Merry Christmas from Room 6

Each year the fall term seems to pass faster than the last. I think that’s why the holidays have become so important to me because no matter how busy I’ve been I always get some time to reflect on the past year, put things into perspective, and most importantly take some time to be with my friends and family.

I’d like to wish all of my students and their families a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. May you find joy in the time we have to spend with each other now and in the year to come.

Circuits Practice Test

...and so in the last class before the festivities began the physics teacher gave to his students...

Some physics homework!

The link above will take you to the answer key. I wrote it up in a hurry so there are pretty much just the answers, but it should hold you until we see each other in the new year.

Happy Holidays!

Functions

Today we learned of a new type of relation called a function. The notes should explain most of it, but be sure to read the examples in your module.

When we come back we'll be looking into something called an arithmetic sequence and series. Take a short read of those lessons before you return.

Power in Electric Circuits

The link above (the title) will take you to today's notes. In planning for the holiday's I will have two old tests for you to work on (Chapters 14 & 15), and if you would read 6.5 before we will be in good shape come January and the dash to the final exam.

Have a great holiday.

December 15

Hope everyone stayed warm this morning...

Physics

Pre-Calc 20-you'll be reviewing today for your test tomorrow. If you have questions leave me a comment below the post or an email and I'll try to get back to you before tomorrow.

Pre-Calc 30-the longest video ever!

TMath 9

A bit of a catch up day...

The link above will take you to the key for the Chapter 13 practice test you did for me last week. Once you're done with that give chapter 14 a read (yes almost all of it-up to 14.8). Most classes find this chapter pretty straight forward and I thought that we'd try and tidy it up this week.

See you tomorrow.

Rational Functions

The link above will take you to a website called "The Math Page". It's generally an excellent web site regarding almost every topic in high school math. On this topic its not bad (I would have included more graphs).

If the video isn't enough, take a look at the link above (click on the title).

Scientific Notation

Good afternoon everyone.

The link above (click on the title of this post) will take you to one of my favorite web pages for math. The author of these pages has done a wonderful job of explaining almost everything involved with high school math.

Read the section and take a look at your worksheet-have 1.7 finished for next class. See you on Wednesday.

If you have questions you can leave a comment (link below the post), email me, or drop by at noon tomorrow.

Good luck (and be good for Mrs. L!)

Using the Remainder Theorem

The link above will take you to today's notes. Homework for tonight should be the assignment for lesson #3...if you get a chance please read through lesson #4

Solving Rational Expressions

Here you go...just remember you asked for this!
...and apparently there is a mistake in one of the examples...see if you can find it.

Addition and Subtraction of Rational Expressions

We watched the video (click the title of this post) and worked on Lesson #6. For homework tonight I would like you to read lesson #7 and copy the examples into your notes. Your feedback about the posted video was helpful and I will attempt to do more posting.

A question that came up during class was #7:

• In the first line I factored the denominators
• Then I found a common denominator
• And simplify
  

Remember that your test is on Tuesday next week.

Remainder Theorem (Part 1)

We discussed how to confirm the inverse of a function by evaluating the composition of the two functions. That is to say that for any two functions f(x) and g(x)

if functions f and g are inverses.

The question we did in class was rather heavy on the fractions, but evaluation of the composition of the two functions is a way to prove that they are inverses.

As for the Remainder theorem, we reviewed the division of polynomials, factoring quadratic expressions, and solving quadratic equations for x (when y=0). Then we looked at how those are related to the zeroes of a function. For tomorrow I'd like you to read Lesson #3 over and I begin to show you the 'short way' of finding factors of any polynomial!

Exponent rules part 2

Today's notes...with some short examples. Have 1.8 finished for Friday, but don't hesitate to start 1.9 (that's Friday's assignment along with some exponent practice).

Inverse Functions

The link above will take you to the notes and examples we discussed today. Posting them with First Class seems to be easier for the short term so I'll see how that goes and perhaps if you find it useful I'll post some other things there as well. The homework discussion is posted HERE.

