IBL Research

We have been working with Mrs. Dent Scarcello during IBL (Inquiry Based Learning) to research a Canadian animal. Our research has been completed and here is a our google map showing information we discovered. We are currently designing habitats for our animals to complete our project. Click on a marker to read about some of the amazing animals we have researched. '
Thanks Mrs. Dent Scarcello for helping us throughout this process!

Marble Run Wrap Up

Last week we had a gallery walk as we shared our marble runs with our big buddies. They were able to go to the table groups to see how our designs worked. Today we went to see the design projects our Big Buddies made. Some projects were games that used magnets and other projects made sounds. It was very neat to see all the creative minds that were able to share their inventions!

Mrs. Dent Scarcello made an ebook of our IBL project.....have a look! Thanks Mrs. Dent Scarcello. We enjoyed spending time with you and learning about objects and materials. 

Design Process

We created marble runs during our IBL time with Mrs. Dent Scarcello. The unit we worked on was called Characteristics of Objects and Materials. There were many recycled materials that were brought in to help us with our designs. The students had to do lots of planning and problem solving during the process.

Here are our thoughts:
You don't have to give up or quit because you could make it work. -Callum
I had trouble building the marble run. Plan A did not work, Plan B I made a change and it worked. -Jake
The marble run I made was fun to make. I had trouble with the marble going through and coming out, but then I changed it to be taller. -Russell A.
I liked putting the marble down my marble run. -Cody
It was really fun building my marble run because I got to tape things together. -Levi
The marble went all the way down. I had to pull out the magazine roll to get out the marble. -Gavin
It was hard to make it because there was tape that was sticking onto the marble so I had to put a marble down and the other marble hit the stuck marble and then it went down. I took part of the tape off so the marble would not get stuck. -Brady
I liked when I made the marble run. It was fun to put the tape on. -Landyn
I had to put some new tape on the bottle so the toilet paper roll would stay on. -Zachary
I used a box, toilet paper rolls and tape. -Russell L.
It was hard to put some stuff together when the marble got stuck in places. I took toilet paper roll and the solo cup and I left one cup on and it ran down. -Sierra
I liked when we put the stuff on. I used toilet paper rolls, paper towel rolls and tape. -Eliza
I made a marble run. -Jay Dee

I learned to not staple popsicle sticks because it won't work. -Naomi
I learned to not tape the toilet paper roll because it won't stay on properly. We hot glued it on and it worked. -Anna
I used a cereal box. I put tape on it. I used toilet paper rolls. -Ethan
The marble goes fast. It lands in an egg carton. Josh
My marble didn't fall down to the bottom. I made straws to make it like a game. The marble doesn't go the same way every time. -Bapreet
We made marble runs. We had to make changes. I didn't know how to make a loop in the middle so I changed the plans. -Cady.

Wow, what creative thinking. It was great to see that many students realized their original design was not possible, but were able to make necessary changes to meet the criteria. We had to think like real scientists. Could you imagine what it would be like if inventors and designers gave up if things didn't work the first time? Maybe some of our grade ones will be future designers.
-Mrs. T :)

Inquiry Based Learning

We started our IBL (Inquiry Based Learning) work in science with Mrs. Dent Scarcello. We are looking at the characteristics of objects and materials. We made predictions and saw a video about how gummy bears are made. Mrs. Dent Scarcello had some really neat building blocks and materials for us to explore.

Here are our thoughts:
The wood blocks were hard. -Cody
I liked to find out what the objects were made out of. -Cady
I felt the foam blocks and they felt squishy. -Brady
I like building and feeling the different blocks. -Landyn
Gummy bears are made in a factory. I like to eat gummy bears. -Levi
I built a tower with plastic blocks. -Josh
All of the materials felt different. -Callum
We learned about how to make gummy bears. -Bapreet
At IBL we learned how things are made. -Jake
I built the Children's Museum. -Russell L.
I enjoyed looking at how things are made. -Gavin
Blocks are hard. -Jay Dee
I liked when I was feeling the toys and at the end I built a tower out of foam blocks. -Zachary
I liked it when we were working on what stuff is made of. -Eliza
I built the zoo. Ethan
I found out how some things are smooth and rough. -Sierra
I enjoyed building tower of blocks. We made the Eiffel Tower. -Anna

IBL Time

We started talking about the seasons during our IBL (Inquiry Based Learning) class today with Mrs. Friesen. The students sang a tree song with actions. There was lots of discussion about how the seasons affect people, animals and plants. We watched a video that had a very catchy tune. The students drew a picture of what fall and winter looked like to them and placed them on a chart. We can't wait to continue our learning on Thursday.