Monday, October 9, 2017

Mindful Meanderings for Oct 2-6

Dear Parents:

Our learning web for last week:


Here we are trying out the camera and learning the new app Simple Mind on the iPad 


In math we've been practicing our mental math strategies so we can apply them to larger numbers in grade four.  Here are some examples so you can practice them at home:  



On Friday we began a design thinking challenge with Mrs. Sayani's class.  We have been focussing on waste in our world in science as you know.  We are very concerned about the amount of one use packaging.  So... we decided to find out how much of this students are bringing for snacks.  Here is a photo of the amount we collected in just one recess break on Friday from the grade 4's and 3's. 

A couple of activist ambassadors who care about waste in their world.  

Our challenge is to design alternative biodegradable packaging that we will create prototypes for and test them.  Here are some photos of us working together to ideate and sketch out our first prototypes.  Design thinking allows us to address  real world problems and  to ideate about possible solutions.  








We watched a video called Caine's Arcade for some inspiration and to honour the Global Cardboard Challenge on October 7th.  Here is a link to learn more about it:  https://cardboardchallenge.com/





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