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Our Unique Fingerprints

Much like how we are unique individuals, our fingerprints are unique too! This is what the students discovered as they stamped their fingerprints and compared them with each other using a magnifying glass.​ Source:: Mme Nora’s Blog

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Menu for Mister 6

The students were busy creating a menu for Mister 6! The catch? Mister 6 only eats food in groups of 6, so the students had to make a menu with combinations of not more or less than 6 pieces of food. Mister 6 makes us work really hard at developing

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Bone Bridge October STEM Challenge

Students worked in two groups of three on their October STEM Challenge. The objective for this age group was to build the longest bridge possible using a set amount of materials. Students put on their engineering hats as they gathered in their groups to discuss their ideas and plan for

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Early Settlers Games

The Grade 3/4 class is having fun using what they have learned during our unit, to create their own trading cade game, based on early European settlers. We are excited to play our games on Friday. Source:: Mme Melissa’s English 4-5 Blog

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Toy Inventors

While exploring the steps taken when creating a new good for the marketplace, students concluded their market research and designed a prototype for a new toy. Source:: Mme Melissa’s English 4-5 Blog

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Catan- Learning about the Marketplace

Students enjoyed learning how to play the strategic board game, Catan. The students did a great job of using their unit vocabulary when referring to items that are “in demand”, “traded”, “exported”, and “imported.” The game supports the understanding that the medium of exchange, as well as the ever-changing marketplace,

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