6C Science

 Score 8/10 or better, get a FREE popsicle

1) How many people were on board of the Hinderberg

2) How many survived the accident? How many died?

3) What is the speed of sound in metre per second

4) Name the first person who climbed Mount Everest?

5) Name the first Hot Air balloon that orbit around the world

6) What year did the Hinderberg explode

7) Is it faster to fly from Toronto to Vancouver or from Vancouver to Toronto

8) Name the first person who walked on the Moon

9) Buzz Lightyear (Toy Story) is named after this astronaut

10) What year did the Space Shutter explore during take off

7D Interactions with organisms

 interactions

Here are the five main types of interactions with examples:

• Predation (+/-): One organism (predator) kills and consumes another (prey). Example: A lion hunting a zebra.

• Competition (-/-): Two or more organisms vie for the same limited resource, such as food, water, or territory, harming both in the process. Example: Lions and hyenas competing for the same prey.

• Mutualism (+/+): Both species benefit from the interaction. Example: Bees gathering nectar while pollinating flowers.

• Commensalism (+/0): One organism benefits while the other is neither helped nor harmed. Example: Barnacles attaching to whales for transportation.

• Parasitism (+/-): One organism (parasite) benefits at the expense of another (host), typically without killing it immediately. Example: Ticks feeding on a dog. 

Part B

Identify the type of biotic interaction being described in each example: predation, interspecific competition, intraspecific competition, mutualism, parasitism, commensalism.

 1. _____Competition____ Two humans fight for the last bag of chips.

 2. ____Commensalism______ Some birds use abandoned nests built by other birds. 

3. ____Parasitism______ Tapeworms can be found in the intestines of animals (such as cats, dogs and humans) absorbing nutrients meant for the animal, making them very skinny. 

4. ____Competition_____ Cows and horses both graze on grass. 

5. ____Mutualism___ Dogs have lived with humans for thousands of years, getting food and shelter. Humans receive companionship, protection and assistance from dogs. 

6. ____Predation______ Foxes hunt and kill rabbits.

Money can buy happiness

 

8D and 8E Three Gorges Dam quiz

https://forms.gle/e2wpYvC5wEewo8WTA

8E Air Pressure comprehension

 8E: Please do this, and complete by Friday May 22nd.

8C and 8D have done them already

https://forms.gle/SR4vwYtDeTnjyNwf9

- Three Gorges Dam in China (watch it and I will ask you questions later)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxokVgwFqH8

No blog from May 19 to 22 since 8C does not check what must be done

 That means you really don't care about your learning in my room.

Merry Christmas

May 15, 2026

7D Science, water cycle

 8C - Three Gorges Dam quiz on Tuesday. Take notes, open book and good luck

- Yin, Isaac, Shayli, Daivik, Sean, Tani (dont have to write, because you are perfect, 100%)

8C

- rolling two dice 100x. Tally the results based on combinations (order not important, that means 1-2 is the same as 2-1)

1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 1-6

2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 2-6

3-3, 3-4, 3-5, 3-6

4-4, 4-5, 4-6

5-5, 5-6

6-6

- note: there are a total of 21 combinations. That means the chance of getting an even or odd result is not 50%. Example: 1-5 = 6 (even), 2-3 = 5 (odd)

- if you want to be smarter, calculate the probability of getting an odd or even results

May 14, 2026

 8C

French

Antoniou, Maria	11:24 AM (30 minutes ago)
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Salut mes élèves,

This is a reminder that you will be having a quiz on Passé Composé avec être next week. La date pour le quiz est jeudi le 21 mai (Day 3). You must make sure you know the verb être, plus the DR & MRS VANDERTRAMP verbs, including their meaning and past participle (participe passé). You must also know how to put the passé composé in the negative form!
You will receive your practice quiz Friday. Please make sure that it is completed by Tues May 19th. I will be doing a HW check and we will take it up together that day as well.
Merci :)

Cloze passages

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RABjvRTsWulHvjR6hut8qSzoQdjPBA9t/view?usp=sharing

- Your task is to figure out how many phone numbers are issued in the Greater Vancouver area and New York City

- find the number of area codes for each region first. Then, follow the steps that are taught in class to determine number the total

New York City primarily uses area codes 212, 646, and 332 (Manhattan) and 718, 347, and 929 (outer boroughs), all of which are overlaid by 917. As of June 18, 2026, the new area code 465 is being introduced as an overlay for all five boroughs to accommodate increased demand. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Primary NYC Area Codes (By Borough)

• Manhattan: 212, 646, 332, 917
• The Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, & Staten Island: 718, 347, 929, 917
• All Boroughs (New): 465 (effective June 2026

May 13, 2026

 8C Probability

- Coin flip questions (must use same coins)

- predict which combination will most/least likely to appear

- Rock, Paper, Scissor questions

8C Science: Red River Flood in Manitoba 

https://www.gov.mb.ca/mti/wms/floodcontrol/redriverbasin/historic.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JRMcLqSBMg

May 12, 2026

7D Aquatic food web in Google Draw or Canva

- need ten animals with arrows

- dur May 19, 2026. Send to Kwokhomework@gmail.com

 8C Math

- spinner, spin 70x and calculate the experimental probability

- bring the die back to school tomorrow

- read the information on the Indian Act in History (link in blog)

 https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/21-things-you-may-not-have-known-about-the-indian-act

