Bernoulli's Principle

We had two sessions of inquiry time today. In the morning we completed yesterday’s investigations with paper and moving air. In today’s investigation, students tried to blow a ping pong ball out of a paper funnel and had surprising results. Ask your child to tell you all about this. We concluded that we had a lot more questions than answers from all these investigations.

At the end of the day, we had more inquiry time. Students learned about atmospheric high and low pressure systems, and how air always moves from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure. They also learned what Bernoulli’s Principle is. Ask your child to state this principle for you. These two bits of information helped us to explain why we had so many unusual results yesterday and this morning. Students learned that the cross section of a wing has a particular shape called an airfoil and that because of this particular shape, Bernoulli’s Principle can be used to explain why this shape produces lift when air passes over it. This was a lot of information to take in at one time. We will go over all this again tomorrow to ensure everyone is ready for Monday’s test where they will explain Bernoulli’s Principle in relation to an airfoil.

Students used today’s language time to complete their book report on The City of Ember. Many students used first recess time to complete their book report. Those who completed the book report worked on their science fair cars.

We had a second session of language time today. During this time students shared their ‘Before Midnight’ poems with the class in their spookiest voices.

Grade 6s attended French and math class today. In math, students took up the homework on finding the area and perimeter of squares and rectangles. Ms. Joseph introduced the surface area of a rectangular prism. Students are reminded that there must be three variables for any measurement formula for a prism - we use l, w, and h. The surface area of the prism is the sum of the areas of the rectangles. 

The surface area of the prism is given by the formula, SA = 2lh + 2 lw + 2 hw. For homework, they are to complete Q 1 a, b &c.

Hot lunch payments are to be made through QuickBooks by November 6^th.

Our collection of ‘Lost and Found’ items is piling up. Please make some time to come into the school building and a look through the lost and found items. These are now located in the GYM. On November 8th at 4pm all left over items will be donated to the local Salvation Army. 

Please send in newspapers if you have any. We need these for a Papier-mâché project we will be working on during this unit.

Curling permission forms and waivers are due tomorrow, Friday, November 1^st.

A number of students have not completed their Polar Expression entry forms. These are past due. Please submit these ASAP.

A number of parents have expressed an interest in attending the trip to the Canadian Warplane museum. We already have enough parent volunteers, but I understand the increased interest as it is a lovely place to visit. Parents who would like, may attend if they are willing to pay the entry fee once we arrive at the museum. You are still required to have a vulnerable sector check on file in order to travel and be with students while on the trip. I believe there will be sufficient space on the bus for parents to travel with us. Let me know if this is something you would like to do.

 

Homework and Reminders

·         Math: Q. 1a, b, c

·         Complete the Polar Expressions entry form – past due

·         Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum trip forms and payments are past due

·         Curling trip permission and waivers are due tomorrow

·         Bring in newspapers

·         Bernoulli’s Principle test on Monday, November 4^th

Friday, November 1^st – Curling trip permission and waiver forms are due

Monday, November 4^th – Bernoulli’s Principle Test

Tuesday, November 5^th

·         Guy Fawkes Day

·         Curling trip, 12 noon – 3 pm

Thursday, November 7^th – House Game Assembly

Friday, November 8^th - PD Day (No school for students)

Monday, November 11^th – Remembrance Day (No school)

Tuesday, November 12^th - Social Media and Digital Citizenship Presentation for Grade 4 – 6 students

Wednesday, November 13^th 

·         Kindness Day

·         Caribou Contest, arrive 7:15 am for a 7:30 am start. Bring own charged device

Thursday, November 14^{th -} Science Fair Judging

Friday, November 15^th - Science Fair Day

Wednesday, November 20^th - Picture Retakes

Thursday, November 21^st - Grade 6 Trip to Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum (9:00 – 3:30 pm)

Saturday, November 23^rd – Open House (10 am – 2 pm)

Tuesday, November 26^th

·         Book Fair

·         Bake Sale

Wednesday, November 27^th

·         Book Fair

·         Bake Sale

·         Casual Day

Thursday, November 28^th - Book Fair

Friday, November 29^th - Report Cards go home

Monday, December 2^nd - Curling Trip, 12 noon – 3 pm

Thursday, November 21^st – Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum

Hotter Air

Students received their properties of air test today. We took time to take-up and discuss what were accepted as corrected answers and the marking scheme for each question. Please take time to review the test with your child, sign it, and return it tomorrow.

Due to many specialist classes today, Language time and book report writing has been postponed to tomorrow.  

First recess was used for car building.

We continued our discussion of density, buoyancy, sinking, and floating today. We completed our density towers and conducted two experiments where we heated air to cause a coil to spin and a bag to float. We have started to learn about aerodynamics too. Students conducted more investigations to determine what happens when they blow across a paper strip, or blow under a tent card or table card. The results puzzled the class. For each experiment, they tried to explain their results using their current knowledge of air’s properties. They shared their ideas with the class. We will continue this investigation tomorrow and students will finally learn the science behind their observations.  Students will be writing a test on Bernoulli’s principle on Monday, November 4^th.

