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AcadeCamp 2020
This summer, AcadeCamp is excited to offer a summer in the workforce: Careers in STEAM! AcadeCampers will explore careers related to STEAM. Campers will be exposed to: architecture, forensic science, engineering and aerospace, archaeology and anthropology, chemistry, marine science, physics, and laboratory work. Campers will also enjoy weekly K2 Martial
FEBRUARY 12, 2020: OPEN HOUSE / PORTES OUVERTES
Académie de la Capitale (Acadecap International School) will be hosting its next Open House on February 12, 2020, Wednesday, from 6 to 8 pm. At the Open House, you will meet various members of the Acadecap Community, all interested in sharing their experience with you. You will get to learn
2019 iSTEAM Fair
We are pleased to share photos from our recent iSTEAM fair! https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10156807146537688&type=1&l=fa219a1c15
Bone Bridge Challenge
Last month, AcadeCap JK to Grade 6 took on the Bone Bridge challenge. Students from JK to grade 2 received a limited amount of supplies and were asked to build a bridge as long as possible, using only what was in their bag of materials. Other constraints included building the bridge
iSTEAM Fair on November 27, 2019
AcadeCap is hosting an iSTEAM Fair on November 27th from 9:30 to 12:30. Parents are invited to visit in the morning during the presentations, projects will remain displayed until the end of the day. The fair is an event where students create a project based on research, experiments, and innovation.
From STEM to i STEAM
In discussion and planning with enthusiastic, newly trained PYP staff and the AcadeCap/KIDZ team, we have reaffirmed our philosophy and approach to learning. We will continue to focus on experiential, interactive and real-time inquiry and learning, incorporating the IB design cycle to create and innovate. We continue to implement transdisciplinary
AcadeCap Teacher and Staff Blogs
Environmental Sustainability
We started our new unit in the past couple of weeks: environmental sustainability. Last week we started learning about natural resources -renewable and non-renewable. After discussing all of the different natural resources, the students sculpted their interpretation of various different natural resources, including: air, wildlife, water, the earth, and plants.
Halloween 2020
Cette année, la fête d’Halloween a une saveur particulière.A l’Académie de la Capitale, nous avons fêté comme il se doit en revêtant nos plus beaux costumes ! Source:: PSSP & OSSD
Unité # 2 Inventions and inventors
Students making research and working in collaboration to present a poster and google slide abut an inventions in different countries. Communication skills and collaboration Looking for a specific invention in a country on the world map . Source:: GRADE 3 & 4 Blog
Papier Mâché
We have been working really hard making paper mâché suns, earths and moons. We are now at the painting stage of our project and will soon get to use our models of the earth, sun and moon to demonstrate how we have day and night and seasons! We can’t wait
Cooperative Skill Building
Grade 2/3 has started working on their new unit focusing on the Workplace. We’ve been focusing on the idea of having a common goal within a team. To work on collaboration, students have been playing different cooperative games. We’ve been practicing our listening skills, compromising, and working together to accomplish
Questions in Nature
This week during our weekly Outdoor Education class, we went for a walk outside. I asked the students to bring their notebooks and a pencil on our walk, and to write down every question they had about nature. When we came back inside, the students wrote their questions on the