Lea’s Mutation I’m a gene named Marcel, I live in the wonderful body of Lea Saviaro who is 10 years of age. Here is our journey… Lea is 10 years old, born on June 22nd, 2006. She’s a very happy girl with a wonderful family and a beautiful home. However she was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy at […]
Grade 9
Extacting DNA lab
Extracting DNA During this lab, we did an experiment on DNA. In one ziplock bag, we mixed salt, banana, soap, water and ethanol. In another bag we mixed them same ingredients, however this time using one frozen strawberry. After mixing all ingredients and letting it sit for 10 minutes, we noticed that the substance began to […]
Collaboration Project – Safety around live wires
What non-negotiables do you have for your group? That we all get to participate and have our voices heard and no one gets left out. How do you plan to complete this project as an effective group? To all participate in the group project and to be able to hear everyone’s ideas. What will you […]
Réflixion-Monsieur Lazhar
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Van der Graff generator
In Science class we learned what a Van der Graff generator was. It’s an electrical generator, in this electric generator there is a rapid moving belt that transfers electricity to a hollow, spherical, metal object. I learned that when touching the large, spherical ball your hair stands up and the electricity transfers from the ball into […]
Exponents
What is the difference between.. and ? And… and ? and = 8 – 2•2•2 = 9 – 3•3 and = 16 (-2)(-2)(-2)(-2) = -16 -2•2•2•2
LateX coding
Example 1 : Exponent Example 2 : two digit exponent Example 3 : Change size Example 4 : adding in operations Example 5 : Fractions Example 6 : change background colour Example 7 : change background colour highlighter
Science App Review
Science App Review I chose the Periodic Table app for my Science App Review project. I was first looking for a quick and easy way to get a periodic table for my many assignments. I came across this. The Periodic Table App has it’s pros and it’s cons. It’s very helpful, in the sense that […]
My digital footprint
What are the three strategies that you can use? Make sure to have secure passwords with numbers. Be sure to have supervision if you don’t feel comfortable enough on your own. Don’t go onto any questionable sites or links. What advice do you have? To be responsible, be true to yourself and to think before […]
Testing for Vitamin C
I have learned, within this activity that when adding these chemicals to other substances, the colour gradually darkens over time. It’s important to know about the mixture of chemicals for many reasons, for discovering new products and foods, for safety reasons and procedures, etc. Without scientists and experiments such as these labs, we would have never […]