In a previous post, Dave Scott, one of our grade 8 teachers, discussed how Twitter and Skype had allowed him to connect with a philosophy teacher on Bowen Island, just outside of Vancouver, BC. Having met and Skyped a number of times, Brad and Dave have now set up a Ning, a site that allows… Continue reading Using 'Ning' to Collaborate Between Schools
Grade: 9 Subject: Humanities, Social Studies Teacher: Jennifer Woodard This grade 9 project centered around grade 9 students telling the stories of new immigrants to Canada. The project was done in partnership with the Calgary Catholic Immigration Society. The hope of this project was to engage students in the issue of Canadian immigration and citizenship… Continue reading Canada: Your Story is My Story
Next week four of our teachers are presenting at the annual Alberta Social Studies Conference. Jenn Woodard is giving two presentations: Canada: Your Story is My Story This presentation will cover a grade 9 project on immigration. Our school partnered with the Calgary Catholic Immigration Services and our grade 9 students interviewed recent immigrants to… Continue reading Four CSS teachers at the AB Social Studies Conference
Grade: 7 Subject: Science Our two grade 7 science teachers are starting a research project for the “Plants for Food and Fibre” unit of the grade 7 program of studies. The plan for the project is to have students examine a number of variables to determine which plant need has the greatest impact on plant… Continue reading Using Wikis for Knowledge Building in Science
Grade: 7 Subject Areas: Humanities, History One of our teachers, Neil Stephenson, is offering a session at the upcoming Alberta Social Studies Conference, October 16-18, on a year-long Humanities project called the Cigar Box Project. Empowered with 21st century tools, Neil’s Grade 7 students reinterpreted events from five periods that have shaped Canada’s current historical… Continue reading Remixing Canadian History
Grade: 5 Subject Area: Humanities, Digital Storytelling Teachers: Tanya Stogre, Chris Dittmann Two our of Grade 5 teachers are giving a presentation at the upcoming Alberta Social Studies Conference, October 16-18 in Lake Louise, Alberta. This presentation will focus on how to incorporate digital storytelling into the classroom, particularly where teachers want students to focus… Continue reading How to Design Powerful Digital Stories
This year at the Calgary Science School, there’s a new structure to the Fine Arts Program, bringing in the element of choice at the grade 7 and 8 level. One of the new courses being offered is an introduction to Graphic Design. The first assignment students are working on is a logo design project. To… Continue reading Grade 8 Graphic Design: Effective Logos
Grades: 7 Subject: Social Studies In this episode, a grade 7 Social Studies teacher shares an approach where are students are asked to defend a chosen First Nations group against historical critiques. One of the goals of the assignment was to include a problem or challenge for the students to respond to while they were… Continue reading CSS Podcasts: First Nations Defense Assignment
Two of our Grade 4 teachers are presenting at the Elementary Science Symposium hosted by the Calgary Science Network on Sept 30th. Our teachers are offering two 90 minute sessions on the Light and Shadow unit of grade 4 Science. They have some fantastic hands on material ready to share.You can find more information about… Continue reading CSS Teachers at the Calgary Science Network Symposium
