News Crew: Agamagraph Project

Hello, Grade 7s and Grade 7 families!

Please see below for an update from our News Crew about a recent assignment from Career Education:

” For this project, you have chosen one word to describe your outlook for this year… a trait that you are working hard to develop and master. – Ms. Ramen”

Thank you for letting us borrow this quote Ms. Ramen! The agamograph project, as you saw up there ↑, is one word, that would describe your goals for this year (i.e. courageous – Trying things that scare you. As if you succeed with the things that scare you, it may make you a better person.) To make the agamograph, we needed to design and create a creative art background for our word, and color the number “2025”in, (even if all our minds are still in 2024). After cutting it out into 6 pieces we were ready to put it together to make the agamogragh.

The effect of the agamograph makes it so it has 2 sides. If you’re facing the agamograph on the right side you may see 2025, Same on the left, except you may see the other word. This effect happens when the back of the paper sticks up making it like a mountain effect. 6 of the pieces are put facing one way in this case the 2025 pieces would be facing its right side, and the word/goal is facing its left side this creates the effect that makes agamographs so cool.

This word is almost like your new year resolution after writing a paragraph on how we were going to accomplish this definition for ourselves, we are now ready to put our goal into action.”

See the agamographs in action in the photos below. Thanks, News Crew!

Lunar New Year: Making Dumplings

Today, Ms. Lee came to talk to our class about Lunar New Year. We discussed how many cultures and countries celebrate the Lunar New Year, often with a special meal with family and friends. While not all people eat dumplings during this time of year, many families may choose to make dumplings as a symbol of wealth and fortune. Our classes created our own dumplings using pork, cabbage, green onions, eggs, chives, soy sauce, sesame oil, and dumpling wrappers.

Here are some photos of the process, below:

Stay tuned for the recipe, which will be posted later this week!

Best wishes,

-Ms. Ward

Marketable Skills: Baking Fruit Crisps

The Easiest Fruit Crisp

Our class took on our most complicated recipe yet… a fruit crisp! We learned that fruit crisps can be made with a variety of types of fillings, including: strawberries, apples, peaches, mangos, cherries, and more! They are also a very economical and delicious way to use up extra fruit, or even frozen fruit!

The topping of our crisps used rolled oats, flour, sugar, and cinnamon along with melted butter. We measured our ingredients carefully and worked collaboratively to make individual sized desserts.

Most of us were very excited with how our fruit crisps turned out. Please feel free to click the recipe above to try making it at home.

Marketable Skills: Baking Pumpkin Pies!

Our Grade 7s put their baking skills into practice this week by creating mini pumpkin pies! Students had to read through the recipe, measure accurately, work collaboratively, and clean-up afterwards. We learned about the origins of pumpkin spice (which usually includes a mix of cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, ginger, and allspice). For some of us, this was our first time trying this seasonal dessert! If you want to make the recipe at home, click the link below:

Pumpkin pie recipe

Marketable Skills: Baking Bootcamp!

What skills does it take to make the perfect chocolate chip cookies? How is baking similar to science? Why is it important to read recipes thoroughly? We began learning about key baking skills this week! Our Grade 7s went through ‘Baking Bootcamp’, where we learned about: when and how to wash our hands, how to keep our materials and workspace sanitary, why accuracy is important, how to use a funnel, how to stir effectively, and how to measure dry and wet ingredients.

While baking may seem like a stress-free activity, it requires many different skills such as: reading comprehension, math (measurement, conversion), cooperation and communication, etc. It also requires a lot of scientific knowledge to make a successful baked good! Feel free to watch the video below to learn how some common mistakes can impact the success of a cookie recipe, and stay tuned for more updates!