If there are any other questions you'd like to see solutions to don't hesitate to comment below and I'll put something together for you.

I was thinking about our discussion today about planning and I thought I'd take this chance to remind you to find a calendar or weekly planning sheet you can bring with you for tomorrow so that we can begin "planning for our tomorrows."

December 9 in PC 20

I'm trying something a little different. Below are some links to the notes and homework discussions we had today. My hope is that I will be able to provide you with a history of the notes and things we work out in class. This does not mean that you are no longer responsible for writing these things down in class, but you can use it as a resource if you're away.

If this works out well, I may post assignments and solutions here as well. Leave a comment if you find this helpful in some way.

Lesson 5 notes

Lesson 4 Homework Discussion

December 8

I thought that everyone would appreciate an opportunity to do some catch up and review today, so there's only one video for the grade 9's today.

Enjoy!

Test post for Notes made with Word...

Today's notes

Testing LaTeX

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\int_{0}^{1}\frac{x^{4}\left(1-x\right)^{4}}{1+x^{2}}dx
 =\frac{22}{7}-\pi

\[
x = \frac{{ - b \pm \sqrt {b^2  - 4ac} }}{{2a}}
\]


\[
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\]

13.5: Electric Field Mapping

Definition: A field is a region in three-dimensional space in which a property or quantity, such as a force, may be distributed.

This means that we will begin to not just look at the forces involved between several objects, we’ll look at how the forces are distributed around the field.

Charges in a field possess Electric Potential Energy. Lines drawn to connect areas of equal ‘Potential’ are called equipotential lines.

Drawing Electric Field Lines
1. Always drawn from positive towards the negative.
2. The stronger the field, the more lines we draw.
3. Equipotential lines are perpendicular to Electric Field Lines.

For homework tonight, please read section 13.6 and complete the chapter review questions for 13.4.

November 28

November 19

So here we go with another day...I'll be back tomorrow, but please don't wait until then to ask any questions. Post them here and I'll answer them.

PHSYICS 12

PRE-CALC 20

PRE-CALC 30

Have a good day everyone. See you tomorrow.

Elastic Potential Energy

Parallelograms

Systems of Linear Equations

Equations of Circles Help

November 18

Hello there everyone.

Here's the lessons for the day.

PHYSICS 12

PRE-CALC 20

PRE-CALC 30

Please be sure to email me with your questions after you've watched your lesson so that I can post answers for you tomorrow.

Have a great day.

Kinetic & Potential Energy

Medians, Altitudes, and Angle Bisectors

Distance Between Points and Lines

October 28

Only two new videos today...

PHYSICS 12

PRE-CALC 20: You will be working on your module review today. Tomorrow we will discuss any questions you're having difficulty with and write your test on Thursday. Good Luck.

PRE-CALC 30

See you tomorrow...

Polygons...

A brief Review of Momentum and Impulse

October 27

Here are the lessons for the day. Please be sure to post any questions you have by leaving a comment at the bottom of any post.

Physics 12

Pre-Calc 20

Pre-Calc 30

Have a great day...

Conservation of Momentum

Properties of Tangents

Law of Cosines

October 20

Only the Pre-Calc 20 gets a 'movie' today. I really did think you'd be able to use your time well, but I wanted to give you some more practice so that your test tomorrow goes as well as it can.

Module 3 Review Solutions

October 17

Only a few videos for today:

PHYSICS 12

TMATH 9


The Pre-Calc classes have some review to complete for me today...study hard.

PC 11-your test is Monday
PC 10-Test on Tuesday

Some Common Errors when Collecting Like Terms

Uniform Circular Motion

Linear Equation Review

Lesson #3

Found your comment this morning in my email...

I'll see what I can clear up for you today, but if you still have questions I'd be happy to discuss them on Friday. See you then.

The Distributive Law

Oct 8

You can use the links below to find your lesson quickly...

PHYSICS 12

PRE-CALC 10

PRE-CALC 11

TMath 9

The Nature of Roots

More Linear Equations

The Inclined Plane (6.1)

This one can be a bit tough, but we'll give it a try...

