Mrs. Calder's STEM 8 Blog
Thursday, May 8, 2014
Smallpox and the first Vaccine
In the Early1600's and 1700's, people were inoculated with smallpox
with the hope that they would get a less deathly form of the disease.
Watch the video below to see how it was done.
Then, Dr. Edward Jenner discovered that the less deadly cowpox virus could be used in place of
smallpox and still provide immunity to smallpox. This became the first vaccine. Friday, May 2, 2014
The Smallpox Epidemic of 1862
In class today we explored the terrible Smallpox epidemic of 1862 that started in Victoria and was carried all the way up the coast to Haida Gwaii and Fort Simpson (now Lax Kw'alaams). Smallpox killed half of the First Nations People in the area. To Read the full story, ready the document attached from Persistance and Change, pages 94-96.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Review - Adding and Subtracting Mixed numbers
Here are a bunch of great videos explaining how to add and subtract mixed numbers.
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Monday, March 31, 2014
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Friday, February 14, 2014
Circulatory System Brain Pop videos!
Over the next two classes you will watch and complete online activities for some Brain Pop Videos at www.brainpop.com . You may take the Quiz more than once (practice makes perfect!) Don’t print the quiz until you are happy with your results.
You will need to log in to watch the videos and complete the activities. Please print or email me the results of the quizzes and vocabulary or activity sheets.
· Vocab Sheet
· Review Quiz
· Activity Sheet with heart diagram
· Review Quiz
· Review Quiz
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