Joyeuses Pâques à tous!!

Earth Hour

We participated in our own Earth Hour Friday during the 4th block. Students from our grade 4 classes in the Green Club went around the classes to make sure everyone was on board! Good work Green Club!

Earth Hour will be taking place today Saturday March 23rd at 8:30pm. 

How will you be spending your Earth hour?

http://www.earthhour.org

Music Monday

Monday, May 6 is Music Monday!  It is a time when all Canadian schools stop and sing!  1pm is when our time zone is scheduled for.  We will know closer to that day when and how St Emily will be participating.

The theme for 2013 is "Filling the Skies with Music."  This year's song is a collaboration between BareNaked Ladie's Ed Robertson and astronaut Chris Hadfield. The song is called I.S.S. (Is Somebody Singing).

In preparation for that day, we will be practicing the French version of the song in class until we know the lyrics very well. I have placed the video on my youtube channel if you wish to practice at home :)

More info about the song here:   http://musicmakesus.ca/musicmonday/

Lenten Project

From March 18-22

For The Shepherds of Good Hope

Please bring in body wash, toothpaste, socks, shampoo, conditioner, soap

Hanging out on Google!!

Mme Krawiecki and Mme Kohut's Grade4 classes had a chance to hang out with Mme Tibshirani's Grade 4 class from St Gabriel Catholic School in Kanata. Our students shared their findings on sound with the Grade 4 class from St Gabriel. All students enjoyed sharing knowledge.  

Learning Goal

Use technological problem-solving skills to inquire, design, build, and test a device that transforms one form of energy into another (e.g., create a child’s toy that uses a form of energy such as electrical energy from a battery or solar cell to move across the floor [kinetic energy] and make a noise [sound energy]), and examine ways in which energy is being “lost” in the device.

The toy is to be built mainly with recycled materials.

Resources:  Toy making

Students follow the Scientific Method to organize their thoughts and procedures

 Google Form: http://lynekohut.blogspot.ca/p/loading_19.html

We inquire, design, build, and test