Friday Oct 3-the day's lessons

Hello everyone:

I thought I'd include this little post to make sure that everyone could find their lesson easily

Physics 12

Pre-Calc 10

Pre-Calc 11

Have a great weekend...see you Monday.

Pre-Calc 11: Solving Quadratic Equations-Factoring

Pre-Calc 10: Graphing Linear Equations

Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation

Here it is...(excuse the sniffles...sorry)

Pre-Calc 11

A little rough and unfinished, but here are the slides from today.

Today in Pre-Calc 20

The Cosine Ratio

We reviewed our previous work with trigonometry so far this morning, and then took a look at our third and final ratio-the Cosine.

Pictured below are some notes courtesy of H-Thanks. If you have any questions be sure to comment. On Monday we will take up your assignment (pg 244 #1-34) and we'll mark the trig review. Maybe a quiz on Tuesday...



Have a great weekend.

Rational Inequalities

Today we reviewed how to solve Quadratic Inequalities and worked on some examples of Rational Inequalities. I also introduced the Absolute Value Inequalities. The note at the bottom of page 79 is helpful, but if you get lost with these just remember to 'split the inequality' and check the 'regions of the x-axis' as you have with quadratics and rationals.

On Monday I will be quizzing homework on Linear, Quadratic, and Rational Inequalities. We will skip lesson 10 and test the rest on Wednesday, June the 4th. Have a great weekend.

A heavy quiz day...non-linear systems

We started today by marking yesterday's quiz on three variable systems. I explained how important it was to explain your steps, and many of you scored well due to doing just that. It was nice to see. We then wrote a quiz on non-linear systems and spent much of the class going over that. I can't emphasize enough the need to start these questions off with a sketch of the system so that you know how many solutions you're looking for. If you explain your steps along the way you get to demonstrate that you understand the process of solving these sometimes complicated systems even though you may have made a simple error (like dropping a negative). With the time we had left I demonstrated how to graph linear inequalities. Please make sure to finish that up for tomorrow.

Permutations again!?!

Today we discussed more in depth the probabilities associated with counting problems. That means that we look at a counting problem, then consider a probability sort of question. It's important to remember here the definition of probability and use it for part marks.

Specifically you want to make sure you calculate the total number of possible outcomes (which will be the easier of the counting problems) for part marks. Be sure to take a look at the examples and give the assignment a try. We'll discuss any problems you have tomorrow.

History today....

Today we marked some old worksheets to review events just prior and just after confederation. We reviewed the notes we took last Thursday and reflected on some of the world events during the early 1930's. Tomorrow we'll likely discuss and establish the criteria for your next project.

Welcome Back from the weekend...

We had a quiz on lesson 6.5 today. My hope is that by marking it together in class we had a chance to do some review for our upcoming test on Monday next week. Please make sure you get some homework done tonight on 6.7 (non-linear systems) as I'll be quizzing that tomorrow. Good luck and bring any questions you may have to class tomorrow.

Quadratic Quadratic Systems...

Today we took some more time with Lesson 7. As many of you found out it requires you to be really comfortable with the previous topic of the quadratic formula. Please make sure you complete as much of your homework as possible this weekend as we will be having a quiz on Tuesday. Have a great weekend.

Chapter 5 Test Day!

Good luck with your tests...

Applications of Systems of Linear Equations

Another homework quiz today took up much of our class. But as we marked it together and discussed part marks I felt as though we are understanding the process of solving linear equations just based on how easily we were able to discuss each of the steps. We'll be having a few more of those in the days to come as well.



One of the questions on our quiz today was a word prolem requiring you to determine the linear equations yourselves. Today's lesson (#6) consists entirely of these problems. What's important to remember here is the difference between being able to solve a system of linear equations and being able to determine the equations described in the problem. Be sure to take a look at the assignment tonight so that we can see how you're doing with the new skill.

The link above (when you click the title) will take you to a solver program that will let you enter your equations and find a solution immediately. I might try this site for making up some new questions! Good luck.

