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E.K. left yesterday to Tanzania
The best of luck to our student E.K. who left yesterday to join the Ukerewe Medical Mission in Tanzania with the @CACHA_ASCCA .Glad to see you are making a difference in the world!
Ecology Ottawa hopes one-million-tree campaign takes root
A journey of a million trees begins with a single planting. And so, on Tuesday, Ecology Ottawa began its campaign to green-up this city ahead of Canada’s 150th birthday. The environmental group held a public event at Champlain Park near Tunney’s Pasture and discussed its goal of having one million
Académie de la Capitale Featured in IB World Magazine
More students learn about life cycles by studying charts and diagrams. But, says Nora Ibrahim, a PYP teacher at Académie de la Capitale in Ottawa, Canada, “I wanted to do something different, so my class adopted hens’ eggs and given the responsibility of incubating, hatching and caring for the chicks.
The importance of learning how to learn!
Learning to learn is not a catch phrase! Educators with great pedagogical insight, an understanding of brain-based learning and solid teaching practices hold fast to the old adage: Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for
Learning without limits
Charles Khazzam didn’t like private schools, but he and spouse Marie Carmen Berlie were quite happy to have their three children enrolled in this one. Read the full article.
AcadeCap Teacher and Staff Blogs
IB Inquirers in Action
Our Science 7/8 students were in the AcadeCap maker space working on their science project data collection in preparation for the upcoming AcadeCap PSSP/OSSD iSTEAM Fair on March 4th. This offered a great opportunity for the PYP students to visit, watch the demos, and ask some questions while the older
Attention Sailors!
As we explore the Atlantic provinces of Canada, students were challenged to design and construct a ship that could hold weight and stay afloat. In their teams, students had to work on social skills and self-management skills as they completed the challenge. Then, we got to test the boats in
Antibiotic Resistance Role Play
The Science 12 class led students in an engaging role play to demonstrate the development of antibiotic resistance and the spread of Tuberculosis in crowded places. Source:: PSSP & OSSD
Force-Acceleration Lab
The 7/8 class used some of the newly donated physical science equipment during their lab. A dynamics track with a force-acceleration sensor mounted on a smart cart can be used to explore how force, mass, and acceleration are mathematically related. Source:: PSSP & OSSD
Communication is Key
The September IB PYP Learner Profile of the month is Communicator. As we start off the school year, we worked on becoming expert communicators. We learned that being a good communicator doesn’t just mean I have to be good at sharing my thoughts, but I also need to be a