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Nov. 23 Open House / Portes Ouvertes: Focus on the MYP
The next open house is on November 23, 2016 from 4:30 – 8:00 pm.

After school clubs for Fall 2016
The list of after school clubs for the 2016 fall term are now available in the After School Clubs section (under Camps/Clubs). We will be offering the following: Mondays: AC Flipped Math Enrichment Tuesdays: Junior Maker Inventor Workshop Wednesdays: AcadeCoders Web Design alternating with Minecraft EDU Thursdays: Ottawa Robotics Academy

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016: OPEN HOUSE / PORTES OUVERTES
Looking for a one-stop-education in the West of Ottawa? Académie de la Capitale IB World School is hosting its next Open House on Thursday, September 1st, 2016 from 4:30 – 8:00 pm. Come and discover more about our programmes: PYP, MYP, and OSSD. Learn about our extra-curriculars: Crédits à la Carte, Tutoring, Coding
AcadeCoders Blog 2016: Ruby
Ruby Welcome to the eighth week of the AcadeCoders session: Ruby. This blog post will cover each daily activity of each camp day with various pictures and descriptions. Ruby is a prominent back-end object-oriented coding language used for web applications and scaling. Companies such as Shopify, Airbnb, and Twitter. Day 1:
AcadeCoders Blog 2016: Robotics and AI
Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Welcome to the seventh week of the AcadeCoders session: Robotics and AI. This blog post will cover each daily activity of each camp day with various pictures and descriptions. Robotics and AI are an integral part in the field of technology and this significance will be taught through concepts

AcadeCoders Blog 2016: Building Applications with JavaScript
Building Applications with JavaScript Welcome to the sixth week of the AcadeCoders session: Building Applications with JavaScript. This blog post will cover each daily activity of each camp day with various pictures and descriptions. JavaScript is an object-oriented computer programming language commonly used to create interactive effects within web browsers.
AcadeCap Teacher and Staff Blogs
Biology 11 Fetal Pig Dissection
A fetal pig dissection provides a hands-on opportunity for students to engage in an investigation of anatomy and physiology. The fetal pig is chosen because it has body systems that are similar to the human body systems. During the dissection, students make links between structure and function and begin to
Space board games
To finish up our unit about space, the Grade 5/6s made a board game about terraforming. Each group chose a planet and the object of the game was to be able to live on that planet. The game included the participants getting the requirements to survive (food, water, oxygen and
The Exciting World of Butterflies
We are learning all about different lifecycles in our class. The children are very excited about our new addition to our classroom, caterpillars that will transform into Painted Lady butterflies. We will be documenting their transformation over the next few weeks. Source:: Kinder Blog
How do arctic animals stay warm?
This week in iSTEAM, students explored how arctic animals stayed warm even though temperatures are often below freezing. We learned that some arctic animals have blubber to keep warm in the water, others have multiple layers of fur and fat, and some huddle together to protect themselves from the icy
PYP TED-ED Style Talks Presented at the PYP Expo
As part of the PYP Expo requirements, the Grade 5/6 students prepared TED-ED style talks related to their Expo central themes. Talks included topics ranging from COVID care, the impact of waste on the environment, the effects of advertising on how people think and behave, how the human mind is
Expo 2022
Acadecap grade 5/6 students presented their wonderful Expo presentations to their schoolmates and parents. Our Kindergarten class enjoyed attending the various interactive experiences. Congratulations grade 5/ 6 on a job well done! Source:: Kinder Blog