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Laser light show history of Canada

Click below to watch  Parliament building light show.

Choices of charities for BMO

We have to select a charity that we will be donating to with the funds we raise during our BMO entrepreneurial challenge. Charity Choices Red Cross Disaster Relief for Australia https://www.redcross.ca/about-us/red-cross-stories/2020/red-cross-personnel-supporting-australia-bushfires-response CanadaHelps https://www.canadahelps.org/en/australian-fires/ Plastic Oceans Canada https://plasticoceans.ca/ CPAWS https://cpaws-southernalberta.org/ Alberta Ecotrust https://albertaecotrust.com/ Ann and Sandy Cross Conservation Area http://www.crossconservation.org/

Scientists in school

On Feb 18th we have an in school presentation (Wheels in motion) in the morning. We will be transitioning into wheels and levers and building devices and vehicles that move (simple machines) units after this session. Here are the forms

Multiplication practice

Penguin Jump Multiplication

Science lesson

Light & Shadows: Click here==> shadows How we see things: And here==> How We see things Home viewing: What is Light? Light and colour Science Max: The Light Challenge Light optics Light spectrum Light &Shadow:(Translucent, Transparent & Opaque) The Eye (How we see colour) Optical illusions Game

Jan 2020

 Happy new years everyone! Get to see everyone is back safe and surviving this terrible weather. We're back into the swing of things in room 140. Multiplication is becoming easier and we have begun to look at 2 digit multiplication. We have a school wide focus on perseverance this year and we have been taking a deeper look into what perseverance is, what it looks like and what skills you need to develop to make it a habit. In L/A we have been discussing persuasive writing through debate topics and arguing a point of view with facts not feelings. We have moved on from our historical view of Alberta and the first nations and are now looking at the unique aspects of where we live and our location in this world/Canada. This will lead into discussing Alberta's Regions: Grasslands, Foothills, Rocky Mountains, Boreal Forest, Parklands and the Canadian Shield. We are currently learning about light and shadow in science and will be learning through hands on play to understand what li...