Probability

We started module 7 today. 'L' shared some of what he already knew of probability and we looked at our first porbability law in lesson 2. Finish lesson 1 and complete as much of 2 as you can.

History 11

Today we took a look at developments in Canada up to 1929. Of note was the foreign investment of money from the United States into harvesting Quebec resources, The "Alberta Five" getting women recognized as persons under the law, the subsequent appointment of a women to the senate, the formation of the Progressive political party, and the Winnipeg General Strike.

Be prepared for a quiz sometime this week.

Chapter 5 Review.

Today we took a look at some of the skills we covered in chapter 5. Together we review the four operations on Rational Expressions, simplified and expanded expression, and reviewed the three types of factoring we learned.

Tomorrow is our test on chapter 5, so be sure to study a bit tonight just to make sure you remember everything.

Systems of Linear Equations (part 2)

Today we had a short quiz on the equations of circles and our new distance formula. We reviewed how to complete the square to find the center and radius of a circle on the cartesian plane. I demonstrated how to complete a question such as number six from lesson three, and then moved on to discuss the homework.

I demonstrated number four (b) from lesson 5, and gave some tips for number 5 from the same lesson. We'll be quizzing a couple of times this week so be sure to ask questions as they come up.

Module 5 notes

Yesterday's....



...and today's...

Lesson 2 #5...good question!

Around in circles...with groups!

Don't forget that if you get stuck you can always pick up an old final exam and do some studying. The links are on the right...and ask some questions by commenting below.

An Icy Pre-Calc Class

Sorry this is a bit late but I thought I'd post a few of the words we had on Thursday.

Circles Everywhere...

Today in Pre-Calc we took a look at Arcs and their corresponding central and inscribed angles. We also spent some time looking at Cyclic Quadrilaterals. The language sounds pretty tough...but the math isn't too bad. I also mentioned that we'll be quizzing Lesson 2 tomorrow. Good luck with the studying.

Some circle stuff for you

Here are the slides for the last couple of classes. Please do your best to have lesson 2 finished for tomorrow.



...and today's slides...

Absolutly Rational Equations

Today we reviewed a how to solve an equation containing radical expressions. It seemed to me that the homework must have gone well since you only asked how to solve the hardest question.

Our topic today was how to solve equations containing absolute values and rationals (fractions). Be sure to post any questions you may have below. Tomorrow will be a review of our work in module 3, with the test being on Friday. For those you who will be away, please make sure to make arrangements with me to write your test at noon or on spare Monday or Tuesday.

Logarithmic Equations (and issues of world power)

Today we discussed how to use logarithms to solve for x when it appears as an exponent in an equation. We also looked at some equations which had x as an argument of the logarithm function. Then we took a quick moment and sidetracked ourselves with discussions of the Cold War, and speculated as to why Japan has never attempted to rebuild it's military. After our curiousity for discussion was satisfied we worked on lesson 7. Please keep in mind that tomorrow will be review day for Module 4; we'll start Module 5 on Thursday and Test Module 4 on Friday. Have a great week. Be sure to post your questions below.

Some extra explanation can be found here

Math 9...Isn't this the GREATEST?

Today's notes are below. As spring wears on please try to keep up the homework and study as it pays off when the tests roll around. We still have half a semester to go!

Some extra explainations and practice can be found HERE

Radical Equations

The slides from today...please post your questions below when they come up. We'll be testing on Friday so for those away you will need to write Monday or Tuesday at noon.

A little Sine Curve help...

Thanks for the question...hope this helps.

Reasons to study history

After some posting I was surfing Teacher Tube and found this...

Some answers...

The answer to the word problem is here...






...and the painting problem is here...

Examples of the Quadratic Formula

The Acadian Expulsion

Answer the following questions and follow the above link (or the handout from class) to help you answer them.

1. How did the British gain control of Acadia?
2. Why might Governor Phillips have made a verbal agreement with the Acadians and not have passed that information onto his associates?
3. Why did the British begin to question the Acadians oath of allegiance?
4. How was the expulsion of the Acadians part of Governor Lawrence’s long-term plan?
5. Where did most of the Acadians settle after they were expelled?

