Grade 9 Electives
School Year 2023/24
Forensic Science - fingerprinting - 2023/24
In the Forensic Science elective class, students have been learning about how to start gathering evidence at a crime scene.
According to criminal investigators, fingerprints follow 3 fundamental principles:
•A fingerprint is an individual characteristic; no two people have been found with the exact same fingerprint pattern.
•A fingerprint pattern will remain unchanged for the life of an individual; however, the print itself may change due to permanent scars and skin diseases.
•Fingerprints have general characteristic ridge patterns that allow them to be systematically identified.
Students took their own fingerprints and then identified the different patterns they could see.
Botanical Garden - Architectural Design - 2023/24
Designing and building a Botanical garden
The students were tasked with creating a botanical garden and building a greenhouse dome that protects and controls the temperature of their gardens. Working in groups, they researched different types of plants they'd like to feature in their botanical gardens. After sketching their plants, they worked together to create a dome out of recycled paper or plastic cups.
As architects, they put their craftsmanship to the test by experimenting with different ways to construct the cups into a dome shape. The dome was then placed on top of their plant sketch, thus completing their model of a botanical garden.
Finally, the students measured the radius of their dome and calculated the surface area, volume, and surface area to volume ratio of their dome.
School Year 2022/23
Forensic Science - fingerprinting - 2022/23
One crucial element of forensic science is fingerprinting. In this class, students learned how to take fingerprints and look for unique patterns in their own prints.
Voice Acting - Final project - 2022/23
For the final project in Voice Acting class, students were asked to work in small groups and prepare a voiceover video for any animation or movie of their choice. Film choices ranged from Mean Girls to Encanto and the Powerpuff girls, which you can see above.
The students worked really hard to record their voices over the videos and their hard work paid off, the videos were excellent!