Grade 6s attended French, music, gym, and math class today.

November Lunches – Do not order for November 21^st as we will be on a field trip this day.

The lunch site is now open. It will close Wednesday, October 30th at 3:00pm.

Special of the month: Chicken Stir Fry which is available every Friday

All payments are to be made through QuickBooks by November 6^th.

Our collection of ‘Lost and Found’ items is piling up. Please make some time to come into the school building and a look through the lost and found items. These are now located in the GYM. On November 8th at 4pm all left over items will be donated to the local Salvation Army. 

Tomorrow is Harvest/Halloween Spirit Day. Students may come to school dressed in their costumes or in fall colours. No weapons, scary masks or face paint please.

Please send in newspapers if you have any. We need these for a Papier-mâché project we will be working on during this unit.

Curling permission forms and waivers are due on Friday, November 1^st.

A number of students have not completed their Polar Expression entry forms. These are past due. Please submit these ASAP.

A number of parents have expressed an interest in attending the trip to the Canadian Warplane museum. We already have enough parent volunteers, but I understand the increased interest as it is a lovely place to visit. Parents who would like, may attend if they are willing to pay the entry fee once we arrive at the museum. You are still required to have a vulnerable sector check on file in order to travel and be with students while on the trip. I believe there will be sufficient space on the bus for parents to travel with us. Let me know if this is something you would like to do.

 

Homework and Reminders

·         Complete the Polar Expressions entry form – past due

·         Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum trip forms and payments are past due

·         Curling trip permission and waivers are due on Friday, November 1^st

·         Bring in newspapers

·         Bernoulli’s Principle test on Monday, November 4^th

Thursday, October 31^st- Harvest/Halloween Spirit Day: Dress in Halloween costumes or harvest colours. No scary masks/face paint or weapons

Friday, November 1^st – Curling trip permission and waiver forms are due

Monday, November 4^th – Bernoulli’s Principle Test

Tuesday, November 5^th

·         Guy Fawkes Day

·         Curling trip, 12 noon – 3 pm

Thursday, November 7^th – House Game Assembly

Friday, November 8^th - PD Day (No school for students)

Monday, November 11^th – Remembrance Day (No school)

Tuesday, November 12^th - Social Media and Digital Citizenship Presentation for Grade 4 – 6 students

Wednesday, November 13^th 

·         Kindness Day

·         Caribou Contest, arrive 7:15 am for a 7:30 am start. Bring own charged device

Thursday, November 14^{th -} Science Fair Judging

Friday, November 15^th - Science Fair Day

Wednesday, November 20^th - Picture Retakes

Thursday, November 21^st - Grade 6 Trip to Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum (9:00 – 3:30 pm)

Saturday, November 23^rd – Open House (10 am – 2 pm)

Tuesday, November 26^th

·         Book Fair

·         Bake Sale

Wednesday, November 27^th

·         Book Fair

·         Bake Sale

·         Casual Day

Thursday, November 28^th - Book Fair

Friday, November 29^th - Report Cards go home

Monday, December 2^nd - Curling Trip, 12 noon – 3 pm

Thursday, November 21^st – Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum

Buoyancy

Students wrote the properties of air test during this morning’s inquiry time.

Language time was used by students to continue writing their The City of Ember book report. They will have one more period of language time to complete their report.

First recess was used for car building.

We had more inquiry time at the end of the day. We discussed gravity, and how it must be overcome in order to achieve lift. We began learning about how hot air has less mass than colder air and about buoyancy in fluids such as air, but did not finish the lesson. We will finish this up tomorrow. Students learned that they will be writing a test on Bernoulli’s principle on Monday, November 4^th. We will begin learning about this principle tomorrow.

Grade 6s attended French and math class today. In math, students continued to build objects from nets. They discussed the properties of polyhedra including the number of faces, vertices and edges. Students will try to complete the table for Q 5 and Q 7 as homework.

November Lunches – Do not order for November 21^st as we will be on a field trip this day.

The lunch site is now open. It will close Wednesday, October 30th at 3:00pm.

Special of the month: Chicken Stir Fry which is available every Friday

All payments are to be made through QuickBooks by November 6^th.

Our collection of ‘Lost and Found’ items is piling up. Please make some time to come into the school building and a look through the lost and found items. These are now located in the GYM. On November 8th at 4pm all left over items will be donated to the local Salvation Army. 

Tomorrow is Casual Day. Students may still pay if they would like to participate. If you would like, bring some money to buy items from tomorrow’s bake sale.

Please send in newspapers if you have any. We need these for a Papier-mâché project we will be working on during this unit.

Look out for permission forms and waivers for our curling trip coming home today. These are due on Friday, November 1^st.

A number of students have not completed their Polar Expression entry forms. These are past due.