The Church in New France

Follow the link above and print off the notes given there. Then copy and complete the questions below. I'll see you on Monday.

1. What is divine right and why would it be important in how the people viewed the authority of the King?
2. Suggest three reasons as to why the Church had so much influence over the social and political aspects of New France?
3. How did Bishop Laval and Marguerite Bourgeoys and the Ursuline nuns assist in the development of educational institutions for Quebec?
4. Make a list of all the services provided by the Church in New France. Beside each service, list the government agency or outside organization that is responsible for that service today. You will find the government of Canada and government of Manitoba websites located in the References helpful in determining what government agencies are responsible for each of the different areas you have listed.
   

Elementary Identities

Quadratic Equations

Sorry for the scratchy throat and sound...

History 11...some questions to answer...

Answer the following questions. The websites you need to help you are the ones we've been taking notes from in the previous posts. Once you've finished these (or decide to do these for homework-due Monday by the way), complete the worksheets Mrs. B has for you.
Links are here: Champlain and New France.

Good luck.

1. What was the reciprocal agreement between the fur traders and the French government?
2. Why was the beaver pelt such a popular fur in the trade?
3. Who were the coureurs de bois? Why might they be seen as a hindrance to the development of New France?

Math 9 today...

Quadratics again....

Write your Quiz 2.1 and 2.2 and then watch the following video...

History today....

The link above will take you to the questions we will try to answer today. Copy the notes from Champlain and New France and answer the questions. Good luck.

Samuel de Champlain-notes for History

The following are notes taken from...

The Virtual Museum of New-France: Samuel de Champlain  Annotated

tags: history

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  Champlain's mission was clear; it was to explore the country called New France, examine its waterways and then choose a site for a large trading factory.
  
  

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  Champlain sailed from Honfleur on the fifteenth of March, 1603, and prepared to follow the route that Jacques Cartier had opened up in 1535.
  
  

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  He then sailed up the St. Lawrence as far as Hochelaga (the site of Montreal.) Nothing was to be seen of the Amerindian people and village which Cartier had visited, and Sault St. Louis (the Lachine Rapids) still seemed impassable. However, Champlain learned from his guides that above the rapids there were three great lakes (Erie, Huron and Ontario) to be explored.
  
  

 

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  From 1604 to 1607, the search went on for a suitable permanent site for them. It led to the establishment of a short-lived settlement at Port Royal (Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia.)
  
  

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  The three years stay in Acadia allowed him plenty of time for exploration, description and map-making. He journeyed almost 1,500 kilometres along the Atlantic coast from Maine as far as southernmost Cape Cod.
  
  

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  In 1608, Champlain proposed a return to the valley of the St. Lawrence, specifically to Stadacona, which he called Quebec. In his opinion, nowhere else was so suitable for the fur trade and as a starting point from which to search for the elusive route to China
  
  

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  Champlain also explored the Iroquois River (now called the Richelieu), which led him on the fourteenth of July, 1609, to the lake which would later bear his name. Like the traders who had preceded him, he sided with the Hurons, Algonquins and Montaignais against the Iroquois. This intervention in local politics was ultimately responsible for the warlike relations that were to pit the Iroquois against the French for generations.
  
  

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  Even more important, he succeeded in penetrating beyond the Lachine Rapids, becoming the first European (apart from Étienne Brûlé) to start exploring the St. Lawrence and its tributaries as a route towards the interior of the continent. Champlain was so convinced that it was the route to the Orient that in 1612 he obtained a commission to "search for a free passage by which to reach the country called China." Like most of the explorers who followed after him, he could not carry out his mission without the support of the Amerindian population.
  
  

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  In the years that followed, he devoted all his efforts to founding a French colony in the St. Lawrence valley. The keystone of his project was the settlement at Quebec
  
  

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  When it capitulated to the English Kirke brothers in 1629, Champlain returned to France, where he lobbied incessantly for the cause of New France. He finally returned to Canada on the twenty-second of May, 1633. At the time of his death at Quebec on the twenty-fifth of December, 1635, there were one hundred and fifty French men and women living in the colony.
  
