SAVING OUR STRUCTURES

In this inquiry activity, students will explore the forces affecting stability of structures and design a model of a structure which can remain stable during a natural disaster.

CHANGE MATTERS

In this inquiry activity, students will explore the properties of matter and investigate physical and chemical changes. The inquiry will focus on changes to matter in their kitchen, in transportation, or an area of personal interest.

OBJECT, OBJECT, WHO’S GOT THE OBJECT

The students and teacher will go on a walk through the schoolyard/neighbourhood doing a litter collection/clean-up. They will use the items collected to begin a discussion about objects, the different materials that they are made of, and why they are made of those...

Ener-GEE!

The students and teacher will go for a walk in the schoolyard or community, looking for different forms of energy (sun, wind, gas, electrical, food). This will be a shared experience that will become the starting point of an inquiry into different forms of energy, how...

Season Wars

The students and teacher will go for walks around the community in different months looking at how habitats change in each season and the response of the animals that live there. Discussions will include how people and animals adapt to the changes around them....
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