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Student Highlight of the Week
We’ve been working hard gathering information for our inquiry on an environmental issue. One of the criteria for this assignment is to include credible information from different sources. There's lots of information out there, so we need to need to be mindful that both primary and secondary sources can be biased. Thanks to the Internet, we have quick and easy access to lots of different secondary sources (especially newspaper & magazine articles, websites, YouTube clips, etc.). Some of us initially assumed that all websites were secondary, however we quickly realized though that some websites (such as the City of Surrey or Biofuel Net Canada) are primary sources. We’ve also gotten answers to many of our questions via twitter (another helpful source of primary information). The City of Surrey was quick to respond to our questions about tap water in Surrey, @GMOjournal gave us links to helpful websites about GMOs and @CulliganNation gave us some information about the source of our drinking water. One group phoned BullDog Bag Ltd. (a wholesale bag manufacturer in Richmond) to ask if chemicals (such as bleach) are used when making paper bags. It’s been a great week of gathering information. Next week we’ll be working on citing sources. We finished up our public service ads, inspired by Bell Let’s Talk’s “End the Stigma” ads. Couldn’t resist sharing what students came up with.
We made series electrical circuits this week to brush up on what we already know about electric current. We knew that a circuit needs to be closed to allow electric current to flow. After a brief discussion about insulators and conductors, we needed to experiment to find out what which objects are conductors and which are insulators. Groups worked collaboratively to make simple closed circuits that connected two wires to a battery and light bulb. They then chose items (such a rulers, pop can, hair, paper, etc.) to see if the objects allowed the current to flow and allow the light bulb to light up. Students were quick to make observations and draw conclusions. Many noticed right away that metals allowed the flow of electrons, but wood and paper didn’t. Lots of exploration with circuits to come! We ended the week by taking part in the 2nd annual Global School Play Day and had an afternoon of simple, unstructured play (no screens, no devices, no structure). In our busy lives filled with devices of all shapes and sizes, we overlook the benefits of play. It was a fun afternoon filled with all sorts of different activities – playing with board games & puzzles, making a fort out of blankets, passing a football outside and playing with Playdoh and many others. It was a fun afternoon that ended our busy week. Curious about the value of play in schools? Click here to learn more. It was Armaan's last afternoon at our school, so we made sure to take some great photos with him. Armaan, we are going to miss you! Enjoy your new school and we'll see you soon :) Student Highlight of the Week
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