Month: February 2019

On our recent trip to Victoria students had a guided tour of the Parliament Buildings and learned more about the architectural splendour of the Parliament Building, the history of the province, the legislative process and parliamentary democracy.​

Also at the Royal BC Museum students had the opportunity to take a self-guided tour through artifacts, documents and specimens of British Columbia’s natural and human history; see the wildlife photographer of the year exhibit; the First Peoples gallery and the award winning Our Living Languages exhibition.

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Students have been learning that ecosystems consist of a set of interconnected processes that depend on each other for their function and today they had the opportunity to begin creating an ecosystem in a bottle. Since beginning our investigations on biomes and ecosystems students have been learning how materials, like water, are cycled through the whole ecosystem to benefit each part of it and how the fish and the plants and the soil are all affected by the same water and depend on one another.  They have also been learning that all ecosystems have a feeding hierarchy; energy source; producers, consumers, and decomposers; and non-living things such as minerals and elements.

Zentangle is an easy to learn method of creating beautiful images from repetitive patterns.

Today in class we reviewed how how to do an image search and select only creative common photos that are available to be reused and do not infringe on copyright laws. One website students are encouraged to use for projects is:   www.photosforclass.com

Also, we reviewed how to select photos in a google search that are safe and able to be reused.

Lastly, we spent some time reviewing where to find information for projects in our online library catalog under Destiny Discover oand through our online library web resources.

In Science, we have been learning how plants and animals are interconnected and how they adapt to their environment over time.  We have also been learning about how water, sunlight, soil, and air help sustain life in our ecosystems.  Furthermore, students have been learning research techniques, questioning strategies, note taking, and referencing skills.