Mar 4- 8

Learning Outcomes

Science

-Recognize and appreciate the potential dangers involved in using sources of electrical currents

-Identify example applications of electrical devices in the school and home environment, and classify the kinds of uses. Categories of electrical use may include such things as: heating, lighting, communicating, moving, computing.

What Did Students Do?

This week, students began learning about electricity. One of the first things we discussed was electricity safety. We emphasized that electric currents can be very powerful and with that comes potential dangers in using and interacting with electricity. We will continue to remind students never to experiment with household appliances throughout our Science unit. At school, we will use small batteries to support our learning.

Students were invited to begin investigating the concept of watts through the use of an Edu-Kit from Green Calgary. Do you know about Green Calgary? Green Calgary supports Calgarians to live a more sustainable lifestyle. 

    -Image from Green Calgary Website

Students were so excited to begin this Science work! In this activity, students had a set of cards with pictures of common household appliances - both small and large. Within their small groups, they were tasked with estimating the amount of watts the appliance used within an hour. Students then arranged the appliances in order of least watts used to most watts used. The actual watt usage was revealed and students were so surprised! We had great conversations around energy usage, which appliance they use most often at home, which appliances they could use less often and which appliances they could live without. 

For their second activity, students used watt meters to measure household appliances. They categorized each appliance into the following types: heating, lighting, communicating, moving, computing.

Ask Your Child About:

-our walking field trip to Nickle School to see the Renaissance Fair

-our work with the vertical workspaces to explore the connection between area and perimeter

-ringette in PE 

Upcoming Events 

March 12^th – Fun Lunch  

March 13^th – School Council Meeting – Gr. 6 to share Teacher Report  
March 14^th – Nickle Open House – 6:30 – 8:00    

March 21^st – Parent Teacher Conferences – 4:00 – 7:30   

March 22^nd – Parent Teacher Conferences – 8:00 – 1:00   
March 23^rd – April 2^nd – Spring Break