Maker Space...
Today we had a great time designing, collaborated and refining prototypes to solve a communication problem.
Students were in mixed groups and had to figure out how to get a message to a friend a block away if they were grounded and had no telephone or technology. Creative, Critical and Collaborative Thinking and Communication were set in action and pulleys, bows, arrows, straw telephones and catapults were built, refined, assessed and presented. Many thanks to all the teachers who coordinated in this neighbourhood activity.
Math - fractions
We have continued to work with fractions and will have a final quiz next Wednesday on equivalent, converting and ordering improper and mixed fractions and on ratios.
Here is a website for those seeking extra help.
http://mathies.ca/activities.html
English and Socials
Country research projects on Chromebooks were due this week and most have been handed in. Students will begin sharing and comparing their projects over the new 2 weeks, visiting "other countries and examining some of their similarities and differences.
A cool new website to compare international lifestyles is Dollar Street, which houses a database of photographs household items from around the worlds, classified by income level. See the fascinating TED talk and connect to the website below.
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