Day: April 14, 2016

April 14th Update

Hello Everyone,

Today we talked about rocks and minerals, looking at more local, BC rock samples from Eastern Vancouver Island and Pender Island, Gowland Point, and deciding if they were sedimentary, metamorphic, or igneous rock. On Monday, we will talk about our lab to test the characteristics of rocks.

We worked on our household budgets using Excel and almost everyone has finished. On Monday, everyone can google drive the documents to me. We also had our last Lit Circle meeting! Our next step with our books is a mini project —  more details to come!

Last thing we did was finish our maps on resources of the world, and we also discussed Fair Trade, watching a quick animation from The Economist called Fair Trade (scroll down to see the video link in the middle of the web page.) 

Tonight’s agenda:

  • Student Led Conferences will be an open house going from 2-4 PM and 5-7 PM on April 28th. A notice will be coming soon with details for you about this, but it will be student led, and the MACC students are planning out a list of things they will show you during your time here. You may show up at any time, and there will be multiple groups here at a time, with Ms. D here for any guidance needed.
  • Dragon Boating has been approved by the Board! Now I need to get a lot of logistics sorted out. Please mark May 25th, June 1, and June 8 as our dates. More information to come later.
  • Article: Please post a link to an article on trade or economy that you find on the web in response to this blog entry. Or, you can cut an article out of the newspaper and bring it on Monday.
  • Lit Circle: Our meetings are finished, so make sure you have turned in all lit circle assignments. Some of you have items overdue. I will be passing these back to you either today or on Monday.

 

Thank you and have a good evening!