  

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  The Kirke brothers were privateers (licensed prirates working for the King of England). They sized the Tadoussac (upriver from Quebec) and cut the little settlement off. When supply ships were sent from France (not expecting the Kirkes) they sized the ships, supplies (including cannons) and 600 prisoners. They demanded Chaplain to surrender. He didn't and the Kirke brothers sailed back to England and left Quebec to starve. They returned the following summer and Champlain gave in. They took him as a prisoner back to England.
  
  
  
  
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    What's even more interesting is that four years later King Charles of England was short on cash and so in 1632 gave the colonies of Acadia and Quebec back to France for a lump sum payment. - post by racree
    
    
  
  
  
  

New France Notes for Today's History Class...(provided by diigo)

The following are clips from the below page regarding our study of...

New France Annotated

tags: history

• After the trips made by Christopher Columbus in 1492, John CABOT in 1497 and the CORTE-REAL brothers in 1501 and 1502. In 1524 Giovanni VERRAZZANO followed the eastern shore of America from Florida to Newfoundland. Jacques CARTIER then made 3 voyages of discovery for France.

• Religion gave the impetus to his voyages, but economic motives were even more obvious. The hope of finding a NORTHWEST PASSAGE to the Indies and the fabled Kingdom of the Saguenay was constantly stressed.
  
• The settlement responded to economic demands: go out to the fur-rich areas, forge close contact with native suppliers and try to obtain the right of exploitation. The scale of the operation made it necessary to form private companies.

• The colony's administration, 1608-63, was entrusted to these commercial companies, which were formed by merchants from various cities of France.

• It did not achieve the desired results. In 1663 the population numbered scarcely 3000 people, 1175 of them Canadian-born. Less than 1% of the granted land was being exploited.

• Nor was evangelization among the natives flourishing. During its first half-century, New France experienced an explosion of missionary fervour, as demonstrated by the number and zeal of its apostles, inspired by the Catholic Counter-Reformation (see CATHOLICISM). In 1634 the Jesuits renewed the mission of STE MARIE AMONG THE HURONS in the western wilds. VILLE-MARIE, which became Montréal, was the work of mystics and the devoted. But the missionaries managed to convert very few Indians.

Why do you suppose the other
website didn't mention the religious activities
of the French? -
post by racree

• Various political and military events hindered colonization efforts. The alliances formed by Champlain made enemies of the Iroquois. Québec fell to the freebooting KIRKE brothers in 1629. The Iroquois nations grew belligerent as soon as the country was returned to France in 1632. Between 1648 and 1652 they destroyed HURONIA, a hub of French commercial and missionary activity. Attacks on the very heart of the colony demonstrated that the colony's survival was in doubt (see IROQUOIS WARS).

• ...the fur trade was opposed to agriculture, cross-cultural contact meant war and disease for the natives, the French population was small, and the administration of the colony by commercial exploiters was a disaster.

• Under Louis XIV New France flourished. He made the colony a province of France, giving it a similar hierarchical administrative organization. He watched over its settlement, extended its territory and allowed its enterprises to multiply. However, he had first to guarantee the peace.
• How do you suppose the King of France was going to do that? - post by racree

• Under the marquis de Tracy, the CARIGNAN-SALIÈRES REGIMENT built forts, ravaged Iroquois villages and demonstrated French military power. The Iroquois made peace, and 400 soldiers stayed in the colony as settlers. The king also had 850 young women sent out as brides-to-be, and quick marriages and families were encouraged

• ...colonial administration was entrusted to a GOUVERNEUR (for military matters and external relations) and an INTENDANT (for justice, civil administration and finances - ie, all civil aspects of colonial administration). The SOVEREIGN COUNCIL (Superior Council after 1703) acted as a court of appeal and registered the king's edicts.

