Our Butterfly Garden in Spring

Room 11 is looking forward to getting out into our garden this spring.  This is a picture of what our garden looks like now.  Students will be learning about the types of plants that grow in our garden.  When the weather warms up, we will begin the spring cleanup.  We will take pictures of the growth and changes throughout April, May, and June.

This picture was taken in April. 

What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong

We have been discussing the comprehension strategy of visualization.  In honour of Earth Day, students listened to the song, What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong.  As they listened to the words, students created watercolor pictures of the various parts of the song.  The watercolor pictures were used to create this iMovie.  Enjoy!

Happy Earth Day! What Does It Mean to be Green?

Using the iBook, What Does it Mean to be Green? by Rana DiOrio for inspiration, students were asked the question, what does it mean to be green?

Plant trees.  Breanna
Turn off the lights when you leave the room.  Miguel
Recycle cans.  Timmy
Walk or ride a bike.  Jenessa
Pick up garbage that is not yours.  Nicole
When you go to the store use a bag that you have at home.  Luca
Use two sides of a paper.  Alexis
Start your own garden and share with others.  Taylor
Use electric cars. Keegan
Carpool.  Kaitlyn
Hang your clothes on the clothes line.  Jenessa
Don't cut down so many trees.  Dylan
Use rainwater to water your plants.  Nicole




Teach kids sustainability: What Does it Mean to be Green?

GREEN PUG RECYCLES! and changes lightbulb, carpools...

GREEN PUG RECYCLES! and changes lightbulb, carpools...

Earth Day April 22, 2014

Guess the Solid?  Room 11's work using the app, Tellagami

We are learning about 3 D solids in Math.  We need to know how many vertices, edges, and faces they have, and we need to know their names.  A cube has 8 vertices, 12 edges, and 6 square faces.  A triangular prism has 6 vertices, 9 edges, and 5 faces.  There are 2 triangular faces and 3 rectangular faces.  A cylinder has 0 vertices, 2 edges, and 2 circular faces.  It has a curved surface.  A rectangular prism has 8 vertices, 12 edges, and 6 rectangular faces.  A sphere has 0 vertices, 0 edges, and 0 faces.  The cone has 1 vertex, 1 edge, and 1 circular face.

 

Play Guess the Solid!

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In Science, we are learning about plants.  We have learned about what plants need.  Plants need water, air, sunlight, soil, and space.  We have also learned the parts of a plant and their function.  Roots bring water to the stem and hold the plant in place.  Leaves absorb the energy from the sunlight and make food for the plant.  The stem brings water to the leaves and holds up the flower.  The flower produces the seed.  The seeds make new plants.  We are doing an experiment to find out what plants need to grow best.  We planted grass seeds in cups.  One cup has sun and water, one cup has sun and no water, and one cup has water but no sun.  The cup with no sunlight has grass growing but the grass is yellow.  We know that plants need sunlight to make chlorophyll.

Experiment to prove the stem brings water to the leaves.

Plant parts and needs

Plant Experiment

Today's Science Design Challenge

Using 10 gumdrops and 20 toothpicks, students worked with a partner to design a structure that could hold the weight of a large textbook.  After making their structures, students tested their designs.  The big ideas:  triangles are strong shapes and large bases support more weight.  Students recorded the process of what they were doing during their testing sessions.  

Read all about it! A Newspaper Tower!

Yesterday in Science we had a design challenge.  Students had to engineer the tallest tower possible with two pieces of newspaper and 30 cm of tape.  We had fun building and measuring our towers.  Here are a few of our towers!

2D shapes and 3D solids

After the break, we will be learning about 2D shapes and 3D solids.
2D shapes and 3D solids: Online Learning