by STAO ADMIN | Dec 14, 2019
‘We, Water And The Planet’ was a Cross- Curricular social action project that enabled Grade 8 students to be engaged in exploration, research, inquiry, sustainability and stewardship with a focus on water in their local and global community. The highlight...
by STAO ADMIN | Dec 14, 2019
The focus of this assignment is to have students direct their own learning to discover the purposeful use of pneumatics and hydraulics and how to incorporate technology to create a useful and stable design. Students were provided a background about fluids through a...
by STAO ADMIN | Dec 14, 2019
This lesson plan is separated based on the 4- level model of inquiry, as outlined in “Simplifying Inquiry Instruction” by Randy L. Bell, Lara Smetana, and Ian Binns (link in resources). This lesson plan will introduce students to inquiry at the same time...
by STAO ADMIN | Dec 12, 2019
The purpose of this project was to study the Organics unit with the big picture of plastics in mind. The connection to everyday life would be minds-on the the rest of the unit. I had students write in an idea book and all organic unit questions/homework were done in...
by STAO ADMIN | Dec 12, 2019
Students work in groups to complete a hydraulic/pneumatic lab with syringes to examine the forces involved and the strength of fluid power Final project is the “firefighting Robotic Arm” – in groups students design and build an arm with a working...
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