Monday 31 October 2022

October 31, 2022

 Science test link

https://forms.gle/hUpUDpBnP3sLrLM67


Get a lot of candy tonight

Lance Armstrong and Jim Rogers questions, circumference, questions a to C4

Friday 28 October 2022

Friday October 28, 2022

 Science test on Monday. 32 multiple-choice questions. Please study

7B, 7C, Math and science

 Gold alloy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rQ0SkItHH0

Grade Seven Science: Solid-Solid Mixtures (alloys)

Gold alloy (first video, composition of 24K, 22K, 18K gold, and how it is

calculated)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rQ0SkItHH0

1. Purity of gold is calculated in the unit ___________ or __________ and not carrot

2. Maximum purity of gold is _______K or 100% pure gold

3. Pure gold is very ________ and can _________ easily

4. We need to add other metals to make it ___________

5. 18K gold is _____% pure. Show your calculations:

6. 12K gold is _____% pure. Show your calculations:

7. 20K gold is _____% pure. Show your calculations:

8. Alloying is mixing gold with other ____________

9. Chemical symbol for gold is __________;

10. Chemical symbol for silver is __________

11. Chemical symbol for copper is __________

12. When we combine ________ and _______, we get white gold

13. When we combine ________ and _______, we get reddish rose gold


 

This video shows you how gold alloy is made.  Cool

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd93NeJcopY

14. To begin, the woman uses 1oz of _________ pure fine gold, 1 Pennyweight ______

grains of silver and __________ grains of copper

15. 0.9999 gold = 99.99% pure gold

16. She uses the hard compressed __________ block to press the gold nuggets

17. Always __________ while heating

18. Tips 2: try to get the gold nuggets as _________ and ________ as possible

19. She tries to keep the ____________ steady. When the melted gold forms a _______ it is

ready for mixing and alloying

20. How to check for purity after melting? Looking for __________ finish and __________

on the gold ball

21. The alloy is this video is a mixture of gold, ________ and _________.

22. This forms a ____K gold alloy

23. First, she adds _________ to the melted gold. Follows by adding ___________

24. The colour of the 22K gold alloy is _________ than pure gold

25. After turning off the torch, let the alloy cools to a _________, then put it in ________

and we hear a hissing ____________

26. We must let the alloy sits in the water bowl for a while for it to cool off completely


Golden mouse

Thursday 27 October 2022

7B, 7C October 27, 2022

Girl basketball tryout. Must complete by noon, Friday


https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeiqmbc97AVM2plMwJs1KQSmhSydjIStyekK66MrcgQej-0ww/viewform


- ask mother to show you the gold she received as a bride (many Asian cultures, Indian, Persian, Filipinos) 

- and her diamond ring

BMI calculator

https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/lose_wt/BMI/bmi-m.htm culture

https://www.tfo.org/fr/univers/la-ou-je-dors?page=1



Grade 7 French Culture: Listening & Speaking Activity: Là où je dors (Where I Sleep) Series



  1. Write 8 French words that you heard and translate them into English. 


1. ______________________________   5  ________________________

2. ______________________________   6. ________________________________

3. ______________________________   7. ________________________________

4. ______________________________   8. ________________________________



  1. What is the general idea of what you heard ? Write 2 or 3 sentences in English


The general idea is that _________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________






  1. Write 5 specific details that you understand? Write them in French or English:


  1. I understand that ______________________________________________________

  2. I understand that ______________________________________________________

  3. I understand that ______________________________________________________

  4. I understand that ______________________________________________________

  5. I understand that ______________________________________________________


4. Find a partner and compare your notes. Did you learn any more details from the video using your partner’s information? Write any NEW information you learned from your partner below:

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________



5. What was most enjoyable / surprising / unique / interesting about the life of the child in the video? 

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________


Wednesday 26 October 2022

7B, 7C October 26, 2022

Girl basketball Sign up

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeiqmbc97AVM2plMwJs1KQSmhSydjIStyekK66MrcgQej-0ww/viewform

 Oil spills

• liquid solution: liquid-liquid or liquid-gas mixtures.  Example: Coca-Cola

            [see Exxon Valdez oil spill video.  How should we remove the oil from the       ocean?]

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


How to clean up oil spills

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=823EUIJNLJQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQl5YFDteEI


French culture folder

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1aTWlkO_qD7ghfoNYQaovjeS3GOWMwCZs0I0K8ctWQY4/edit?usp=sharing


French worksheets

Grade 7 French Culture: Listening & Speaking Activity: Là où je dors (Where I Sleep) Series



  1. Write 8 French words that you heard and translate them into English. 


1. ______________________________  

5. ________________________________

2. ______________________________   

6. ________________________________

3. ______________________________  

7. ________________________________

4. ______________________________   

8. ________________________________



  1. What is the general idea of what you heard ? Write 2 or 3 sentences in English


The general idea is that _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________






  1. Write 5 specific details that you understand? Write them in French or English:


  1. I understand that ______________________________________________________

  2. I understand that ______________________________________________________

  3. I understand that ______________________________________________________

  4. I understand that ______________________________________________________

  5. I understand that ______________________________________________________


4. Find a partner and compare your notes. Did you learn any more details from the video using your partner’s information? Write any NEW information you learned from your partner below:

