Saturday, August 29, 2009

Prize Question #4

What is the brightest object in the night sky after the Sun and the Moon?

School Certificate Test Question #3 - Due before next Friday's lesson

From the 2008 School Certificate Paper.

1. Name an environmental advantage of using CFL bulbs and explain why it is an advantage (2 marks)

2. Australian Scientists have made contributions to society. Describe the effect of one of these contributions on peoples lives. (2 marks) ***This was your first assessment task***

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Prize Questions #3

Balance the following Equation

C10H22 + O2 => CO2 + H2O

Thursday, August 13, 2009

The Law of Conservation of Mass

School Certificate Test Question #2

From The 2005 School Certificate Test. Due for Monday's Lesson.

***You can use your textbooks, notebooks, internet, etc... for your research, but your answer must be in your own words. Remember, these things won't be with you when you are writing the test.***

#2 (a) Name a type of electromagnetic radiation that is used in communication.

(b) Identify ONE advantage and ONE disadvantage of using this type of electromagnetic
radiation for communication.

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Prize Question #2 - Let's make it a bit more difficult this time.

Light travels at a speed of 300000km per second. If you are traveling in a car towards the light at a speed of 100km per hour and you look left outside of your window how fast would the light be traveling by you?

(the answer is simpler than it seems)

Thursday, August 6, 2009

*** INCURSION TOMORROW ***

*** 10SC1  -  You will be doing the incursion during periods 1 and 2 in ag19 tomorrow, not period 5 and 6.

Just a quick reminder to anyone who has not yet brought their money and note in for the incursion tomorrow.

School Certificate Test Question #1 - Due 10/08/09

Instructions:  Pay close attention to the marks allocated to each answer.  Pay close attention to the word that I have bolded in each question. You may use any resource to answer this question (notebooks, textbooks, internet, etc..) but the answer MUST be written in your own words. (The internet won't be  there when you write your exam.)  Put your full name at the end of your answer so I can check off that you have completed your homework.

From the 2005 School Certificate Exam

Question 1

a) Name an example of a technology or invention developed by scientists.  (1 mark)

b) Explain how an advance in technology has increased scientific knowledge. (2 marks)

Sunday, August 2, 2009

PRIZE question #1

First to answer wins a prize!

What does ATP stand for?  What is it?

INCURSION Next Tuesday!!!

Just a quick reminder that the CSIRO Science incursion is next Tuesday.  
I have put extra letters on MEDIAFIRE.COM for anyone who has lost theirs.

The following students still need to bring money to the office:

10sc1

Sean
Emily
Alana
Monica
Sharntel
Paul
Bradley
Rhyannon
Shant
Soro
James
Tanya
Paige
Moses
Paul
Robert

10sc7

Bryan
Jessica
Michael
Mark
Joe
Dylan
Melissa
Dillan
Lexie
Joshua
Nunia
Adam
Michael
Lachlan
Davud
Enya
Georgia