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 great listened. We played various […]
AcadeCap Career Fair 2023
The AcadeCap Career Fair on May 24th provided an excellent opportunity for students in Grades 5 through 12 to practice their interviewing and networking skills and to learn about possible career fields. Our Career Studies class planned, organized, and hosted the event, which involved students completing research and preparing a list of questions for our […]
Do Words Matter?
Do words matter? During a discussion about living things and their needs, the dialogue turned into an interesting question being posed. Are plants affected by our words and the tone in which we speak to them? ( They are living things after all. ) We have decided to do an experiment! We will observe three […]
Inquiry-Driven Labs
In a problem-based learning challenge, the Science 9 students used their knowledge of electrostatics and the scientific method to determine how the amount of charge on the rod and the mass of foil in an electroscope affect how far apart the pieces of foil will separate from each other. In an inquiry-driven process, students explored […]
Congratulations for a job well done!
AcadeCap School has won the Safe Drinking Water Foundation’s 2022-2023 Student Action on Canadian Water Attitudes Competition and one of the two $3000 grand prize packages consisting of several water quality testing kits and a water bottle filling station! Congratulations to all the PSSP and OSSD students, the Science classes, and Civics class for a […]
The Wonderful Earthworm
As part of our unit of inquiry this week, we are investigating all about earthworms and how they are beneficial to the growing process of plants. We constructed our own class worm habitat so we can observe and document everything that we notice about our fascinating worms. Did you know that some worms can live […]
Results of the Recycling Incentive Pilot Programme
This Term, a civic action project has been underway, with the Civics students engaging the whole school in a recycling incentive pilot programme to reduce the amount of food waste and recyclables that enter our garbage cans at the school. During the 3 weeks of the programme, parents packed litterless lunches and students and teachers […]
TED-ED Student Talks Programme
The Grade 5/6 students are preparing TED style talks to accompany their PYP EXPO projects. The students are currently working through a process of brainstorming, developing their talk idea statement, creating a talk message map, and researching their talk content. Source:: Mme Christine’s SLT Blog
Paper Making for Earth Day
For Earth Day, students made their own paper from recycled scraps of paper. Students enjoyed the paper making process, which was wet and messy but also creative. Some of the students will be using their paper for a poetry activity. Source:: Mme Christine’s SLT Blog