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________



5. What was most enjoyable / surprising / unique / interesting about the life of the child in the video? 

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


Tuesday 25 October 2022

7B, 7C October 25, 2022

 7B. 7C

math- perimeter and area of rectangles and squares, both side

7B: need to complete maple syrup video and worksheet tonight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27YofsHxW58

 

The school is picking 4 students from each class to write the Gauss contests. Are you good enough? Try this

https://drive.google.com/file/d/11n0gkUyVYnRtgF_Fmru2qS0nhKfSKRB3/view?usp=sharing

Monday 24 October 2022

October 24, 2022

 Kwok is watching

Watch this video and record the missing information

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27YofsHxW58

 

1. The Sugar Maple Trees scale are r__________ly located in the tree trunk.

 


2. The buds of Red Maple Trees are located near the t__________.

 

3. The owner, Mr. Lepak used to drill 450 holes with his __________________. Nowadays, he uses e______________ drills.

 

4. Tapping involves drilling of t_________ holes on each Sugar Maple Tree.

 

5. The plastic tube is attached to the f___________ hole, which is located on t_______  of the next one.  This plastic tube directs sap to the p__________

 

6. The metal spile is placed b_________ the plastic tube.  It holds the metal pail to collect the sap.

 

7. Sap is ___________ in colour, and it flows like w_____________

 

8. On the first day of his collection, Mr. Lepak collected __________ galloons of sap.  It was a great day!

[Kwok’s note: if we have a very cold and dry fall and winter, less sap will be produced by the trees]

 

9. Sap is then heat up and filter.  The filter removes d________, d_________ and i_________

 

10. It is easier to filter the sap later on if we s___________ off the brown f__________

 

11. If the sap is not heat up to a fairly high temperature, bacteria will grow and it will turn the syrup into v______________.  We must also maintain the heat by adding w___________ to the stove.

 

12. Which country did Mr. Lepak’s grandfather come from? ________________

 

13. The older spiles are made from c_______________.  The modern day ones are made from a_______________

 

14. How many hours are needed to boil the sap so it turns into a good syrup? ______

 

15. “Sheeting” of syrup refers to _________________________________________________________

 

16. Hydrometer measures the d_____________ of the syrup when the white scale bounces up the cylinder.

 

17. When the syrup is poured out of the stove, it flows easily like water because it is ___________

 

18. When the syrup cools, it will t______________

 

19. What is the colour of the syrup? ______________

 

20. Mr. Lepak does not sell his syrup.  What does he do it them?

            a. pour syrup on everything and eat syrup everyday

            b. use syrup to water his plants in the garden

            c. donate the syrup to McDonalds so kids can enjoy their pancakes

            d. he gives them away to good friends, neighbours and mini Kwok

 

21. The syrup you get from restaurants are most likely to be sugar and water.  They are not the real maple syrup.  The real thing is really expensive, about $20 per 500mL

 

Friday 21 October 2022

7B, 7C October 21, 2022

 7C

- I have to see Dr Fuller on Monday. Won't be at school

Math quiz on ratio and proportion on Monday. Bring calculator

Need to bring headphone because you will be learning how to remove impurities from a solvent. Need to watch a short document and complete fill in the blanks form. I will collect them on Tuesday

- study for science test

Thursday 20 October 2022

Ontario government gives you money for math tutors

 Better call Kwok

- parents need to apply


$200 per student, up to age 18


Catch Up Payments | ontario.ca

The wonderful world of food.

 About 22% of your grocery money goes into my wallet


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7B October 20, 2022

 Let's see if you will pass this preparation science test. 

Te real one is harder.


https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GTJbWXiF9Pw0qDaQa1bLElgoeSKN9EWDasSCIDcToYo/edit?usp=sharing


How an Incandescent Light Bulb Works — 1000Bulbs.com Blog

October 20, 2022

Science preparation test: See if you are able to pass


https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GTJbWXiF9Pw0qDaQa1bLElgoeSKN9EWDasSCIDcToYo/edit?usp=sharing


October 20, 2022

 

- study for science test. It is hard (October 31)


Descriptive words for the atmosphere to make it scary

 

Sound

-       Deafening screams

-       He whispers eerily into my ears

-       Thunder roared loudly

-       The old wooden door cracked open slowly with a spooky squeaky noise

-       Wolves howl loudly from far far away

-       What sound do bats make?                                                                                               

 

Light

-       Dark cloud covered the dimly lit Moon (to make it mysterious)

-       Candles light flickered widely with the unexplained strong wind even when the windows were closed

-       Lightning slithered down the cloudy sky over the big city

-       Dark shadow followed me wherever I ventured. It refused to leave me alone

-       Mysterious creatures 

 

 

Cloud

-        

Temperature

 

Environment/ reactions

-       Sophia shivered (trembled) with cold sweat came down her forehead

-       Goosebumps made her hair stiffened

-       - frightening children stumbled down a muddy pit

 

Animals and Insects

-       Many hairy 8-legged creatures crawled up my jeans and started biting on my legs

-       The thousand leg caterpillar moved quietly on the back on my neck

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