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Homework

It is expected that students will take 5-10 minutes each night to go over that day’s lesson.

Parents/caregivers can get involved at this point by asking about the day’s lesson. Encourage them to explain what they did and found out (this opens good communication and don’t accept the answer, “nothing”).

Homework will take different forms depending on the time of year and student workload. A combination of fortnightly homework assignments, nightly activities or work unable to be completed during normal class time and revision sheets will be used. This homework is designed to practice essential skills such as graphing and give a sound understanding of the required concepts.

Students should also spend time revising the content and learning formulas or definitions.

Experiments should be revised also. What was the Aim? How it was done? What you found out? etc

Sometimes students are asked to research a definition or fact for the next lesson, pre-read a section of the textbook or are given reading to supplement the content.

Whilst homework is essentially the student’s work, we encourage parents/caregivers to get involved and help. This shows that you are interested and homework is important.

Don’t be put off! Even if you think you are not good at Science. In Science we all learn together and it is always changing (just ask Pluto)!

If you need any help contact your local, friendly Science teacher.

Year 7

Click on this link to get information on Science in Year 7:

Year 7 Science Parents Information Booklet


Upcoming Assessment

Year 10
	Assessment Task	Weighting	Date

	Science Research Project	20%	Term 1 - Week 2 until Term 2 - Week 3

	Half Yearly Exam	20%	Term 2 - Weeks 4 &5

	Practical (common)	20%	Term 2 - Week 7

	Media Study	20%	Term 2 Week 5 until Term 3 Week 5

	Yearly Exam	20%	Term 4 - Week 1

Click on Mr Huntington to see what will happen if you disobey lab rules

	Science Facts & Puzzles
	Quiz Questions What does the elastic rebound theory explain? a) earthquakes b) skin elasticity c) trampolines? What does an ichthyologist study? a) fish b) termites c) mosquito bites True or False? After cyclone Larry hit Queensland, tens of thousands of wombats went missing in action? True or false? The smell of tiger poo has been found to scare off goats, feral pigs, kangaroos and rabbits. What is the name of the compounds that give apples their colour?

	Did you know? If you put refrigerators and freezers in cool spots out of the sun you can save up to 100 kg of greenhouse gas each year.















	How to change the colour of a goldfish
	Goldfish can partly control the pigment in their scales. A goldfish
	will turn dark in a black container and pale in a white container.

	Quiz Answers Earthquakes Fish False, flying foxes went missing. True! Anthocyanins. CSIRO researchers have located a gene that controls the colour of apples – a discovery that may lead to bright new apple varieties. “The red colour in apple skin is the result of anthocyanins, the natural plant compounds responsible for blue and red colours in many flowers and fruits,” says the leader of the CSIRO Plant Industry research team, Dr Mandy Walker

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Astronomy

Find out what astronomical events are happening in 2009!

To find out what events are happening in the night sky above Cootamundra in 2009, click on this link:

Heavens-above.com

To find out all astronomy and space events happening in 2009, click on this link:

Paulfloyd.id.au

Pluto is not a planet anymore

The International Astronomical Union has finished its deliberation, and Pluto has been demoted to "Dwarf Planet". So Now there are 8 Planets, an as yet to be determined number of Dwarf planets (Pluto, UB313, possibly Ceres and 2005 FY9), and an as yet unnamed group of small icy things.
The blogosphere is all aflury with the news. Stuart has a good report hot from the IAU. Both the Bad Astronomer and Tom ruminate on the meaning of all this.
On Jodcast (nimbly edited by Stuart) you can listen to an edited version of the deliberations (and there are also heaps of good IAU links). The video of the full deliberations is here.
Blast, I was looking forward to 12 planets. My Very Easy Memory Jingle Seems Useful Naming .... seems a bit silly now. Maybe it should be My Very Easy Memory Jingle Seems UB-less Now

The Planets

Mercury - On the 1st, Mercury is at superior conjunction with the Sun. From mid-September, Mercury is in a great position for observation, rising in the western evening sky. Mercury meets Mars mid-month, coming to within 0.5 degrees of the red planet on 16th. On 24th, Mercury is close to the crescent Moon before heading towards Spica on 28th.

Venus - is too close to the Sun to observe.

Mars - In mid-September, Mars has a close encounter with Mercury.

Jupiter - can be found high in the western sky in the early evening. On 26th, it appears close to the Moon.

Saturn - is found in Leo at the start of the month. The ringed planet will come close to the Moon on the 19th.

Uranus - is at opposition on 5th of the month before passing behind the Moon on the 8th.

Neptune - found in Capricornus, transits the meridian at about 9:30pm.

Astronomy Links

For more information these are good sit