Oct. 8 2015

To be returned signed on Wed. Oct. 14th

Di Croce Gr.7 Task Tracker   stsimondicroce.blogspot.ca                                                       Student: ____________________

Assignment	A work in progress…	Completed in full	Submitted when requested via hardcopy, e-mail or usb print
Writing/Visual: all about me
Writing: favorite color poem
Oral/Visual: summer highlights presentation
Reading: novel pre-reading thoughts
Reading: novel Kim to Leona x5 reading responses
Reading: novel Sam to Amir x7 reading responses
Writing: draft letter to author
Geography: Emery Village
Geography: entertainment district
Geography: 3 T.O. districts of choice
Geography: favorite T.O. place of choice
Science: 1.1 what is matter handout lab prep pgs.1-5
Science: Lab #1 particle theory write-up
Science: 1.2 more about matter handout lab prep pgs.6-11
Science: Lab #2 changes in state write-up
Science: 1.4 pure substances/mixtures handout lab prep pgs.12-15
Science: Lab #3 testing matter
Health: personal 10 sugar intake
Health: take-home quiz sugar intake equivalent rates
Art: 4 pieces cityscape, andy warhol, self t-shirt, autumn scene
Math adding/subtracting/multiplying/dividing fractions practice pgs.1-6 + corrections
Math fraction tests /72, /25, /37, /21
Math team task area of irregular shape (flooring problem)
Math team task surface area (painting problem)
Math adding/subtracting integers practice pgs.7-8  + corrections

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Math:

Continue calculating surface area of bedroom to paint removing area of window, area of entrance door, and area of closet doors.  Calculate number of gallons and litres of paint necessary to cover area.

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Complete Science 1.4 pure substances/mixtures below in prep for Lab #3

Science 1.4 handout Pure Substances & Mixtures pgs.12-15

Drop of milk under microscope (fat, protein, water, bacteria)

3 examples of pure substances include table sugar, table salt and aluminum foil because they are made of one type of particle.

3 examples of mixtures include milk, juice, air and steel because they are made of 2+ pure substances mixed together.

Batteries contain a mixture of hazardous and harmful (environmentally/physically) pure substances that cannot be disposed in our garbage, recycling or organic bins.  Like motor oil/lubricants, ink cartridges, automotive cleaners, paints/stains, pesticides or propane tanks and electronic-waste they cannot end up in landfill and must be taken to a special recycling station in the community.   

In a pure substance, the particles are the same/equal and relatively close together.  In a mixture, you can see 2+ different particles combined next to or in between pure particles. 

cookies: different ingredients mixed/combined together

sugar: pure substance i.e. cane sugar then processed/refined

aluminum: pure substance

steel: mixture of different metals/alloys

apple juice: mixture of concentrate, water, possibly sugar, vitamins

tap water: compound of oxygen and hydrogen, naturally occurring minerals but many pollutants have been dissolved in it affecting its purity

lead: natural element, pure

air: mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, argon, water vapor and, unfortunately, many other pollutant gases

mercury: natural element, pure

sweetened water: adding anything to water creates a mixture

Orange juice is 100% pure only when you take an orange cut it in halves and squeeze out the juice and pulp.  Boxed juice companies have hired chemists to add back the flavor and fragrance we associate with freshly squeezed oranges after the juice has been sitting in holding tanks loosing it’s natural freshness (oxygen, vitamins, minerals, smell, taste).