Homework - Thursday, November 2, 2006

Math 6:
- Data Management 1 Activity 1, for Friday, November 3.

Math 7:
- Study for Data Management retest (if necessary), held on Monday, November 6.

Math 8:
- Complete Data Management Evaluation Task 1, for Friday, November 3.
- Study for Data Management retest (if necessary), held on Tuesday, November 7.

Physics 8:
- No homework.

Homework - Wednesday, November 1, 2006

Math 6:
- No homework.

Math 7:
- Complete Data Management Letter Frequency Task for Thursday, November 2, 2006.

Math 8:
- Have 20 surveys completed for Thursday, November 2, 2006.

Physics 8:
- No homework.

Homework - Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Math 6:
- No homework.

Math 7:
- Complete Data Management 1 Cryptography Letter Frequency Task for Thursday, November 2, 2006.

Math 8:
- 20 surveys filled in for Thursday, November 2, 2006.
- Study for oral test, held Wednesday, November 1, 2006.

Physics 8:
- No homework.

Homework - Monday, October 30, 2006

Math 6:
- No homework.

Math 7:
- Data Management 1 Cryptography Letter Frequency Task, for Thursday, November 2.

Math 8:
- Study for Data Management 1 Oral Test, Wednesday, November 1.
- Data Management 1 Activity 2, for Tuesday, October 31.
- Survey (completed by 20 respondents), for Thursday, November 2.

Physics 8:
-No homework

Math 8 - Oral Test - Wednesday, November 1, 2006.

* Data Management 1:
- Distinguishing between: Population, sample, Census, survey;
- Avoiding bias in data collection methods (2 criteria);
- Difference between primary and secondary data;
- Difference between discrete, continuous, and categorical data;
- Using intervals to sort data.

Homework - Friday, October 27, 2006

Math 6:
- No homework.

Math 7:
- Study for Data Management 1 Oral Test, held on Monday, October 30.
- Bring pumpkin for Pumpkin Carving Contest, held on Monday, October 30.
- Complete Cryptography - Letter Frequency Task, for Thursday, November 2.

Math 8:
- Study for Data Management 1 Oral Test, held on Wednesday, November 1.
- Complete Data Management 1 Activity 2, for Tuesday, October 31.
- Have 20 surveys completed for Thursday, November 2.
- Sample for surveys must include 5 people under 12, 10 people between 12 and 18, and 5 people over 18 years old.

Physics 8:
- No homework.

Math 7 - Oral Test - Monday, October 30, 2006.

* Data Management 1:
- Distinguishing between: Population, sample, Census, survey;
- Avoiding bias in data collection methods (2 criteria);
- Difference between primary and secondary data;
- Difference between discrete, continuous, and categorical data.

Homework - Thursday, October 26, 2006

Math 6:
- No homework.

Math 7:
- Life by the Numbers poster and text, for October 27.
- Study for Oral Test being held on Monday, October 30 (see other post).
- Get pumpkin for Pumpkin Carving Contest, held on Monday, October 30.

Math 8:
- Sample 20 people with survey questionnaire, for November 1st.

Physics 8:
- No homework.

Homework - Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Math 6:
- Study for test.

Math 7:
- Complete the tally chart for the Cryptography Task, due Thursday.
- Life by the Numbers poster and text, due Friday.

Math 8:
- Survey task (survey must be completed by 20 people), due Monday.

Physics 8:
- Take-home Test, due Thursday.

Homework - Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Math 6:
- Study for test on Thursday.
- Finish Review Activities (the Skeleton pages), for Wednesday.

Math 7:
- Data Management 1 Activity 2 #2 - 5, for Wednesday.
- Life by the Numbers poster and text, for Friday.

Math 8:
- Data Management 1 Activity 1, for Wednesday.

Physics 8:
- Take-Home test, for Thursday.

Homework - Monday, October 23, 2006.

Math 6:
- No homework.
- Study for test (Thursday, October 26).

Math 7:
- Data Management 1 Activity 2 #2 - 5, for Wednesday.
- Life by the Numbers, for Oct 27.

Math 8:
- No homework.

Physics 8:
- Take-Home Test, for Thursday, October 26.

Homework - Thursday, October 19, 2006

Math 6:
- Review Activities: Addition #3-4, Subtraction #2.

Math 7:
- Activity 2, #1.
- Life by the Numbers, due October 27, 2006.

Math 8:
- Study for test.

Physics 8:
- No homework.

Homework - Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Math 6:
- Review Activities: Multiplication of Decimal Numbers and Division of Decimal Numbers.

Math 7:
- Activity 2, #1.
- Life by the Numbers, for October 27.

Math 8:
- Study for test on Friday.

Physics 8:
- No homework.

Math 6 - Quiz - October 19, 2006

* Number Sense and Numeration 2:
- Common multiples;
- Prime factorization;
- Operations on decimal numbers (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division).

Math 6 - Test - October 24, 2006

* History of Math 1:
- Number sense and number concept;
- Number symbols;
- Binary number system;
- Roman number system.

* Number Sense and Numeration 1:
- Representing large numbers;
- Representing small numbers;
- Conversion between units;
- Rounding large and small numbers.

* Number Sense and Numeration 2:
- Common multiples;
- Prime factorization;
- Operations on decimal numbers (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division).

Homework - Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Math 6:
- P. 83 Practise Your Skills (all questions)
- p. 85 Practise Your Skills (all questions)
- p. 96 #7

Math 7:
- Life by the Numbers tast, for October 27.

Math 8:
- Review for Test (see other post).

Physics 8:
- No homework.

Grade 8 - Math Test on Friday, October 20 2006

* History of Math 1:
- Number sense and number concept;
- Number symbols;
- Binary number system;
- Roman number system.

* Number Sense and Numeration 1:
- Decimal number system;
- Representing numbers using standard and expanded form;
- Exponentiation;
- Scientific notation;
- Prime factorisation;
- Squares and estimating square roots.

* Number Sense and Numeration 2:
- Fractions;
- Decimal numbers;
- Conversion of fractions to decimal numbers and vice versa.

Game of Life

You can find an on-line version of the Game of Life at

http://bloemenbuurt.bitstorm.org/gameoflife/

From the same site, you can download a version of the game for your computer.

Grade 7 Test Results

Note: Question 4 was not counted. The test total was changed from 40 to 39.
If a student has a result below 75%, he/she must correct the test and hand in the correction.

[ Student Number - Result ]

#063 - 53%
#066 - 94%
#067 - 57%
#071 - 74%
#097 - 90%
#127 - 91%
#136 - 60%
#229 - 67%
#232 - 96%
#244 - 74%
#279 - 69%
#282 - 103%
#283 - 96%
#284 - 64%
#286 - 51%
#289 - 72%

Class mean: 76%.
Class median: 73%.