Announcements:
- Ramadan Mubarak to all participating students
- Tomorrow is grade 7 Badminton Divisionals - Good luck to all those participating!
- The Sustainability Challenge runs from today until May 31st. Students are encouraged to pick a behavior change that will challenge them but will also be something they can achieve.
Science:
Today Ms. Baillargeon was a guest in our class teaching about Online Research. This will be an ongoing series of classes to help students improve their research skills as well as their ability to put information into their own words and cite sources properly.
For those who missed class or anyone who wants to revisit Ms. Baillargeon's suggestions, visit her presentation."Google a Day" was a particularly fun challenge! The three questions Google asks each day are complex, so this is a good way to breakdown key ideas / concepts and use search terms and key words effectively.
We also practiced note taking from relevant sources.
Math:
We started a new unit today: Data Analysis
We began by collecting data about what students are willing to do for their Sustainability Challenge to reduce waste, energy consumption, etc.
We then combined their pledges into categories including no plastic/paper, decreased use of technology, decreased food waste, decreased use of water, and decreased use of motorized vehicles. We created a tally chart with this class data and then drew a circle graph to show the fractions / percentages of the class that chose each category in the Sustainability Challenge.
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