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Revision for the Test On
Tuesday 2 June 2009:
updated 24 May 2009
- Module 3:
- Electricity - static electricity, parallel /
series circuits, amps / volts
- Penguins - heat loss, ways of regulating body
temperature
- Reproduction - anatomy, puberty, hormones,
menstrual cycle, fertilization, sexually transmitted infections including
HIV/AIDS, contraception
- You need to know all of the experiments we did
since the last exam.
You should be able to name and draw the apparatus (equipment) used, the
aim of each experiement and what we learned. You are not
expected to remember the specific numbers from the results. However, you would be expected to
remember what we learned (the conclusion) from each experiment.
Have a look at my compositions
groupées revision guide. It contains suggestions
for successful revision and test-taking skills.
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Revision for the Compositions
Groupées in March 2009:
updated 17 Feb 2009
- Module 1, the end of Phase 2: Soil (Meudon Forest)
& Energy
- decomposers and decomposition - how his soil made?
- how nutrients are recycled - the carbon cycle
- how energy is not recycled, rather flows
through an ecosystem - this includes photosynthesis (making chemical
energy from light) and repiration (releasing chemical energy from food)
- food chains & food webs - trophic levels
- energy from plant materials (burning peanut) or from
fossil fuels
- how to read and interpret a graph or make your own graph
- Module 2:
- solubility & miscibility
- factors influencing how soluble a substance is
- mixtures, foams, colloids, emulsions, etc.
- distillation - how to separate subsances based on
their boiling point
- materials - what things are made of and the properties
of those materials
- the strength of bridge-making materials - the cement
beam experiment
- elasticity - testing the strength of a cable
- You need to know all of the experiments we did
since the last exam.
You should be able to name and draw the apparatus (equipment) used, the
aim of each experiement and what we learned. You are not
expected to remember the specific results (such as which solute was
soluble in which solvent). However, you would be expected to
remember how to decide if something is soluble or immiscible, for example.
Have a look at my compositions
groupées revision guide. It contains suggestions
for successful revision and test-taking skills.
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Latest assignments:
Posted 7 January 2009:
Bring your lab coats on Thursday the 8th and Friday the
9th. Some students have been forgetting their science notebooks.
Don't!
Posted 14 December 2008:
Students should email their presentation to me.
Presentations will be given in class on Monday and on Thursday. Be
sure that the format is .ppt and not .pptx in order to be sure
that it will be visible on the school's computers.
Posted 27 November 2008:
For Monday 1 December, you need to bring in
research that you have done about the materials we studied in class on
Tuesday. Find about a half a page of text and at least one image for
each material you have been assigned. Be sure to answer questions like
"Where does this material come from?", "What is it made of?", "What
properties does this material have which make it well adapted for the object
it is used in?" Be sure to give examples of the objects the materials
were found in. Also, be sure to cite your sources for both the images
or the text. Bring in the work on USB key. If you want to print
it out, too, you may.
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Materials |
Students |
| wood |
1 Clara |
| plastic (the rigid kind) |
2 Estelle |
| nylon fabric |
3 Dalia |
| metal (for supporting structures, not
metal wires for electricity) |
4 Tara |
| thread / string |
5 Mathis |
| glue |
6 Morgan |
| ink / coloring / paint |
7 Tancrède |
| paper (for labels, mostly) |
8 Winta |
| glass |
9 Léa |
| battery - including what is inside |
10 Jade |
| light bulb filament and the gases inside
the bulb |
11 Chloé |
| the red match stick heads and the
striking surface on the side of the match box |
12 Hugo D. |
| cardboard |
13 Pierre |
| wasp's nest |
14 Carla |
| honey comb |
15 Paul |
| metal wires & their colorful insulation
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16 Hugo B. |
| PET - the kind of plastic used for
making water bottles |
17 Isaïa-Nils |
| Tetra Pak - the kind of container used
for the orange juice box |
18 Max |
Posted 28 October 2008:
- During the Toussaint vacation, be sure to take some
time to study for your exam which will be during the Compo week (November
17 to 21).
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Revision for the Compositions
Groupées in November 2008:
- Module 1 Phase 1:
The Spheres
- biosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere
and their interations
- names of layers of the atmosphere and of
Earth's interior (but not all the numbers concerning the distances or
thicknesses).
- pressure - what it is, how it works, examples
in air and water
- Module 1 Phase 2: Soil (Meudon Forest)
- What is soil?
