Learning at Meadowbank

KO Class Report 🔬🐷🌉

As part of our Science program this term, KO students have been exploring different materials and learning about their properties. This week’s lesson focused on posing questions and thinking carefully about how asking questions can help us solve problems and make better choices when designing and building.

Inspired by The Three Little Pigs, students became creative scientists and engineers as they took on the challenge of building a strong bridge for the pigs to safely cross the creek to Grandma Pig’s house!

Working in four collaborative groups, students planned, designed and created their very own bridges using a variety of materials including cardboard tubes, paper, sticks, pipe cleaners and wooden blocks. There was plenty of teamwork, problem-solving and creative thinking happening as students shared ideas, negotiated roles and carefully constructed their designs.

The most exciting part was testing the bridges! Each group placed a soft toy on top to see if their bridge was strong enough to hold the weight. Some bridges stood tall and strong, while others needed a few clever adjustments along the way. The classroom was buzzing with excitement, laughter and proud smiles as students presented their finished creations to the class and explained why they chose certain materials.

K/6B Class Report

Warami families! 

Throughout this term, K/6B has been learning how light interacts with materials in different ways and how it can be reflected or absorbed.  Through a series of experiments, we found out how light bends or changes direction when it passes from one material to another. We explored how white light can be separated into different colours when it passes through certain materials. 

Last week, we were exploring shadows. We discovered how opaque objects block light to cast them. We experimented with card puppets to create shadows and discovered that shadows can change with the position of the light source and that the shadow is not always the same size as the object.

Science is so fun!