While investigating 3-D shapes, students found that building the shapes themselves made it easy to count edges and vertices. Students built shapes out of sticks and plastecine as well as from nets out of paper to help with faces.
Sunday 2 February 2014
Pioneer Day and a Visit To Black Creek Pioneer Village
A fun way to celebrate our study of pioneers in Canada.
Getting into our vests and aprons.
At the knitting centre, students learned the art of corking! We tried knitting one year, but it was quite difficult and we got to see little of our hard work. With corking, everyone was successful, and we had a lot to show for our efforts.
It's great when parents drop in to lend a hand, especially when they're your own:)
At this centre, students explored the chores that pioneers did in each season, and created a seasonal chore wheel.
The Butter Station. Here students made and ate butter. We used cream and a mason jar to churn our butter. A little bit of salt, and some bread made for a nice snack.
At the games station, students played early century games such as checkers, pick up sticks, and Nine Man's Morris.
A very cold visit to Black Creek Pioneer Village. In North York, there is a restored village with buildings and homes from the early 1800's. In the spring and summer months, students can complete some fantastic programs where they work in the workshop, they play outdoor games, do chores such as laundry and cooking, and card wool. They then get to spend the rest of the day exploring the village and meeting it's inhabitants such as the doctor, blacksmith, merchant, tinsmith, teacher, mill workers, the inn owner and so much more!
In the winter, there are limited activities. We got to spend half the day at the school house, and the other half of the day on a tour of 4 buildings with a tour guide. Still a lot of fun, despite the -32 degree weather!
Lining up at the school house.
Experiencing some discipline.
Nose on the chalkboard...
Holding out books...
Sadly, the teacher's have had to "adapt" the program to appease parents who complained about the 'strict nature' of their performance. My students were expecting to see beans being tossed on the floor, a strap or ruler and a dunce cap, all of which have been removed so as to not "upset" parents. A little ridiculous.
A visit to the doctor's office made us very happy to have 21st century medicine!
Learning to play crokinole at the Inn.
A visit to the General Store
An exciting, and exhausting day!
Super Hero Forces Posters
More fun with forces! Playing off our love of superheroes, students were encouraged to create a superhero who's superpower could be described using our new knowledge of forces. Students needed to include features of a poster as well as facts about their superhero using science vocabulary.
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