Gas Law ExperimentsThis week, grade 11 chemistry students are investigating gas laws through a series of hands-on labs. Using gas law apparatus, pop bottles, and pressure pumps, students explored the relationship between the temperature, volume, and pressure of gases, and verified fundamental gas laws like Boyle’s law and Charles’s law. |
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Analyzing Classic LiteratureGrade 12 English students have started preparing to write their own literary analysis of a story by browsing a variety of different novels. From books like 1984 to 1Q84, students will be choosing from a variety of classic and modern novels. |
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Bumper-Bot RacingThis week, the technological design class culminated their Electronics unit with a Bumper-Bot race! Students meticulously soldered dozens of electronic components, and attaching motors and wheels to their own creatively inspired base. The bots ranged from chickens to tanks, and did not fail to entertain. |
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Probability ExperimentsIn the Grade 12 Data Management class, students finished up their unit on combinations and have now moved on to probability. Through the use of cards, coins, and dice, they have been modelling different situations and calculating the experimental and theoretical probabilities. This useful skill has many real life applications, and will come in handy for any future experiments. |
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