8B Science

Make a poster to show how the genes for a specific trait are passed through  a family. The coloured paper for this activity is on my desk.

If possible, do your own family. It doesn’t matter if some of your family aren’t on your poster (for example if you don’t know about one side of your family, or your grandparents). If possible, include your cousins, as the more generations the better. However, if you couldn’t or can’t find enough information about your family, or if you can’t find a trait for which people are different (for example if everyone is right handed and has black hair and dark eyes, which is quite common for Japanese, Korean and Indian families) then you can either choose a famous person (eg a celebrity) if you can find enough information about their family, or you can make up an imaginary family (be creative, for example are large teeth dominant for dragons?)

You must show at least the name, genotype and phenotype of each person/creature. Be creative in how you show the phenotype with the picture. Or, if possible, print photos of the people.

Eg: “Bill, Bb” and the picture could show him with black hair.

“Sayaka, Hh” and the picture could show her holding up her right hand to show that she’s right handed.

If you don’t know one of the alleles for a genotype, put a question mark. For example, if your parents are both right handed, but your brother is left handed, then you know that your parents must both be heterozygous (Hh). So if you are right handed, then you don’t know whether you are Hh or HH. So for yourself write H?. It’s very important to get the genotypes correct for everyone on your poster.

Possible traits are hair colour, eye colour, handedness, hitch hikers thumb and attached or free earlobes.

This assessment is formative, and it should be able to be finished in class today.

There are example posters from last year on my whiteboard.

GRADE 10 PHYSICS

10B: Wednesday Periods 7-8

Download and run the electromagnetic lab. Experiment around with it. Make a copy of this Google Doc, share it with me (duffieldj@yis.ac.jp) and then complete all parts of it, based on the simulation.

Read Pages 172-175, and answer all questions on page 173 & 175. Read pages 176-177, and answer all review questions on pages 178-179.

10B: Monday 26th November

Finish the work from last time if you haven’t already (particularly the chapter review pages 178-179).

Make a copy of this electromagnetism summary, share it with me and complete it.

Complete the transformers work and “additional questions” on pages 236-238 in “IGCSE Physics” (on my desk).

Complete the IGCSE Physics worksheets (also on my desk).

Note: this is a lot of review questions, but hopefully it helps for the end of the year!

10B Tuesday 27th November

New unit: Energy Resources

Read Pages 58-71 and answer all questions. Pages 58 to 61 may be revision from last year, but this will be a good introduction to the unit and the assignment.

Start the assignment (on my desk and here on my blog). By the end of the class you should have a plan for what you will use to generate the 30GW and where it will be generated (eg we will use wind turbines, and they will be located off Japan’s East Coast).

 10C (Thursday 22nd November)

Read Electromagnetic Waves Pages 96-97 (covered last class) and answer questions on page 97.

Read Sending Signals Pages 98-99 and answer questions on page 99.

Read Sound section on pages 100-111 and answer questions on pages 101, 103, 107 and 111. It may help to go through the presentation on my blog, though we will go over it in class when I return.

IGCSE Worksheets (on my desk). There is a page on waves and an optional page with revision questions from last year.

GRADE 8 SCIENCE 

8C Science Thursday 22nd November

Please watch this Hereditary clip.

Students should work through the Punnet Squares problems (on my desk). Some of the problems towards the end are a little difficult, but students should ask other students for help, and we will discuss them when I return. A few students have already started (or finished?) them, in which case please go onto these extension questions.

After this, students should work on their debates (a copy should be shared with me).

8C Science Monday 26th November

This class is in M310. Please collect the folder from my desk first. 

Use photocopied booklets (distributed, spare copies on my desk) and read through pages 145-149, answer questions 6 and 7 (grey boxes) on page 145, all the questions on page 146, and the questions in the grey boxes on pages 148 and 149.

After that, please continue to work on your debates,. You must be ready to debate on Thursday (29th). You do not need to memorise your speeches, but you should at least be able to read them very confidently. You should also understand your topic well enough to be able to answer difficult questions from your classmates, the teacher and the opposition team.

GRADE 9 MYP PHYSICS

9C Science Thursday 22nd November

UPDATE: Unfortunately the speech contest is on at the same time as the GIN (Global Issues Network) conference in Singapore. Anyone interested who can’t attend due to the conference (or another reason) is welcome to come to the auditions to watch and learn about the process for next year.

Also, a few students have asked about what to prepare for the audition. It may be a piece you have written, a piece written by someone else (eg a famous or not famous poem, a Shakespearean piece, or anything) or it may be a combination of the two, for example you could take a famous poem, read it and then talk about it. you should be familiar with your piece but you do not need to memorise it.

This year’s competition will be held on November 10th at Seisen International School in Tokyo.

Auditions will be held in room 307 on Monday, September 10th. Please prepare something to read you are comfortable and familiar with, but you do not need to memorise it. It should be approximately three minutes, and no longer than five minutes.

There are nine categories, called ‘Ballots’. YIS can enter two entrants or teams for each ballot except the Multiple Reading, for which we can only enter one group (which can be up to eight people).

These are:

STORYTELLING
The participant memorises and tells a story. It can be for any age group.

POETRY INTERPRETATION
Participants may read one poem or combine many different poems. Memorising poems is optional.

ORIGINAL PERSUASIVE
This is a persuasive speech to convince the audience of a particular idea or view. Notes and outlines on cards are optional, but the speech must not be written out in full.

MULTIPLE READING
This is a more dramatic piece, involving 4-8 people. Voice and style are important, and the speeches may include poetry, prose and drama. Participants  may sing, but the singing must not dominate the show. Costumes are allowed.

ORIGINAL INFORMATIVE SPEECH
This is an informative speech about any chosen topic. Note cards are allowed, but the speech must not be written out in full. It may be funny, but drama and emotions should be kept to a minimum.

HUMOUROUS
This is an opportunity to be a comedian. The participant may make up their own speech or adapt material written by someone else. but must not imitate another comedian or performer. Costumes are allowed.

EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEECH
This is a speech about a current affairs topic, but the participant only finds out what the topic is on the night. Participants will draw four topics (one from each current affairs area of the Americas, Asia, Europe/Middle East/Africa, Asia-Pacific and Japan) and choose one, and then they have one hour in the library to prepare their speech. The speech should be an informative an analytical speech on the chosen topic.

DRAMATIC INTERPRETATION
This is a serious and dramatic speech about an appropriate chosen topic.

DRAMATIC DUO
This is a dramatic presentation by two people, who will act as definite, distinct characters. Emphasis should be on the conversation between the two characters.

If you are interested, please complete the form below (you will need to be logged into your school Gmail first) and then come to an audition on Monday (10th September). Please bring your lunch as you may need to wait for your turn to audition.

8C (Periods 1-2) and 8A (Periods 7-8) Science:

1. Types of Reactions

Textbook: Longman Chemistry (located in room behind whiteboard close to the door; students may need to share books).

A. Read pages 176-180 (ignore ‘neutralisation’ page 178 because we haven’t done acids yet)

B. Answer questions 1-3 (except 3b) on page 181

C. Read pages 182-185

D. Answer (all) questions on page 186

2. Crosswords (there are enough on my desk for two classes)

10A & 10C Physics (Periods 3-4)

Read pages 182-195

Answer the following questions:

Page 185

Page 187

189 (all)

193 (draw the graph for question 3 to IGCSE Paper 6 standards on the graph paper provided).

195

Please review work / prepare for the IGCSEs if you finish the above – thank you.

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