• Intendant Jean TALON, with Colbert's solid backing and other favourable circumstances, started a vigorous development program. In addition to watching over agriculture and the fur trade, Talon began ventures such as shipbuilding, trade with the West Indies, commercial crops like flax and hemp, fishing industries and a brewery. But by the time he left in 1672, economic circumstances had changed and virtually nothing remained of these premature initiatives.

Hooray for New France...

The notes we covered today are listed below with one smal catch...the links I gave didn't transfer into flash so I'll give them here:
Cabot

Cartier

Vocabulary Into Short Answer Questions?

Today we worked on some vocabulary based crossword puzzles related to our work in the First Peoples unit. I thought the clues would make excellent short answer questions for our upcomming test next Wednesday. If you absent you can follow the link to get your crossword and please use the internet or any other resource you'd like to help you with the clues. For those who have been away at Festival I hope you've had a great time and we'll see you on Monday. Have a great weekend.

Radian measure

Today we reviewed the unit circle and developed a working definition of a radian. I may be posting some notes later on this if you require them, but the module isn't too bad at explaining it (although I think the picture at the bottom of the title page for lesson 4 explains it all). I really need people to be able to ask questions on lesson 3 by tomorrow so that I can show some examples from lesson 4 and get on to some theory for lesson 5.

Please keep in mind that we need to finish 8 modules by early June. Translated loosely, this means about a module every two weeks and it is now the end of February. Ask lots of questions folks...

Sharing is nice...

In history class today we took our information for the various regions first peoples lived in, found a partner to share this with and made a comparison chart. We'll be working on some vocabulary tomorrow and learning about the rest of the regions. I have planned a test for Wednesday, February the 27 next week before we start off our new unit on New France.

If you were away or haven't completed the work on the Northwest Rebellion we did on Tuesday (the 19th), here's a link to the assignment.

More Word Problems

Today we worked together on some word problems I had you copy down yesterday. Some of these turned out to be a little on the difficult side, but we did manage to find a pattern to solving them.

• Read the problem
• Construct two equations (one sentence is usually one equation)
• Substitute on equation into the other one
• Solve

After struggling along with yesterday's 'extra problems' we discovered that the homework from section 3.1 looked a little easier. Tonight I'd like you to finish more of #15-33 from the assignment on section 3.1 and tomorrow we'll find some more problems to practice together. Good luck.

Review Day

Today we worked on the review lesson of our first module and I answered some questions on completing the square, finding roots (also called x-intercepts or zeroes).

To ease your mind about lesson 8, I'll remind you that each question will be worth one mark and the test will not consist entirely of word problems from lesson 8. Make sure that you can complete the square (don't worry about #6 on the review...it won't be asked), sketch quadratic equations, and determine equations given a vertex and a point. Good luck with your studying for those who are here tomorrow. For those who are away please feel free to ask questions by using the comment link below and check back regularly (I'll post an answer as quickly as I can). See everyone Monday.

The Circular Functions

This was the second part of yesterday's lesson...

The Unit Circle...a quick description

Module 2: Lesson #1

Physics 11

Notes and examples for the component method of vector addition are here.

Some practice vector problems here.

Room 6 (yesterday the 9th)

PHYSICS 12: Today we took a long look at Monday's homework and worked through many examples. Lenz's Law can be straight forward with some practice. We touched on the relationship between wrappings on transformers and I asked that you complete #21-29 from 16.4. We'll discuss those tomorrow, have a little quiz, and get ready for our Chapter 16 test on Friday.



TMATH 9: We marked 2.2, and postponed 2.3 until next time. I also had a new handout for you (an extra copy is here if you need it). We'll be quizzing expressions and like terms beginning on Friday.

PRE-CALC 10: We spent most of our time today looking back at lesson 2 from Module 6. We had our quiz 6.1, discussed questions from 6.2, and briefly looked at 7.2. Between reviewing Module 6 and continuing to move through Module 7 we're all very busy. Please remember that I'm here at noon if you need some help keeping up. Please complete a study guide for lesson #3 for tomorrow.

