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Fractal Tree Scratch Project

Fractal Tree Scratch Project Choose the Ball Make these variables: Add the Pen Extension. Find: then Add this code on the ball sprite: Run the program: Source:: Mme Sarah’s Blog

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Bonus Computer Program Challenges

Need an extra challenge when programming in class? Try these! 1) Write a program called “LeapYear” in which the user is asked to enter a value – a year to be tested to see if it is a leap year. Have the program say either, yes, the entered year is

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Scratch 3.0 is here!

Scratch 3.0, the latest version of the popular block-based programming language, it now available for all users!ScratchScratch 3.0 will work on both desktops and tablets alike, and has some exciting new blocks: you can make your characters speak out loud, and there is built in support for Makey Makeys! Scratch

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Hexaflexagons – back by popular demand!

We seem to have a holiday tradition of making hexaflexagons! Here is a link to my favourite template for making tri-hexaflexagons: Aunt Annie’s Tri-HexaflexagonsVi Hart’s video about Hexaflexagons:Intro to hexaflexagons Source:: Mme Sarah’s Blog

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Retour sur une annee scolaire memorable

Contraints de tous rester chez nous à cause du coronavirus, nous avons pris conscience de toutes ces petites choses quotidiennes qui nous semblaient si normales avant. Par exemple, rencontrer ses amis, aller à l’école, voir ses élèves, échanger en classe et mener des activités et des réflexions ensemble, donner et

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Teachers' Blogs

An end of year that was OUT OF THIS WORLD

To end the year the PHYSICS and PHILOSOPHY students built a Dyson Sphere. . . well, not really . . . but their final exams were thematically linked and considered the implications of building such a structure. The students felt the need to look towards the future. The last few

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Teachers' Blogs

Réaliser une fusée de paille – STEM Challenge

Dans le cadre de l’unité sur l’espace, les éleves de 5eme année ont travaillé sur un défi STEM de la Nasa dont l’objectif était de créer une fusée en papier qui peut être lancée à partir d’une paille. Source:: Grade 5 Blog

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Teachers' Blogs

Year-end Wrap-up

This year was a year unlike any other. Starting the school year in September at school, and finishing online proved to be challenging, yet rewarding. Students in Grade 1/2 participated in a modified tele-learning program put together by teachers at our school. For our class, each week students received a

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Teachers' Blogs

Reading Groups-Online

Being in our own homes, does not hold us back from doing reading groups and reading out loud to each other. Source:: Mme Melissa’s English 2-3 Blog

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Teachers' Blogs

Water Filters

Currently, the Grade 1/2 students are learning about water and how it is essential for all living things. Students learned about polluted water, and thought about ways to help keep water clean. Then, they were tasked with creating a water filter with materials found at home. Students used things such

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