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
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