PHYSICS 11: Today I had you trade your completed study questions with a partner and answer each other's questions. As we quickly found out, it can be a little hard to make questions up and have someone else get the same answer we did. Tomorrow we'll continue our work with this and when we've finished, we'll have a quiz for marks.

Today in Room 6

As I've already mentioned much our work will be to finish the semester, but also to prepare for the final. Regular study and completion of homework will be crucial in the remaining three weeks.

PHYSICS 12: Although we had no class today due to your ELA exam some of you came in to discuss how to complete questions #16, 17, & 18. Thank you for using your time as well as you did. Tomorrow we'll push further into Chapter 16 covering sections 3 & 4. If you can, give it a read before morning and we'll make some notes then.

TRANS MATH 9: Today's class reviewed how to evaluate expressions and the concept of variables, constant terms, and like terms. As I mentioned in the notes please complete your handout for next class.

PRE-CALC 10: In today's class we introduced the idea of relations and started our work in Module 7. Please complete your study notes for lesson 2 of Module 6, and the assignment for lesson 1 of Module 7.

PHYSICS 11: We continued work with Coulomb's Law and reviewed some algebra as we rearranged our new formula. After taking up questions #46 and 49 I gave you a new assignment. You need to make up six questions involving Coulomb's Law. Make one question for each variable (F, r, q1, & q2), one question involving ratios (like #46), and the last question needs to involve a neutral third object (like #49). On the back of your question page be sure to include your answers.

Mathematical Relations?

Today we begin Module 7 by looking at 'relations'. I thought I'd start by taking an example from Wikipedia to get you thinking about how things can be 'related'.

Consider the relationship, involving three roles that people might play, expressed in a statement of the form "X thinks that Y likes Z ". The facts of a concrete situation could be organized in a Table like the following:

An informal example of relations

Person X Thinks Person Y Likes Person Z

Alice	Bob	Denise
Charles	Alice	Bob
Charles	Charles	Alice
Denise	Denise	Denise

Each row of the Table records a fact or makes an assertion of the form "X thinks that Y likes Z ". For instance, the first row says, in effect, "Alice thinks that Bob likes Denise". The Table represents a relation S over the set P of people under discussion:
P = {Alice, Bob, Charles, Denise}.
The data of the Table are equivalent to the following set of ordered triples:
S = {(Alice, Bob, Denise), (Charles, Alice, Bob), (Charles, Charles, Alice), (Denise, Denise, Denise)}.

Now for some notes...

Evaluating Expressions

Here are some short notes about how to complete your worksheet labeled 2.2. If you refer to your notes from before Christmas you will also likely be able to begin work on 2.3. We'll have a review of those notes next class. Please have 2.2, the puzzle, and the fractions review complete for next time.

Some Study Tips...

After some discussion of our respective holidays I noticed that many of your questions and concerns today were around exams. Admittedly so were some of mine. With only three weeks remaining in the semester I would advise all of my students to begin reviewing some of the material covered early in the semester. By doing this sooner rather than later it will allow us better focus our course review as the semester draws to a close.

I'd also like to encourage you to post questions you have on the blog (any article will do, I get an email regardless). This will allow me to answer your specific questions and avoids the rush in the last week. An added bonus is that when I post an explanation it'll be there for as long as you need it. One last suggestion is to pick questions to try that you think I'd include one test or exam. If you need ideas help , or extra questions please see me.

Happy New Year!

I thought that before I start posting review assignments and study guides for our inevitable 'end of semester' rush I thought I'd take a moment and wish everyone a Happy New Year.

I'd like to thank both my former and current students for their holiday wishes and for the 'new dots' on the map from Scotland! If you've taken a moment to notice the Clustermap, the blog has broken the 1000 visitors mark and we continue to gain visitors from all continents. Thank you to all who have visited. What started out as an 'electronic bulletin board' for my classes, has grown into something slightly more and has allowed me to develop many skills. Delivering mathematical content over the internet has been a challenge I continue to enjoy.

As the new year unfolds may your hopes become goals, and your goals become accomplishments.