by STAO ADMIN | Dec 21, 2019
Students will be creating a water documentary on a water initiative the students develop. They are placed in small groups based on their common desire. They delve into the major water issues of the day by looking at case studies. Students will then use the knowledge...
by STAO ADMIN | Dec 18, 2019
Students were given a research question in context: If they were stranded on an unknown beach, would it be more efficient to send a sound message through water, ground, or air? We first defined criteria for an “efficient” message. Students then came up...
by STAO ADMIN | Dec 14, 2019
Students worked in assigned teams (heterogeneous groupings) to research and analyze the impacts of food production on ecosystems, to evaluate the sustainability of our food production and to suggest a direction for future food production both in terms of...
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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