It was another playful week in The Space with so many innovative creations. The buzz of excitement during grade 7 Genius Hour was contagious and I can't wait to see the final projects. We had an art station set up this week with real sunflowers and watercolour pencils for students to experiment with. The art is beautiful and now hanging in our learning commons. Come check it out!
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If you have any special items that you'd like to display in our Curiosity Case, please contact Ms.Blanchard. The Curiosity Case is a display case in our front hallway where we showcase an item that sparks our curiosity each week. It's a provocation which invites students to inquire about what that item could be, where it might be from and what its purpose is. We often have antiques, foreign currency, items from nature, and special treasures brought back from travels around the globe.
If you have an item you'd like to display, we'd really love it! Here are some moments captured this year so far in The Space. Many of these pictures have been requested by students to be put on the blog! I love how proud they are of their creations......check them out.
Beakerhead is here in Calgary right now! Check out this link for all the info you need to find cool art installations, STEM events and a whole variety of fun learning taking place all over our city. It's a smash-up of science and art for one week only!
We recently had a presentation from Beakerhead with a comedian who juggled while talking about how important science is in our daily lives. We LOVED it. Check out Beakerhead this weekend..... https://beakerhead.com Hello Parents!
The grade 7 SMATH classes just started a new weekly course - Genius Hour! If you're wondering what it's all about......
http://geniushour.com/what-is-genius-hour/ We watched Caine's Arcade to inspire us and began to think about our passions and what our passion projects might look like. Ideas like solar powered toys, go carts, podcasts about fashion and using Minecraft to build a community were some innovative ideas that we had to start off with. Stay tuned for more updates on how our Genius Hour is going! We're so excited to welcome everyone back for the 2018-2019 school year! Hope you had wonderful summers and enjoyed some time to play, be creative and explore.
Beakerhead is coming up! Check out this link for more info and to look at the schedule of events. There's so many exciting things to check out! https://beakerhead.com STEM Learning Lab will be running on Friday afternoons again starting today! Registration is full for September but stay tuned for more info on future dates.... http://stemlearninglab.com/early-dismissal-fridays/ Looking forward to another awesome year ahead! Stay curious, Mrs.Blanchard |
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