can/have...

  • • I can name the 8 characteristics of all living things

    • I can describe the 8 characteristics of all living things

    • I can identify the features of plant and animal cells

  Activities:

  1. Cells diagrams
  2. MRS C GREN and cells recap tasks

  
  
• Select week Term 1 Week 5

  Term 1 Week 5
  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

  • We are EXPLORING...nature and the environment in New Zealand by investigating the life processes of plants and animals
    
    

  Kia ora year 9's, this week we will be looking at different parts of the plant and leaf and introducing photosynthesis!

  Success Criteria: I can/have...

  - I can describe the function of the major parts of plants

  - I can outline the purpose of photosynthesis

  - I can explain the features of the process of photosynthesis
  

  
  

  Activities:

  1. Parts of a plant labelling activity
  2. leaf rubbing & labelling activity
  3. Stomata printing experiment

  
  
• Select week Term 1 Week 6

  Term 1 Week 6

  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

  • We are EXPLORING...nature and the environment in New Zealand by investigating the life processes of plants and animals

  Kia ora year 9's, this week we will be carrying out an experiment to test photosynthesis, and begin exploring parts of a flower.

  Success Criteria: I can/have...

  - I can explain the features of the process of photosynthesis
  

  - I can identify the major parts of flowers
  

  - I can describe the function of the major parts of flowers
  

  
  

  Activities:

  1. Leaf disk photosynthesis experiment

  
  
• Select week Term 1 Week 7

  Term 1 Week 7

  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

  • We are EXPLORING...nature and the environment in New Zealand by investigating the life processes of plants and animals

  Kia ora year 9's, this week we will be exploring rongoa Maori, then looking at how plants disperse their seeds.

  Success Criteria: I can/have...

  - Explain the importance of Rongoa Maori

  - I can list native species used medicinally
  

  - I can list different methods of seed dispersal
  

  Activities:

  1. Harakeke worksheet
  2. Design a seed

  
  
• Select week Term 1 Week 8

  Term 1 Week 8
  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

  • We are EXPLORING...nature and the environment in New Zealand by investigating the life processes of plants and animals

  Success criteria

  - I can list different methods of seed dispersal

  - I can create and test a design for a seed

  - I can describe the process of germination
  

  Activities:

  - Fill in the blanks activity

  - Design a seed activity - design and test

  - Germination experiment
• Select week Term 1 Week 9

  Term 1 Week 9

  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

  • We are EXPLORING...nature and the environment in New Zealand by investigating the life processes of plants and animals

  Activities:

  • Germination activity results
  • Tiritiri Matangi field trip
• Select week Term 1 Week 10

  Term 1 Week 10
  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

  • We are EXPLORING...nature and the environment in New Zealand by observing species interactions

  Success Criteria:

  - I can define the terms habitat, adaptations, producer, consumer ecosystem, community and population

  - I can describe how an organism’s adaptations help it to survive in its habitat
  

  - I can compare/contrast ecosystems, communities and populations
  

  Activities:

  - 5 Levels of ecology diagram

  - Habitats and adaptations brainstorms
• Select week Term 1 Week 11

  Term 1 Week 11

  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

  • We are EXPLORING...nature and the environment in New Zealand by observing species interactions

  Success Criteria:

  - I can compare/contrast ecosystems, communities and populations
  

  - I can describe how an organism’s adaptations help it to survive in its habitat

  - I can describe the relationship between predators and their prey

  Activities:

  - Bird beak adaptation activity

  - Predator/prey game

  
  
• Select week Term 2 Week 1

  Term 2 Week 1

  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

  • We are EXPLORING...nature and the environment in New Zealand by observing species interactions

  Success Criteria:

  - I can compare/contrast ecosystems, communities and populations
  

  - I can construct food chains to show feeding interactions within a community

  - I can use food chains to construct food webs

  Activities:

  - Create a food chain

  - Food web worksheet

  - Begin assessment
• Select week Term 2 Week 2 and 3

  Term 2 Week 2 and 3

  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

  • We are EXPLORING...nature and the environment in New Zealand by observing species interactions
    
    

  Kia ora year 9s and welcome to week 2!