- Particle sizes, porosity and permeability, pH of soil
- names of layers
- organisms found in the soil (soil animals) - you do
not need to memorize all their names but you should know the main examples
we found and how we separated them from the soil
- decomposers and decomposition - how his soil made?
- how water moves inside a plant - capillarity, cohesion,
adhesion, stomata pores on the leaf
- what seeds need to germinate
- how to read and interpret a graph or make a graph
- You need to know all of the experiments we did.
You should be able to name and draw the apparatus (equipment) used, the
aim of each experiement and what we learned. You are not
expected to remember the specific results (such as what % of the soil had
particles bigger than 2mm). However, you would be expected to
remember that when the pH indicator solution turns green, it's neutral and
when it turns yellow or red, it's acidic.
Have a look at my compositions
groupées revision guide. It contains suggestions
for successful revision and test-taking skills.
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- The week of October 20th to the 24th is Week B
- you need your lab coats.
- The week of October 13th to the 17th is Week A
- you will not need your lab coats
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Posted 5 October 2008:
- The week of October 6th to the 10th is Week B -
you need your lab coats.
- Be sure to have your carnet with you this week - it is
also carnet-signing week.
- Each student needs to bring his/her own science folder
with the notes we have been taking concerning the experiments we have done.
- added on 8 october:
please print this out and bring it to class on Thursday:
Posted 1 October 2008, corrected 5 Oct:
- This week is Week A - you do not need your lab coats.
- To do for Thursday 2 October: finish the diagram
we started in class of a scale drawing. Then make a nice copy on a
separate piece of paper which you will hand in. Be sure to include
the following:
- a title you have invented
- the scale you used
- the names of Earth's layers and of the atmospheric
layers
- the depths / heights / thicknesses of each layer
- make it informative and make it look nice with
illustrations
- To make the drawing as accurate as possible, do not
hesitate to do a little research on these layers. Use the sites in
the green box above to help you.
- Next week (the week of October 6th, you will need your
lab coat)
Posted 21 September 2008:
- The week of September 22nd is Week B - bring your lab
coats on Thursday and Friday for lab investigations. On Monday and
Tuesday we will finish discussing the last experiments and introduce the
next ones.
- Don't forget, we have a Field Trip on Wednesday the
24th.
- If you have not done so, bring your authorization and
money Monday or Tuesday.
- On Wednesday, wear good walking shoes - we will be in
sand and dirt (and maybe a bit of mud if it rains). Bring something
to write with and something waterproof if the weather gets wet.
- Students may bring entertainment (music, games) for
the bus but these will be left in the coach while we are in the forest.
- Remember to always bring your science notebook to
class as well as a folder for keeping papers.
Posted 14 September 2008:
- Since the week of September 15th is Week A, you do not
need to bring your lab coats.
- Continue to bring your Science folders with the
photocopies I gave you. Also, bring your USB keys - some students
have not shown me theirs yet.
Posted 9 September 2008:
- Bring your lab coats to class on Friday
12 September. Students without a lab coat will not be able to do the
investigations.
- Research to do:
- Start with the question you asked in class about the
Atmosphere or Ocean video and find one page of information answering the
question. If your question has a short answer, do research around
the topic or start looking for answers to your other questions.
- It is suggested that you use the web sites in the
green box above.
- Copy / paste the information (and images) onto a Word
document (.doc)
- Be sure to cite your sources correctly (see
Citation
Machine)
- Put your Word document on your USB key to bring to
class on Thursday
- Note: if you are using Word 2007 (.docx at the
end), you must save your document as a .doc document (Fichier >
enregistrer sous...)
- If you have a question or a problem, email me.
If you don't have a USB key yet, email the document to me on Wednesday
evening.
- Have your parents sign the permission slip for the
field trip to the Meudon forest. Put the signed paper in an envelope
with 10 euros and put your name on the outside of the envelope.
- Still haven't sent me an email? See instructions
below.
Posted 2 September 2008:
- Bring your lab coats to class.
- Send me an email with your name, class and science
group so that I can gather everyone's address. You can find my email
address and further instructions on my How to
Contact Mr. Damon page. Note that the address a little different
from what I wrote on the board.
- Bring a USB thumb drive to class. Be sure your
name is on the outside somewhere. If ever I collect them, I need to
know whose is whose! Also, if you lose it, we know who to return it
to. If you are buying a new one, I do not recommend the U3 Smart
drives in class. For the moment, they are not compatible with Mac or
Vista. Also, 2 or 4 Gb is enough - do not spend more than 25€ for
this.

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