Month: May 2023

Title:  Boundary Bay Trip

Questions:

1. How do you show respect for the ecosystem we visited today? What behaviours should we have in nature like the shoreline, and why?

2.  What is a specific organism you could find at the high tide line? Tell me what you know about them.

3.  What are organisms you can find in the inter tidal zone before the water?

4. What are tips you can give to someone digging for creatures in the tidal mud, so they can find them?

5. What are some of the threats to organisms at the seashore?

6. Tell me something else you learned today.

7. What did you enjoy about the trip?

Bonus:  How can you tell a male from a female Crab?

In your e-port, please answer the following questions by June 15th, please. You will need to wait to answer questions 5-7 until after we present on June 12th.

TITLE:  Independent Project Reflection

QUESTIONS:

1.  Why did you choose this topic for independent project?
2.  What are some questions you asked as you did research and what categories were they in?
3.  What did you choose to do for primary research? How did it go?
4.  What did you choose to do for your presentation?
5.  After presentation day, how did your presentation go when speaking with the public about your topic?
6.  What are you most proud of from this project?
7.  What would you do differently for next year when doing independent research?

TITLE:  Curious Crows and Symbiosis

QUESTIONS:

How do you tell the difference between a crow and a raven?

What is a crow’s job in our ecosystem? Please be specific and give examples.

Who lives longer, a crow or a raven? Why?

What kinds of things would be a threat to a crow?

How are crows smart?

What is symbiosis?

What are the three types of symbiosis — tell me what they are and give an example of each one.

Bonus Question Only (answer if you can): She mentioned biomagnification and crows. What is this, and what does it have to do with crows?

Hello Everyone,

Here is a check in for everyone about what we are working on. This isn’t everything, but just an overview of some of the key items so you keep on track. Thank you!

Socials/Science:
E-Port Check In on Connection (overdue)
Map of Ecoprovinces Handout (due by Friday May 19)
Animal Research in Journal (we will check in on May 19)
Discussion on Symbiosis and Notes in Journal (done in class)
VARC Presentation on Curious Crows (done Tuesday May 16)
E-Port on VARC Presentation and Symbiosis (due Thursday, May 25)

Language Arts:
Greek/Latin Tasks (overdue)
AutoBio Poem in Journal (overdue)
Questions Poem in Journal (overdue)
List of Facts Poem in Journal (overdue)
Things I Like/Dislike  and   Mixed Senses Poems  (overdue)
Alliteration List ABCs and Poem (due Tuesday, May 23)
Ode (due Tuesday, May 23)
Lyrics Rewrite (due Tuesday, May 23)
Reading of Skeleton Tree Novel (done in class)

Math:
Measurement Handout (overdue)
Origami Hummingbird and Notes in Journal on Geometry – Origami Math (done in class)
Tricky Triangles Handout, Making a triangle and using it for art (done in class)
Planet Earth Math (ongoing, in class on EPIC or using handouts in school only)

Independent Project:
Notes, digital or journal (overdue)
Bibliography  (due May 31 to Ms. D in email)
Primary Research Documents (due May 31 to Ms. D in email)
Handouts (due June 8th)
Presentation Items (due June 9th so we can check in before presentation day)
Reflection on E-Port (due June 15th)

Other:

Core Competency Reflection (due June 15th)

Hello Everyone,

As we continue our unit on the Nature Connection, here is a summary of what we are doing for Language Arts, which is intertwined into all of our activities:

• Latin Words: To better understand our discussions around taxonomy and the classification of animals in science, we are studying Latin prefixes and suffixes, which are often used in scientific terms. They are also useful for gleaning the meaning of words we don’t know, as Latin is the root of the English language. There are tasks in each student’s binder, and there was class time given to do the work. Ideally these are completed by Tuesday, May 16th end of day.
• Descriptive and Figurative Language: As we go outside for our walks and discuss our connection to nature, we are working on being descriptive with our vocabulary. In class, we have done some exercises in our journal to begin this journey. We are using the book Rip the Page to do poetry writing explorations, designed to get our creative imaginations flowing. We will also learn about figurative language such as personification, metaphor, and simile, as well as forms of poetry including free verse, tankas, quatrains, and ballads. Each day we will try to do 1-2 different activities.
• Poetry Journal: Students will store these poetry explorations in their journals and then select some to be put in an artistic presentation. More to come on the options for completing this, but in the meantime, students are collecting their poems each day in their journals.
• Skeleton Tree: We will be discussing how one can survive in nature, and the relationship between people and the land, through the novel Skeleton Tree. Students will use the Question, Answer, Response method as we read, which encourages them to think of deeper questions and to notice details while reading. We will do this together as a group, then students will produce a brief e-port book report.

More details to come about specific assignment details and due dates. This is just a summary of what we are doing.

Thank you,

Ms. D