One of our grade 4 teachers, Greg Neil, is presenting next week at the GEOEC conference in Canmore Alberta. Greg’s presentation is going to focus on the Galileo Inquiry Rubric, and then use a Grade 4 project he designed on endangered animals as a case study of inquiry in action. The purpose of the project… Continue reading Grade 4: Endangered Animals and their Habitats
One of the luxuries we have at the Science School is being within walking distance of a protected wetlands area called the Weaselhead Natural Environment Park. Being so close allows our teachers and students to make us of the park for recreation, as well as scientific and environmental education. One of our grade 5 teachers… Continue reading Grade 5: Science in the Wetlands
This project is a grade 9 Science Project examining the topic of biofuel development. Students were introduced to the topic through a powerpoint presentation designed to hook the students with some of the controversial facts on the issue. Students worked through the development of a number of research questions, and then began a collaborative research… Continue reading Grade 9: Food or Fuel
