Teaching Science

Oct 2013

New Physics 11 Resource

New Resource


  • A set of Motion Graph Quizzes in the kinematics unit.

New and Updated Grade 10 Resources

New Resource


  • A Cellular Snacks assignment in the biology unit.

Updated Resources


  • Updated animations in the Nature of Light Lessons in the physics unit.
  • Updated animations in the Reflection Lessons in the physics unit.
  • Updated animations in the Refraction Lessons in the physics unit.
  • Updated animations in the Lens Lessons in the physics unit.

New Grade 10 Resources

New Resources


  • Lessons for Acids and Bases in the chemistry unit.
  • Lessons for Refraction in the physics unit.
  • Lessons for Lenses in the physics unit.

New and Updated Grade 10 Resources

New Resources


  • A Safety Poster assignment in the chemistry unit.
  • Lessons for the chemistry unit: Chemical Reactions.
  • A reading exercise on Acid Rain in China in the chemistry unit.
  • Lessons for The Nature of Light in the physics unit.
  • Link to NASA’s Tour of the Electromagnetic Spectrum in the physics unit.
  • A Sources of Light Poster assignment in the physics unit.
  • A quiz (Quiz Empedocles) in the physics unit.
  • Lessons for Reflection in the physics unit.
  • A Mirror Ray Diagram Workbook in the physics unit.

Updated Resources


  • Minor cosmetic update to the Ionic Compound Quizzes package in the chemistry unit.
  • Minor cosmetic update to the Chemical Equation Practice package in the chemistry unit.

New and Updated Grade 10 Resources

New Resources


  • Three sets of lessons for the biology unit: Cell Theory, Cell Structure, and Cell Division.
  • A creative writing assignment Specialized Cell Ad has been added to the biology unit.
  • A Cell Structure Quiz has been added to the biology unit.
  • A Cell Diagram Quiz has been added to the biology unit.
  • A Corporate Organism Assignment has been added to the biology unit.

Updated Resources


The Nelson OSSLT Questions in the grade 10 biology, chemistry, and physics units have been updated to include answers. The files in the climate unit already contained answers, so if you’ve already downloaded them there’s no need to do it again.

Update Feature Added

To make it easier for you to find new and updated material, I’ve added two new features to the science.robertprior.ca web site. The first is this section, where I’ll announce new and updated resources. The second is a date under the download link on a page, indicating when a resource was last changed. Note that resources without a date were last changed before today (October 23, 2013) — it will take me a while to update all the dates.