The Scientific Method

Day 8

Sorry for not posting a blog yesterday, everyone. I was not at school most of the day. Ms. Bannon covered for me. Students presented their projects on our last line of inquiry at the beginning of the day. They then received instructions for their final project for our flight inquiry unit. We continued this work today. Students will be using the scientific method to test paper airplanes. The goal is to determine what changes in design produce a plane that flies the furthest. Students stated the challenge in their own wording, composed a question that included the dependent and independent variable, did background research on paper air planes, recorded their research, made a hypothesis that answered their question, identified their variables (this was the tricky one), recorded materials and began work on their procedure. Some students even began testing their hypothesis. Some students had difficulty with folding the paper plane designs they have chosen. Their fine motor skills are getting lots of practice. The class managed to accomplish a lot of work today. Well done, everyone.

Students attended music, French, and gym class today.

We ended the day working on our international day presentation.

Homework & Reminders

·       Inquiry into Flight:

o   Bring a device to create graphs that represent the data you will collect

o   Canadian Heritage Warplane Museum - Return trip form and payment

·       International Day :

o   bring any materials you need to work on your presentation tomorrow

o   Try find a Spanish dish or food that you can bring to International Day (NO NUTS or PEANUTS please) on Friday

o   Think about what you will wear to International Day

·       Thursday: Music, bring your band instruments

·       January 20: International Day

·       January 22: Return trip form and payment

·       January 24: Bake Sale

·       January 25 - Casual Day, Bake Sale

·       January 30: Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum trip

·       February 14 - Spirit Day

·       February 17 - PD Day

·       February 20 - Family Day

·       February 21 – Bake Sale

·       February 22 - Anti-Bullying Day, Casual Day, Bake sale

·       February 24 - Oral Presentations