Feb 17-20

2 Days of Science and Social Studies 

Although it was another short week at school - we sure made the most of the two days that we had together! It was great to hear that the students all seemed to have enjoyed their Family Day weekend.

Science

Our new unit is in full force and 3FM Engineering has really taken off!!! Students have been becoming more accustomed to using the scientific method in the process of their testing. This week students were introduced to beams and were given the task of testing different styles of beams to see which was the strongest. After building the beams from paper, they tested an accordion beam, rectangular beam and the box girder beam. Ask your students which beam was the strongest... and they should tell you that the box girder held the most weight!

Here are some fun pictures of the engineers of 3FM:

Such a wonderful group of engineers - always ready for any task that they are given!

Social Studies

In social studies - we continued to look at access to services. This week we investigated Ukraine`s access to services and students compared what they learned about Ukraine with Peru, Tunisia and our community. Students learned that in Ukraine - access to services can be limited by cost, as well as by the fact that Ukraine is becoming accustomed to provided services on its own. Students learned that some of the services we have are not as readily available in Ukraine - such as newer technology and medicine. This week we will wrap up Ukraine and begin looking at services in India.

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! 

Don`t forget to bring your skates, helmets and snow pants this week!!!