Grade 4/5 Science: Sound unit

A week or so ago, the Grade 4/5 class began a Gr. 4 Sound unit. For the Grade 4 students, one project is to have students create a homemade musical instrument, bring it to school, explain the Science behind it, and play a short musical song on it.


Since the Grade 5 students have already done this project last year, I changed it slightly so they must create  a musical instrument, bring it to school, explain the science behind it but form a band of different instruments ( ie: Rock Band) to lipsync a song in front of class.


More details to follow.

Gr. 5 Weather Science unit

The Grade 5 class began a Weather science unit last week. We have covered some properties of Air, First Nation's perspective on Air as well as the importance and types of clouds. Your child may come home and ask you to identify 3 main cloud types: cirrus, cumulus and  stratus clouds. Turn the tables on them and ask them to describe each of these 3 types of clouds!!!

Gr. 3 Structures and Materials - Bridge testing

Grade 3 students were broken into partners to build popsicle bridges using only 50 popsicle sticks! Groups had to build a bridge 30 cm long and approximately 1 popsicle stick wide. Groups had to consider strength, attractiveness and design when creating their bridges. Unique designs were created, and we tested the bridges for strength by placing weights on them. Every bridge withstood 3700 grams. But, can the bridges withstand more weight??


I am getting more weights into the school. On Tuesday, April 17 we will try to determine a winner of the strength competition!! Good luck to all teams!

Gr. 6 Flight unit

We have been begun a new Science unit: Principles of Flight. We began the unit by studying the Four Forces of Flight. They are:
1) Lift
2) Drag
3) Weight
4) Thrust


We will be examining these forces as we progress through unit

Gr. 5 Health: Decision Making unit

The grade 5 class began a Health: Decision Making unit a week or so ago. We have been learning about how a decision we make can ripple outward affecting many people in the process. We wrapped up Lesson 1 by examining Real Life Scenarios. Each group was assigned a real life situation to analyze how a decision rippled through a community (starts with the self; then family/friends; then community members)


Homework for Wed. April 18: 3 questions on the Problems with Drugs.