Learn more about the worst toxic waste – nurdles

Nurdles, the colloquial term for “pre-production plastic pellets”, are the little-known building block for all our plastic products. The tiny beads can be made of polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride and other plastics. Released into the environment from plastic plants or when shipped around the world as raw material to factories, they will sink or float, depending on the density of the pellets and if they are in freshwater or saltwater.

They are often mistaken for food by seabirds, fish and other wildlife. In the environment, they fragment into nanoparticles whose hazards are more complex. They are the second-largest source of micropollutants in the ocean, by weight, after tyre dust. An astounding 230,000 tonnes of nurdles end up in oceans every year.

Learn more about how the science and forecasting language of the climate crisis is adapting to meet our new weather reality:  Link to article 

This paper introduces a scale for the intensity and impacts of ARs. Its utility may be greatest where ARs are the most impactful storm type and hurricanes, nor’easters, and tornadoes are nearly nonexistent. (Martin, 2019).

Learn more:  Link

The Great Pacific garbage patch is getting a clean up:

Learn more about how our oceans are being polluted by plastic waste:

Science is a way of learning about the natural world. You do not have to believe in science for it to be true.

Review Chemistry skills from Grade 8 and Grade 9:

Watch the following video clip = read the periodic table + Bohr models
Watch the following video clip = periodic table familes and reactivity trends

Learn more about the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry 

The 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Using organic molecules as effective and environmentally friendly catalysts

2021-Nobel-Prize-in-Chemistry

Malaria is caused by an ancient parasite.  The WHO announced the development of the world’s first vaccine against malaria.

Learn more about how the red blood cells are attacked by the malaria parasite.

Watch the following video clips to Learn more about organic and non-organic farming practices:

Watch the following video clip and learn more about the marketing claims for GMO and non-GMO food products:

Welcome to our virtual  Science 10 Meet the teacher & parent for Semester 1_Fall 2021(Sept. – Jan.)

Please review the following information – I look forward to working with your student and teaching them Science 10

• Course Outline_Science 10

• I am available for extra help Monday -Friday 8:40 am to 9:05  in Room 220 (Note flex block is every second Thursday). 

• Teacher Contact Information:  Ms. Ignas Room 220 (Science Dept/second floor).

• Email: veronica.ignas@burnabyschools.ca
• Phone: 604-296-6895  voicemail ext. 610220

• How to Use the MyEducation Grade book to review Student Grades

• To access grades and report card:
  • Go to MyEducation BC
  • Log on using your student ID (or registered email address, for parents)
  • If you are having any problems logging on, there are additional instructions here.
  • Still can’t log-in? Contact the Moscrop School office.
  • MyEd guide for parents

• How to support your student in Science 10

During Flex time students are encouraged to have choice, ownership and agency with respect to their learning

FLEXpectations