Catapult building, our Special Guest, and Types of Energy
In the last few weeks, we’ve have the opportunity to do lots of hands on learning. We built Rube Goldberg Machines as a school activity,...More
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Look at that BRAIN!
The students enjoyed their day at the Museum of Science and Technology. One whole section of the museum was dedicated to the brain and how...More
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New Type of Note-Taking
What do you SEE? What do you THINK? What do you WONDER? Students are working on proper note-taking techniques, and how to record ideas and...More
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This week, students chose a simple machine found in their house and wrote 5 clues to describe it. These clues were shared with the class...More
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On November 20th, we got to visit the museum of Science and Technology. We participated in a workshop about simple machines, and spent the afternoon...More
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Brain Vocabulary
Students are learning the names of the parts of the brain, along with their functions. In order to have a good understanding of how the...More
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Building Structures
For their unit about Forces and Structures, grade 5/6 students read an article about the history of domes and how they are constructed, during English...More
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To launch our new unit of inquiry, we started this gloomy Monday morning off with an exciting building activity! The students were challenged with a...More
1 0Native American Artwork
Our inquiry into culture has brought us towards Native American culture, and its impact that it has on current day society. We listened to Native...More
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The month of October brought us on our first field trip of the year to Parliament Hill. During our tour, we looked for symbols around...More
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