  This week we are working on our assessment - Creating an infographic about an endemic NZ species. Find all the information you need on Google classroom.

  
  
• Select week Term 2 Week 4

  Term 2 Week 4

  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

  • We are EXPLORING planets and stars by researching our solar system

  
  

  Kia ora year 9s and welcome to Week 4. This week we are launching into our new context - to the stars and back, but investigating the planets in our solar system.

  Activities:

  • Planet earth factsheet
  • The planets worksheet

  
  
• Select week Term 2 Week 5

  Term 2 Week 5

  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

  • We are EXPLORING planets and stars by researching our solar system

  
  

  Kia ora year 9s and welcome to Week 5. This week we are continuing our new context by recapping the solar system.

  Activities:

  • Education perfect - inner and outer planets
  • Planets fact hunt
  • Invent a planet

  
  
• Select week Term 2 Week 6

  Term 2 Week 6

  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

  • We are EXPLORING planet earth by investigating the reason for day, night, the tides and seasons

  Kia ora year 9s,

  This week we are exploring the reason behind day and night, and timezones.

  Activities:

  • Education perfect: Day and night
  • Google classroom Worksheet: day and night and timezones
  • Walking model of the solar system
  • Article response

  
  
• Select week Term 2 Week 7

  Term 2 Week 7

  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

  • We are EXPLORING planet earth by investigating the reason for day, night, the tides and seasons

  Kia ora year 9s,

  This week we are exploring the reason behind seasons, and begin looking at the moon!

  Activities:

  • The year and seasons worksheet (google classroom)
  • Make a mini documentary 

  
  
• Select week Term 2 Week 8

  Term 2 Week 8

  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

  • We are EXPLORING planets and stars by researching our solar system
  • We are EXPLORING planet earth by investigating the reason for day, night, the tides and seasons

  Kia ora Year 9's,

  This week is Matariki, so we are looking at the mythology behind this star cluster.

  Activities:

  - Matariki google classroom worksheet

  
  
• Select week Term 2 Week 9 and 10

  Term 2 Week 9 and 10

  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

  • We are EXPLORING planet earth by investigating the reason for day, night, the tides and seasons

  Kia ora year 9s, this week we are exploring the reasons behind the tides, as well as exploring what solar and lunar eclipses are and why they occur.

  Activities:

  - Tide diagram

  - Solar eclipse and lunar eclipse diagrams

  - Lunar eclipse edpuzzle video

  
  
• Select week Term 3 Week 1 and 2

  Term 3 Week 1 and 2

  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

  • We are EXPLORING science exploration so that we can have a better understanding of our place in the universe

  
  

  Kia ora year 9's and welcome to Term 3! For the first 2 weeks we will have a series of lessons looking at conspiracies, space craters and space exploration.

  Activities:

  - Crater experiment

  - Satellites graph

  - Education perfect: space exploration

  - Design a Mars Rover

  - Astronaut mission tasks

  
  
• Select week Term 3 Week 3

  Term 3 Week 3

  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

  • We are exploring collaborative skills in science by investigating lab safety, equipment, and measuring.

  • We are EXPLORING...what the world is made of by investigating states of matter
  • We are EXPLORING...what the world is made of by investigating the particle nature of matter
  • We are EXPLORING... what the world is made of by classifying substances

  
  

  Kia ora year 9's and welcome to week 3! This week we are beginning our new chemistry context by practising our science lab skills and recapping lab safety.

  Activities:

  - Safety symbols table

  - Safety symbols kahoot

  - Measuring lab activity

  - Scientific diagram drawing practise 
• Select week Term 3 Week 4

  Term 3 Week 4

  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

  • We are EXPLORING...what the world is made of by investigating states of matter

  
  

  Kia ora year 9's and welcome to Week 4! This week we are continuing our chemistry context by exploring the properties of matter.

  Activities:

  - Solid, liquid and gas Venn diagram

  - States of matter circus

  Summary website:

  https://www.chem.purdue.edu/gchelp/liquids/character.html
  

  
  
• Select week Term 3 Week 5

  Term 3 Week 5

  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

  • We are EXPLORING...what the world is made of by investigating states of matter
  • We are PLANNING... to work in teams to carry out scientific investigations so that we can learn about the chemical nature of the world

  
  

  Kia ora year 9's, this week we are recapping how to carry out a scientific investigation by testing states of matter and using our measuring skills. 

