50 cups. 8 minutes.
Who can make the tallest tower......?
The winner....17 cups high....
Which of these four groups do you think was the winner?
--Miss Leonard
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Showing posts with label Gideon. Show all posts
Friday, 1 May 2015
Vancouver Aquarium Field Trip #3
Our last field trip this year was to the Vancouver Aquarium. We left the school early and started our program as soon as we arrived at the aquarium. In groups, the students got to learn about, touch, and perform some experiments with sea urchins (Experiments with no harm to the animal, of course!). Some students tested whether the creatures preferred light or darkness. Some found out sea urchin food preferences. The coolest thing was touching the urchins! Pinkies only, please!
Here, Tory enjoys touching the spiny creature! Everyone expected them to be slimy, but they were not gross at all!
Here, Tory enjoys touching the spiny creature! Everyone expected them to be slimy, but they were not gross at all!
This group listens attentively; and below, you can see our instructor and some of the aquarium volunteers reviewing the scientific method with the students.
Jeremiah posed with a magnifying glass, looking very official!
After our classroom experience, we went on to the Wet Lab. Here, there were four tanks, each with a different variety of creature. As the students visited each tank with their aquarium volunteer, they got to learn about and touch creatures in each of the tanks.
All of our volunteers were very good. They were very interesting and kept everyone very engaged in learning about the underwater animals.
After about an hour in the Wet Lab, it was time for the class to explore the aquarium! Each group could pick the parts of the aquarium to explore and what shows they wanted to see. I think the favorites were the 4-D show (Which I loved as well!), the dolphin show, and the beluga show. Here are Zack and Justin in the 4-D show with their awesomely cool glasses!
The Amazon display with all manner of snakes, frogs, and spiders was another favorite. Above, Gideon checks out one of the frog displays.
The day was over all too soon, and we headed back to BCA. Everyone had a great time and wrote the next day in their school journals that it was an awesome day and on of the highlights of our year.
A special thank you to our parent drivers and to the students who were so enthusiastic and represented our school so well.
--Miss Leonard
Thursday, 15 January 2015
Map Design
This week the students studied maps of Ottawa and the major government landmarks there--we are studying the Canadian Government this term. After we had studied the map of our capital city, the students were able to design their own cities with significant landmarks. They were so creative and enjoyed this assignment so much! We spent longer on it than I had anticipated, but they were having such a good time and doing such a great job....I just let them go! You can see some pictures here. Not all the maps are finished yet, but they will be ready to go on the wall by next week. Moms and Dads feel free to come up and see them after school next week!
I'm very proud of all the student's hard work and creativity on this project! Good job, folks!
--Miss Leonard
Friday, 10 October 2014
Fall Tree Art
Our first painting project of the year was 3-D fall tree activity. Here Emily and Gideon are painting their leaves.
Sharon is also working hard on her tree leaves--mixing just the right colors.
This is Preston's Curious Concoction....It didn't seem to affect his final product! Here is Preston's finished tree.
And this is Jisca's finished art project. It think they turned out great!!
--Miss Leonard
Thursday, 11 September 2014
Picnic at Don Christian Park
What a BEAUTIFUL day today. We left for the park just before lunch. We got there and all picked a favorite spot to eat. Some of us ate on the picnic blanket....
Some ate under the trees!
And some ate IN the trees....to each his own.....
After eating everyone convinced Miss D to ref a game of Capture the Flag for PE. As per usual, no one won the game, but a lovely time was had by one and all. It was a beautiful day to enjoy the sun and the beginning of another fall.
God bless you!
--Miss Leonard
Tuesday, 2 September 2014
Welcome Back to BCA! 2014-2015 School Year
First day of school picture! We had a wonderful morning on this first day of school. This is going to be a great class. They are fun, energetic, happy, and all want to do well!
Our Theme in the classroom this year is an "Under the Sea" theme....so it is a bit Fishy in our room--right down to our "class pet"....a red, Crowntail Beta which the class voted to named SHERLOCK.
Everyone (including Miss Leonard) came in excited and eager to begin school this morning. Everyone had bright, shiny faces and clean, new uniforms!
I'm looking forward to a "fin"tastic year with many opportunities to grow in learning and in Christ.
Class Rule.....Always have a book to read! Miss Leonard LOVES good books.
Look how studiously they are working already! Tomorrow we will work on the logistics of getting our notebooks and spaces ready to learn...Hard work ahead!!
But they don't look like they are taking it TOO seriously!
Looking forward to the great times this year will bring!
God bless you all,
Miss Leonard
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