A number of parents have expressed an interest in attending the trip to the Canadian Warplane museum. We already have enough parent volunteers, but I understand the increased interest as it is a lovely place to visit. Parents who would like, may attend if they are willing to pay the entry fee once we arrive at the museum. You are still required to have a vulnerable sector check on file in order to travel and be with students while on the trip. I believe there will be sufficient space on the bus for parents to travel with us. Let me know if this is something you would like to do.

Guy Fawkes Day poems are coming home today.

 

Homework and Reminders

·         Math: complete the table for Q 5 and Q 7 as homework.

·         Complete the Polar Expressions entry form – past due

·         Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum trip forms and payments are past due

·         Bake sale spending money

·         Curling trip permission and waivers are due on Friday, November 1^st

·         Bring in newspapers

·         Bernoulli’s Principle test on Monday, November 4^th

Wednesday, October 30^th

·         Casual Day

·         Bake Sale

Thursday, October 31^st- Harvest/Halloween Spirit Day: Dress in Halloween costumes or harvest colours. No scary masks/face paint or weapons

Friday, November 1^st – Curling trip permission and waiver forms are due

Monday, November 4^th – Bernoulli’s Principle Test

Tuesday, November 5^th

·         Guy Fawkes Day

·         Curling trip, 12 noon – 3 pm

Thursday, November 7^th – House Game Assembly

Friday, November 8^th - PD Day (No school for students)

Monday, November 11^th – Remembrance Day (No school)

Tuesday, November 12^th - Social Media and Digital Citizenship Presentation for Grade 4 – 6 students

Wednesday, November 13^th 

·         Kindness Day

·         Caribou Contest, arrive 7:15 am for a 7:30 am start. Bring own charged device

Thursday, November 14^{th -} Science Fair Judging

Friday, November 15^th - Science Fair Day

Wednesday, November 20^th - Picture Retakes

Thursday, November 21^st - Grade 6 Trip to Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum (9:00 – 3:30 pm)

Saturday, November 23^rd – Open House (10 am – 2 pm)

Tuesday, November 26^th

·         Book Fair

·         Bake Sale

Wednesday, November 27^th

·         Book Fair

·         Bake Sale

·         Casual Day

Thursday, November 28^th - Book Fair

Friday, November 29^th - Report Cards go home

Monday, December 2^nd - Curling Trip, 12 noon – 3 pm

Thursday, November 21^st – Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum

The Particle Theory of Matter

Today’s inquiry time was used to continue taking up last week’s investigations and worksheets. We reviewed all assigned reading and ensured everyone understands concepts read. We did one more investigations with a ping pong ball that demonstrated that air expands when heated. Students then learned about the particle theory of matter. Understanding this theory was made easy by all our investigations and students quickly understood this theory. Students completed a worksheet and additional reading about the particle theory. The due date for the ‘Properties of Air’ mind map has been postponed to tomorrow, Tuesday, October 29^th. Students are reminded to use the mind map as a study tool. The properties of air test takes place tomorrow, Tuesday, October 29^th.

Students began writing their The City of Ember book report. They will have two more periods of language time to complete their report.

First recess was used for car building.

Grade 6s attended French and math class today. In math, Ms. Joseph introduced students to polyhedra. A polyhedron is a solid with flat polygonal faces. Students built a rectangular pyramid and a triangular prism using nets. They discussed the number and type of faces, vertices and edges. Students will continue building more polyhedra using nets in the next math class. Reminder - Students should submit the math test signed by a parent.

November Lunches – Do not order for November 21^st as we will be on a field trip this day.

The lunch site is now open. It will close Wednesday, October 30th at 3:00pm.

Special of the month: Chicken Stir Fry which is available every Friday

All payments are to be made through QuickBooks by November 6th.

Our collection of ‘Lost and Found’ items is piling up. Please make some time to come into the school building and a look through the lost and found items. These are now located in the GYM. On November 8th at 4pm all left over items will be donated to the local Salvation Army. 

Come to school in full uniform (no hoodies) for tomorrow’s picture day.

If you would like, bring some money to buy items from tomorrow’s bake sale.

 

Homework and Reminders

·         Study for tomorrow’s properties of air test

·         Math: Have your parents review and sign your math tests. Return these to Ms. Joseph during your next math class

·         Complete your ‘Properties of Air’ mind map. Each branch in the mind map should be about a different property. Each sub branch should provide evidence for each property, i.e. include all the experiments we have and will do before the test. Mind maps are due tomorrow

·         Complete the Polar Expressions entry form

·         Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum trip forms and payments are past due

·         Bake sale spending money

Tuesday, October 29^th

·         Picture Day – wear full academic uniform (no hoodies)

·         Bake Sale by

·         Properties of air test

·         Canadian Warplane trip form and payment are due – past due

·         Mind maps are due

Wednesday, October 30^th –

·         Casual Day

·         Bake Sale

Thursday, October 31^st- Harvest/Halloween Spirit Day: Dress in Halloween costumes or harvest colours. No scary masks/face paint or weapons

Thursday, November 21^st – Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum