Grade 9 Semester 2

Grade 9 Academic science activity in critical thinking on day 1 of Semester 2.  It's never too early to get the juices flowing or the towers built.  This activity involvs the grade 9 students trying to build the Tallest Freestanding Tower they can.

Brennan Olympic Science (B.O.S)

The Brennan Science Department is currently hosting 7 classes from our feeder schools in a Brennan Science Challenge.  Each week students from these classes work in small groups and  are invited to participate in a new activity and submit it to B.O.S via google classroom.

The top 6 teams are ranked each week. At the end of  the 10 week science challenge, the top 6 teams will be invited to visit Brennan for a Science Olympiad to claim bragging rights as the best elementary science school team.
May the Force Be with you! (F=ma)

Oct 23 Mole day

Mole Day

October 23rd marks the day we celebrate Mole Day.
A mole is a unit of measurement in chemistry and is 6.022 x 10 23.This is Avogadro's constant.
These are Mrs. M. Taylor's  Period 4 grade 12 Mole day projects:

   

Grade 9 Science:  Micro-Ecosystem Project

Our students had to construct a micro-ecosystem that included organisms at different trophic levels. They had to include the carbon cycle, the nitrogen cycle, the water cycle and the phosphorus cycle.

They needed to consider populations and carrying capacity and their ecosystem must be sustainable.

Their ecosystems were sealed so that no air or water could enter or leave the system.   Only sunlight is permitted through.

They had to problem solve, think critically and work together in teams to accomplish the practical task of building the ecosystem as well as putting together a written report and oral presentation to the class.

 They caught bugs, the spiders were big and scary!!
The spiders escaped...

They dug up weeds, they planted grass seed, they watched the plants grow mold....

The potato bugs drowned in the pools of water...

The students were frustrated...they problem solved,
they laughed and screamed (especially when the spiders got loose) and cried...

But mostly they had fun!!!!!

They presented their ecosystems to the class...
they read poems, they drew posters,  they sang and danced....
They even performed a song accompanied by guitar "When this project ends"...

Way to go Grade 9's now let's keep all of God's creatures in our prayers and hope they survive the next month of the  SURVIVAL GAMES. 

Brennan Science Rules

A special thanks to the parents for their support. Thank you for the tanks that were donated, thank you for buying supplies, and thank you for your help in catching insects and hairy spiders !

Do you know what's in your food? 

Mrs. Brunone's Grade 12 students working on their Nutrient lab. Carbohydrates, lipids, proteins oh MY!

October 16th, 2015 --University of Windsor Science Olympiad

F.J. Brennan is sending 2 teams of 5. One team represents our grade 12 students and one team our grade 11 students.  They will have the opportunity to compete with students from other high schools in the areas of Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Computer Science.  

Teacher moderator:  Lina Brunone

A great Summer Science Camp