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Open House on April 13, 2019 & Summer Camps
Acadecap International School’s next open house is on April 13, 2019. Learn more about our academic programmes and summer camps.
AcadeCoders 2019
Planning your summer? Check out our weekly camp calendar for June, July and August 2019! Registration forms can be downloaded in PDF or Word formats. Multiple Streams for young coders and game developers ages 8 and up! Coding with Python Acadecoders campers will learn a broad variety of concepts in
AcadeCamp 2019
Planning your summer? Check out our weekly camp calendar for June, July and August 2019! Registration forms can be downloaded in PDF and Word formats. Scroll down to see all weekly topic descriptions. Week # Week of Theme Short Description 1 Jun 24-28 Ladybugs For campers fascinated with ladybugs and ecology! 2
Pi Day 2019
Pi Day is coming up on March 14 (3/14)! Here are some fun videos about Pi: Raytheon Pi Day Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TPjRoWm8Ck&app=desktopCalculating Pi Using Pies (3 min)https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=ZNiRzZ66YN0Mile of Pi (6 min)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r3cEKZiLmg&index=1&list=PL4870492ACBDC2E7CHow Pi was Nearly Changed to 3.2 (5 min)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFNjA9LOPsg&list=PL4870492ACBDC2E7C&index=3Pi and Buffon’s Matches (6 min)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJVivjuMfWA&list=PL4870492ACBDC2E7C&index=6 Source:: Mme Sarah’s Blog
Fluor Engineering Challenge 2019 – Volleyball
Here is an overview video of this year’s Fluor Engineering Challenge: Volleyball Challenge Overview – videoThe specific instructions can be found here:Detailed instructions Source:: Mme Sarah’s Blog
Scratch Chaser Game
Choose a new sprite, here it is a balloon. Add these blocks to that new sprite. The other sprite in this program is Cat 2.Add these blocks to the sprite that can move with arrow keys.Add a background to the game.Use this button: Source:: Mme Sarah’s Blog
AcadeCap Teacher and Staff Blogs
Simple Machine Riddles
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 and they had to guess which object they brought from their house. Students then identified what simple machines were part of the object. Source:: Mme
Museum of Science and Technology
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 exploring the different exhibits with many hands on learning opportunities! Source:: Mme Shannon’s Blog
Our New Unit!
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 task to build a pyramid out of sugar cubes, but the trick was they couldn’t use their hands! Students were encouraged to use simple machines
Native 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 American music, watched videos about Pow Wows, and looked at types of clothing. We were especially intrigued about their dot art work, so we created
Parliament Field Trip
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 Parliament and learned about their significance. We enjoyed visiting the library, the Senate, the hall of Honour, and seeing the giant portraits. Source:: Mme Shannon’s
New unit of inquiry – the brain!
Our new unit on the brain has officially begun. Not only will we be talking about the brain as a part of our anatomy and its functions, but we will also be discussing our individual learning styles and how they differ from one person to another. Students have already done