Brandon - Scientist of the Day

Brandon did a super job being the scientist on Friday.  He showed us how heat rises making a spiral of paper spin around a light bulb. What a fun experiment.

 

 

 

Liam - Scientist of the Day

Liam made a great scientist today.  He showed us how corrugated paper was so much stronger than regular paper.  He balanced a cup of water on top of a table of corrugated paper.  Great work!

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Nations Presentation

We were so lucky today to have presenters John and Earl Claxton in our classroom.  They told us wonderful stories about how their people throughout history have used the moon and stars to guide them by means of navigation.  The children were so enthralled with their oral stories and they loved the information on making tea using the bark of an Arbutus tree.  I think we may have to try that! They brought in a talking stick that had carvings of the spirit that controls the weather.  The children loved to hold the talking stick. John and Earl will be back to tell more stories after Winter Break.

POUTINE!!!!!!!

Yummy!!! Today we all sampled poutine.  We have been studying all the Provinces and Territories and today we looked at Quebec.  Quebec is known for poutine.  It didn't take long for the poutine to disappear today!

Amanda- Scientist of the Day

Amanda was our scientist of the day on Friday.  She did a super fun experiment making music with glasses.  Amanda showed how different levels of water changed the vibration in the glass changing the sound it makes.

 

 

 

 

Kyla - Scientist of the Day

Today, Kyla did the Dilution experiment for us.  She showed us how to turn red water into light pink by diluting it with a solvent.  She did a great job!

Kaleb- Scientist of the Day

Kaleb did an experiment for us called Spear It!  He showed us how to poke pencils through a bag of water without spilling water everywhere. So much fun!

Brooke - Scientist of the Day

Brooke did a super job presenting an experiment showing how fire needs oxygen to continue burning. She put out candles using a reaction between vinegar and baking soda.

Marcel -Scientist Of The Day

On Friday we had Marcel be our scientist of the day.  The experiment was called Eggshell Power and it was very exciting to watch.  We watched Marcel stack books onto 4 half eggshells to see how much weight they could hold.  They held 12 books before breaking!

Henri - Scientist Of The Day

On Thursday, Henri was our scientist of the day.  Henri had a very exciting experiment called hot and cold hands.  Henri had a volunteer put one hand in cold water and one in hot water.  They then put both hands in warm water showing how the hands felt different as they adjusted to the new temperature. 

Emily - Scientist of the Day

On Tuesday, we had Emily perform the Soap Boat experiment to the class. She did a great job of demonstrating with a cardboard boat and a piece of soap, how a change in surface tension can move an object through water.  Great job!