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Caribou Math Contest Results
The Caribou Math Contest is an a world wide online math competition held six times throughout the school year, with different competitions for different grade groups. This year, internationally there were more than 6000 students participating in grades 3-4, more than 8000 students participating in grades 5-6, and more than
Raspberry Pi
New for AcadeCoders 2016 is Raspberry Pi, which will be part of the programming for the Robotics and Artificial Intelligence week (August 8 – 12). Raspberry Pi is a series of single-board computers that students get to manipulate through hardware and software configuration. Students will be introduced to the basics of Raspberry Pi from its
Summer camps start on June 20
Summer is coming! Our first day of AcadeCamp is on June 20, while AcadeCoders is on June 27. Have you signed up yet? If not, now is the time! If you are curious as to what goes on during a camp week, please visit our camp blog for an entertaining and informative look
AcadeCoders ADVANCED!
Are you ready for a new challenge? The AcadeCoders 2016 summer camp program is offering an Advanced HTML/CSS course to students who have taken the HTML/Course during the AcadeCoders 2015 summer camp program. Students will be creating beautiful and responsive websites with Bootstrap, a front-end library for creating high-end websites
AcadeCamp 2017
AcadeCamp is an innovative summer programme allowing campers from ages 5-9 to experiment, ask questions, and get messy, tout en français. Science, Technology, Engineering, Architecture and Math (STEAM) demand inquiry, connection, experimentation and exploration, and with these processes at play, there is an unpredictable product until the very end. The weekly bilingual
AcadeCoders 2016
AcadeCoders – Coding Adventures is a seven week software coding and design camp being offered during the summer at Académie de la Capitale for ages 6-14. Each week will see participants progress through more complex coding adventures. Our curriculum is developed by the AcadeCap STEM team and will be delivered
AcadeCap Teacher and Staff Blogs
Paper Airplanes
This week, the Grade 5/6s made paper airplanes. They worked in pairs and used their imagination and research skills. After 30 minutes, the class had a competition to see which paper airplane could go the farthest. They did a great job and enjoyed themselves! Source:: Grade 6 Blog
September 30th, 2021
Une Journée nationale de la vérité et de la réconciliation, parce que chaque enfant compte! Source:: PSSP & OSSD
Do a Stroop Test! / Faites un test Stroop!
To introduce our unit of inquiry on Learning about Learning, the students were given a Stroop test. With various strategies coming forth on how to accomplish this activity, students questioned what was occurring in their brains. Moreover, they wondered why it was so difficult to say the colours shown rather
Indoor recess fun! / On s’amuse durant la recrée intérieur!
The rain does not stop the laughter in the Acadecap’s Grades 3-4 classroom. The students had a blast twisting themselves into pretzels during a game of twister. A true test of their balance and strength! Les étudiants de 3e-4e s’amusent même s’il y pleut. Ils ont bien ri durant un
Puzzle Masters / Maîtres des Casse-têtes
During the first week, the students demonstrated teamwork, creativity and critical skills while accomplishing various puzzles during their free time. They sent me into the storage room to find more puzzles as they were plowing through them! Durant la première semaine d’école, les étudiants ont démontré des compétences sociales et
