by STAO ADMIN | Dec 14, 2019
Students work in small groups to design, build, and test a speedboat powered by a hand-made propeller that pushes air. The boats are raced in a 20-foot length of eavestrough filled with water. A set of guided-inquiry worksheets has the students apply key physics...
by STAO ADMIN | Dec 14, 2019
I have done this glider project with my students over a span of a few years and have found that my approach has changed from year to year. This year, students were encouraged to think divergently in the way in which they presented their final glider product and...
by STAO ADMIN | Dec 14, 2019
Use a discrepant event to get students to think critically and use their inquiry skills to develop a step by step procudure and analysis to explain it. Communication, collaboration and cooperation between students creates a positive learning environment.
by STAO ADMIN | Dec 14, 2019
I chose to look at spiralling the Academic Grade 10 curriculum from a slightly different perspective. Instead of weekly chunks of each unit, I looked at how the specific curriculum expectations were grouped and compared that to the time I had allocated for each unit...
by STAO ADMIN | Dec 14, 2019
This slide deck demonstrates the MakerSpace journey at J.H.Putman P.S., a middle school in Ottawa. The MakerSpace club is an inspiration to teachers. Myself, I wanted to include the mindset in my grade 7 class, especially for the structures unit. Part of this is also...
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