The following update has been written by the students of Room 301:
The Langevin Science Olympics took place on February 14. It was amazing! We had to work with our teams to complete four challenges: building paper bridges, making and firing catapults, building a tower with cups, sticks and cubes, and painting a rainbow using only primary colours. The day began with an opening ceremonies and ended with closing ceremonies. We sat with our team colours and watched a grade 9 challenge, a dance, the lighting of the Langevin torch and were treated to a special visit from Captain Langevin. We celebrate the Science Olympics to create, problem-solve, cooperate and have fun. On February 5, we were challenged to dream up an invention for pets. The invention had to help our pets get a daily workout. Most of us thought up a type of treadmill. We wrote about it but we did not build it. In school we have been playing splat. Splat is a math game. This is how you play it. First you see a number of dots on the screen (like 6), then a big splat comes over the screen and covers up a certain number of dots. Then you guess how many our under the splat. Click here for an example and to visit the splat web site: http://www.stevewyborney.com/?p=893 In Phys Ed we have learned how to play four corner hockey. It's so much fun playing hockey and it teaches people communication and teamwork. We have been building sound amplifiers and silencers. Most of us have partners. A silencer makes the sound quieter and an amplifier makes the sound louder. We learned that in solids, there are lots of particles packed closely together, so the vibrations travel from particle to particle more quickly. Particles in liquids are more spread out and gas particles are the furthest spread out. One pair of students made a silencer that almost completely blocked the music coming from Ms. Keet's iphone. This pair of students used layers of insulation, foam and cardboard. We also talked about sound that is funneled through a cone shape can amplify sound. Ask me about my amplifier building plans and construction. On February 21st, we went to Crescent Heights High School. Before we left, we brainstormed and recorded questions to ask the band members from that school. We went there to learn about instruments like the trumpet, percussion instruments and many others. We took a bus there and spent a half day talking to the high school students, asking them questions about their instruments and listening to them play. On Thursday, Feb 22nd, we had a classroom debate. We were debating about which of the children's rights was more important: playgrounds and recreation, opportunities to share opinions, the right to practice religion and culture, the right to non-discrimination or the right to be protected from things like abuse.
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