  Activities:

  - Bunsen burner demo

  - How to write an aim and hypothesis

  - Measurement practical

  - Ice temperature practical
• Select week Term 3 Week 6

  Term 3 Week 6

  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

  • We are EXPLORING...what the world is made of by investigating the particle nature of matter

  • We are PLANNING... to work in teams to carry out scientific investigations so that we can learn about the chemical nature of the world

  Kia ora year 9's,
  
  This week we are continuing to carry out our practical investigations to recap the scientific method and explore the chemical nature of the world. We will also go over the difference between chemical and physical changes
  
  Activities:
  - Ice melting practical
  - Chemical or Physical change worksheets
  
• Select week Term 3 Week 7

  Term 3 Week 7

  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

  • We are EXPLORING...what the world is made of by investigating the particle nature of matter
  • We are EXPLORING... what the world is made of by classifying substances

  Kia ora year 9's, this week we are investigating the nature of particles by exploring diffusion and mixtures of substances.

  Activities:

  - DIffusion experiment

  - Substances vocabulary exercise

  
  
• Select week Term 3 Week 8

  Term 3 Week 8

  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

  • We are PLANNING... to work in teams to carry out scientific investigations so that we can learn about the chemical nature of the world

  
  

  Kia ora year 9's and welcome to week 8! This week we will be experimenting with separating mixtures, before moving on to our assessment which will be a scientific investigation.

  
  

  Activities:

  - Filtering and evaporating lab

  - Intro to assessment
• Select week Term 3 Week 9

  Term 3 Week 9
  
  

  PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI learning intentions:

  • We are PLANNING... to work in teams to carry out scientific investigations so that we can learn about the chemical nature of the world

  Kia ora year 9's and welcome to week 9! This week we will be working through our assessment which will be a scientific investigation involving making cottage cheese.

  
  

  Activities:

  - Writing aim, hypothesis, method, variables

  - Carrying out cottage cheese practical

  
  
• Select week Term 3 Week 10

  Term 3 Week 10

  Kia ora year 9's and welcome to week 10! For this short week we will be recapping some of the skills we have learned this term - such as drawing scientific diagrams and measuring quantities using equipment.
  
• Select week Term 4 Week 1

  Term 4 Week 1
  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

  • We are EXPLORING nutrition by organising foods into main food groups
  • We are EXPLORING nutrition by describing elements of a balanced diet and explain why they are essential to good health

  
  

  Activities:

  - Graph drawing
  

  - Food groups boxes

  
  

  
  
• Select week Term 4 Week 2

  Term 4 Week 2
  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

  • We are EXPLORING nutrition by organising foods into main food groups
  • We are EXPLORING nutrition by describing elements of a balanced diet and explain why they are essential to good health

  
  

  Activities:

  - Simple and complex sugars experiment

  - Balanced diet fill-in-the-blanks

  - Kwashiarkor nutrient deficiency reading + worksheet

  - Meal plan for a teenager
• Select week Term 4 Week 3

  Term 4 Week 3
  
  

  EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

  • We are EXPLORING energy by researching the term "energy" and classifying energy into common forms

  
  Activities:

  - Mindmap of types of energy

  - Energy transformations flowcharts

  - Energy from food lab
• Select week Term 4 Week 4

  Term 4 Week 4
  
  

  FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:

  • We are EXPLORING energy by researching the term "energy" and classifying energy into common forms
  • We are FOCUSING on the digestive system by discussing the organs that make up the organ system

  
  Activities:
  
  - Lightbulb energy graphing
  - Digestive system diagram
  - Intestine dissection demonstration
  
  
• Select week Term 4 Week 5

  Term 4 Week 5
• Select week Term 4 Week 6

  Term 4 Week 6
• Select week Term 4 Week 7

  Term 4 Week 7
• Select week Term 4 Week 8

  Term 4 Week 8