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AcadeCoders 2024
ACADECODERS SUMMER 2024 This summer, AcadeCODERS is a coding and robotics camp and are excited to offer: circuits, bloxels, lego spike robotics, scratch game creation, circuits & audio synths, python & sonic pi. Campers will also enjoy the Athletik programme, focusing on various independent and group sports skills each week.

AcadeCamp 2024
ACADECAMP SUMMER 2024 This summer, AcadCamp is excited to offer “Traveling around the world in 38 days’! AcadeCampers will explore traveling around the world this summer in STEAM! Campers will also enjoy the Athletik programme, focusing on various independent and group sports skills each week. Activities will be delivered in

ACADECAP HIVE AND PYP BUZZ MARCH NEWSLETTER
Keep informed about what students are doing at AcadeCap through our amazing monthly newsletters; The Hive and The PYP Buzz. Click each link below to read about our amazing students.
Open House By Appointment – Saturday, April 9, 2022
Established in 1998, Académie de la Capitale, aka Acadecap International School, invites you to our by appointment open house from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm. AcadeCap is proud to be Ottawa’s first IB Primary Years Programme (PYP) authorized school! For children in Junior Kindergarten to Grade 6, the IB PYP

AcadeCap Hive and PYP Buzz February Newsletter
Keep informed about what students are doing at AcadeCap through our amazing monthly newsletters;The Hive and ThePYP Buzz. Click each link below to read about our amazing students.
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
