Our field trip to Edmonton started bright and early at 6:30 in the morning. When we arrived, students took in a first presentation on light. Students were able to put their prior knowledge to good use as they experimented with tools that showed the movement of light. Next, we took in a science demo called Spectacular Spectrum! It takes about light and color for grades 1 to 6 and really showed how our understanding of light evolves through grade school. After lunch and some running around, students got to explore the galleries! They touched on all of our science outcomes and involved lots of hands on exploration. Favorites were the Science Garage and Body Fantastic! Lastly, and probably the highlight for many kids, we participated in a robotics program! They learned about real life robotics and were introduced to LEGO Mindstorm. Students had to work in teams to program robots through different challenges!
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Thank you to our CAP volunteers, Linda and Jim Pugh! They came out the classroom to present to us on various livestock that are raised in the area and the different crops that are grown. We were even tasked with making our own edible soil from graham cracker crumbs, coconut, chocolate pudding, gummy worms and jellybeans. What a fun treat!
Thank you Dana Mitchell and Kensey Spornitz for inviting our class to visit and learn about this year's 4H Achievement Day, hosted in Edgerton. We learned about what being a 4H member involves AND got to see some fellow Eagle 4H members compete and share their projects!
One of our field trips this year was to Bodo. We were able to extend our learning about the environment here in ALberta, about the historical importance of studying the land, and about Aboriginal life in the area as the first people to live on the land. We got to have a good look at real bison bones and learned about what they can tell us. Students got to see different artifacts like rock and pottery that the centre has found over the years. They got to try their hand at uncovering artifacts like the above and bone and petrified wood, in a makeshift dig site. After lunch, we got to try our hand at throwing a traditional hunting spear. We then took a trip out to the fields where students got to see a dig site in progress and hear stories of cool finds like skulls! We even got to try our hand at surveying, and found many real artifacts peeking the surface of the land.
Can you tell which leaves are real and which are drawn with the best of efforts after some study?
During our unit on plant growth and changes, students learned a little about common edges and shapes of leaves. If you thought a few were real, you'd be wrong! All of these were carefully drawn by our students! They needed to make the best, most realistic replica of a leaf and then describe it's shape and edge. Well done! |
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