We are Engineers!

Hello Everyone!

We had a fantastic week in Room 13!

On Tuesday, we built bridge prototypes for the community in Ortega, Columbia. We used our blueprints to help us with our building. After we built the bridges, we tested them! We put the bridges in between two desks, and put weights on the bridge to see how much weight it could hold. Many of the bridges held over 7400 grams! Take a look at some picture of our work. Thank you to Mr. Southworth and Ms. P for their help with our project. Here are some quotes about our activity.

- "We learned that sometimes, if you add more materials to make your structure stronger, it will actually make it weaker because it is too heavy." -K
- "If you don't use strong materials, your bridge might break." -G
- "If you use bendy materials such as cardboard, your bridge will bend when weight is added." -R
- "It's not as easy to make a hybrid bridge as it looks!" -D
- "I really liked building the bridges." -K
- "A hybrid bridge may not be a good choice for the environment because the river span is not very long." -M

Have a fantastic weekend!

Love Room 13

The Great Orchestra!

Welcome everyone!

We had a magnificent week! We were busy working on many activities.

First of all, we went to the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra field trip at the Jack Singer Concert Hall. We saw many instruments such as drums, violins, double basses, and a tuba. They played pieces from three composers: Brahms, Bach, and Beethoven. Here are some of our thoughts about the field trip.
- "I really liked that we got to sit on the top row of seats." -M
- "I liked the drums and symbols." -D
- "I felt scared because we were sitting so high up!"- T
- "I really liked when the harp played." -R
- "I was surprised when two people ran onto the stage!" -T
- "The songs were lovely." -O
- "I liked when the percussion played." -H

This week we started Math Problem Monday. In our class, we are going to be given a challenging task that we will work to solve. Can you fill in the blanks to this problem?

Also, this week we did science centers. We experimented with different fasteners such as tape, marshmallows, Lego, rubber bands and plasticine to see which one was the strongest. Now we have different choices of fasteners to use when we build our prototype bridges for Columbia!

Stay warm this weekend!

Love Room 13

Our Finished Masks

Welcome back to our blog!

Today is the first day of February! It has been a cold and snowy week, but we are staying warm in Room 13!

First, we finished our animal masks with Mrs. F. We added some final details such as whiskers, fur, feathers and extra paint. Take a look at some of our final products. 

Here are some thoughts on our experience with our artist in residence.
- "I felt happy making the masks." -H
- "It was fun!" -T
- "I really loved learning how to make masks." -N
- "I am surprised it took 4 days to make our masks!" -E
- "I was really excited to make the masks with Mrs. F." -G
- "I really liked how the fur felt. It was so soft." -M
- "It was very hard but fun!" -R
- "Our masks look fantastic!" -D

Next, we started researching our animals! We are learning about the animal's characteristics, diet, habitat, threat to their habitat, life cycle, parental care and predators. When we are finished, we are going to write scripts and stories about our animals, and use our masks.

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We are excited for our field trip to the CPO on Tuesday. Everyone, please bring your lunch!

Love Room 13