June 10
I've seen some great designs and successful cardboard chairs! This is great! I have one more task to wrap up the year for all of you. We didn't get to do it together, but your last 'assignment' in science is to make Koolaid! :) We learned that grinding up the sugar makes it dissolves faster, as does stirring, and using hot water. I leave it up to you to do some research and see if you can figure out a faster way to cool off your Koolaid after you've stirred it up so that you can enjoy it in the sunshine, relaxing in your cardboard chair!
May 21
It's here - our year-end science design challenge! Students are tasked with designing and building a chair using ONLY cardboard. No glue, no tape, no magic, just cardboard! Emails were sent out with more information, including alternate activities if cardboard is unavailable, and safety precautions. Below is the file that was attached outlining the project and the design process. This is meant to take us to the end of the year, so take your time researching and planning what you'd like to do!
I've seen some great designs and successful cardboard chairs! This is great! I have one more task to wrap up the year for all of you. We didn't get to do it together, but your last 'assignment' in science is to make Koolaid! :) We learned that grinding up the sugar makes it dissolves faster, as does stirring, and using hot water. I leave it up to you to do some research and see if you can figure out a faster way to cool off your Koolaid after you've stirred it up so that you can enjoy it in the sunshine, relaxing in your cardboard chair!
May 21
It's here - our year-end science design challenge! Students are tasked with designing and building a chair using ONLY cardboard. No glue, no tape, no magic, just cardboard! Emails were sent out with more information, including alternate activities if cardboard is unavailable, and safety precautions. Below is the file that was attached outlining the project and the design process. This is meant to take us to the end of the year, so take your time researching and planning what you'd like to do!
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In our online class meeting on May 27 we discussed some features of structures and how those appear in cardboard. Below are the notes from that meeting to help you with your chair design.
April 28
April 13
March 16
- Class meeting tomorrow, April 29 (check student emails for times); we will discuss the results from our lab where we melted then boiled snow, and come up with an explanation for why it happens that way
- Grid with options – use this to stay engaged in science. There is so much information in the news and social media, this is such an important time to use our scientific critical thinking skills! Plus use those activities as cross-overs to other subjects. Take a walk for Phys Ed and notice the ecosystems around you; read a scientific article and write a quick summary about it for ELA; make rock candy for Home Ec, add some food colouring to make it interesting. Get creative and have some fun with it!
- PAPER TOWER CHALLENGE!!!!
- Using ONLY regular letter paper, build a tower as high as you can! No glue, tape, paper clips, staples, NOTHING! Just as much plain paper as you want (with your parents' permission!!!!). I know lots of you have been wanting to clean out old work from your binders, you can use those papers for this, or any letters that have come in the mail that are in the recycling pile. Do NOT take all of the good paper from your parents' printer to do this!
- Take a picture of your tower with something for scale near it so we can see how tall it is. Post it in our combined 7-1/7-2 Science Teams, and let's see who can make the tallest tower! If you can't post the picture in Teams, you can email it to me instead.
- We will talk about our towers and see how everyone did in our Teams meeting on Wednesday, May 13 - plenty of time to build more than one tower, even!
- Added after posting in OneNote: keep track of how many pieces of paper you used in your tower. The higher you can make it with less paper, the better (i.e. don't just stack allllll of the packages of paper at Staples and call that your tower!)
April 13
- Grid with options – complete an additional 10 points worth
- Come say hi in a combined Microsoft Teams meeting, Tuesday April 14 at 1:00 pm!
March 16
- Distance Education booklet with two experiments (experiment/activity in “lesson 1”, and then three options to choose from )
- Grid with options – different options are worth different amounts of points, need to complete 20 points worth
Below is the "Grid Options" for an endless supply of science learning opportunities! Maintain physical distancing if you are doing the activities that require going outside for a walk. Please note that many of these activities are to PLAN a trip, and not to actually GO to any of these places!