We had an awesome day today! Andrew O'Hara, a software designer, joined us for the Hour of Code. Some students coded Minecraft, others tried Star Wars and a few tried out Moana. It is definitely a great activity to introduce students to coding and further developing a growth mindset. On Friday, during math stations, we will continue coding with Scratch on the ipads and code.org on the chromebooks!
We are also participating in the 12 Days of Christmas Mashup Math. They can be quite challenging but we are getting better at figuring out strategies to solve the problems. Working with a partner sometimes helps!
Some students were able to solve the mashup very quickly, I showed them an online Lego building site called Build with Chrome and guess what? They took to it like ducks to water! Check out some of their creations...
In Science, we consolidated our learning about buoyancy from yesterday, Buoyancy is a pushing force that allows things to float. Ask us how many gems floated in our boats! One group was able to float 24 gems. Way to go! We capped it off by watching our favourite scientist, Bill Nye, explain all about the concept of buoyancy. Great day everyone!
Thanks to the students who have brought in canned goods for our food drive. I will double the amount we collect...I really want to wrap Mr. Rodgers and trim Mrs. Trent!
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