G8 Science

- Three Gorges Dam in China

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxokVgwFqH8

Building of Hoover Dam in 1931 in Nevada (no calculator, no computer, no cell phone). The sacrifices of these workers to build dams so electricity can be generated 

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

The Indian Act

 https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/21-things-you-may-not-have-known-about-the-indian-act

8C Book Review Score sheet

 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YD6NoyJn7q7pdzS8yLSzR5GbZuc3M9niklI7BXrokvI/edit?usp=sharing

May 11, 2026

 Apple Education Store

https://www.apple.com/ca-edu/store?afid=p240%7Cgo~cmp-21281799273~adg-165151416209~ad-707045655050_kwd-1496193080~dev-c~ext-~prd-~mca-~nt-search&cid=aos-ca-kwgo-txt-edu-edu-bts-revert-093025-

MacBook Air - Education store, $1349 + tax

- good for four years

May 11, 2026 These are some things for you to remember after the real life algebra lessons

Mortgage or buying a car. What you should do to minimize your interest payment over time

• Be nice to your parents

• Put as much down payment as possible (even if you have to skip a vacation or take a part time job). At least 30% of the item

• Pay (rapid) biweekly instead of monthly

• No difference in interest payment between weekly and biweekly

• Pack your own lunch, and you dont need to have the newest gadgets in the market

• Balance between academic, work and life style

• Raymond should have rented out the basement of his townhouse so he can have more income

May 8, 2026

History link

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vGuuilj8i4f0PdAF4fX50DgEk8EPcgRQNMzyIJaaBOU/edit?usp=sharing

 8C Book Review Template and Google Slide due on Sunday May 10

- Presentation will start on Monday, May 11. Each presentation should be 5min to 8min long. Nothing longer

- Give your recommendation in the last 30sec of the presentation. Rate the book out of five stars

e.g. This is the worst book I have ever read in my entire life. It is boring, and the plot is uneventful. The ending does not make sense because the villain actually survives the battle and rules the world and no one lives happily ever after.  

No star!

Buying a condo, mortgage and other expenses

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C3OZ5xl8P2UXxE4g3AK2K9ZWxI3qSRojluz78yG3WsQ/edit?usp=sharing

- find your condo, assuming you dont have a car that is less than $800K

- provide the details

- estimate and find all the related expenses on the Doc.

- Mortgage options (biweekly or rapid biweekly is the best option to save interest payment to your bank)

Grad Names and Health/Development form due on Monday

 Please let me know at lunch or after school.

May 7, 2026

 8C, Period 4, Louis Riel information

https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/louis-riel

- write a page of notes on a piece of paper. There will be a test tomorrow on this guy

8C Math: No downpayment, buy something you like and pay back later. It is almost free and you will enjoy your week in Hawaii or the 3 hour NBA final game. Nobody can do better than the Bank of Crooks.

May 6, 2026

8A Louis Riel

Friday May 8 - Freezies will be sold at $2/each to raise money for Grade 8 graduation 

G8 Science

- Three Gorges Dam in China

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxokVgwFqH8

Building of Hoover Dam in 1931 in Nevada (no calculator, no computer, no cell phone). The sacrifices of these workers to build dams so electricity can be generated 

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

May 5, 2026

 7D - read, take notes, quiz next class

https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/food-web/

8C

Share with parents: when buying something expensive (car, condo, house) and need to borrow money from the Bank of Kwok, keep in mind that you should

* higher monthly payment (as little as $25 more) and a higher down payment will let you pay off the car/house faster. I pay off my house in TEN years

• be nice to your parents so they can help you with the downpayment. Kwok Senior did

• the bank wants you to pay as little as possible (monthly, and down payment) so they can profit from you for the rest of your life.

- Math: the Raymond questions

- finish tech project. Learn how to add a video in the slide, like the one below

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K9RjtRJlRNQj3U3C2VkMMeVH49fwl8Z8/view?usp=sharing

History British North America pages

 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wXookHhIi1lUXn_OzuKjwv_IgCKl_aoe/view?usp=sharing

May 4, 2026

 8E

G8 Science: Water resources in Saudi Arabia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuYXz5FWhE4

8C

- sign algebra test (average 58.4/72 or about 80.1%, range 4/72 to 72/72)

- go through the Health and Development form with parents. If you want to be exempted from the lessons (6 weeks, about 10 to 12 lessons), please complete page 3 and select one of the options, and return to Kwok by May 11

- Book review template due Sunday May 10. Presentation will start on May 11.

- Buying a used car and condo algebra questions

8A, 8B, 8D, 8E

- go through the Health and Development form with parents. If you want to be exempted from the lessons (6 weeks, about 10 to 12 lessons), please complete page 3 and select one of the options, and return to Kwok by May 11

May 1, 2026

 8C

- book review template due on Sunday May 10

- Presentation will start on May 11.

- ask parents what name you would like to be printed on the graduation certificates

(Parham, Seafel, Kaveh, Daivik, Tyson. Desmond, Eleonora, Yin, Sean, Yazdan, Shayli, Maxwell and all the other G8 classes)

- I will come by your class and ask you. CERTIFICATES WILL NOT BE REPRINTED IN JUNE

G8 Science, rivers

- upstream rapids

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYhV7AeySjY

- midstream fishing for big fish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7FGyqLRBLQ

- downstream, slowing moving water, Mississippi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmyvFe7jJRM