Derek Burkins(Riley's Dad)- A song writing visit.

Today, Derek Burkins (Riley's Dad) visited Team Couloir to inspire our writer's and poet's with his writing process. He began with a song and followed with a lesson on word choice. He gave all of the students a copy of his CD titled 'Ten Years and 29 Days'. Thank you Derek for sharing your music world with us!

Oobleck, bubbles and more!

This past Friday students had the opportunity to play with Oobleck and analyze 'what phase it was in', build 3D shapes from clay and toothpicks(dipping in soap to top it off) in an exploration of volume, and finally to appreciate Spring  in a watercolor painting of their natural surroundings. Students were very engaged and enthusiastic about each of these stations.

Anita de Waard(Iris's mom) presents...

On Friday, Iris's mom, Anita de Waard, inspired the scientist in all of us! Anita helped students to connect our current study of matter to our previous study of forces and motion with demonstrations involving 'liquid nitrogen'. Best of all, she ignited curiosity in Team Couloir students.Thank you Anita.

Friday Formal Day and Outside Play!

This past Friday, 93% of our team dressed up for 'Formal Day'. Our team had the highest percentage and we won a pizza party as a result!
We also got outside to enjoy some sunshine together during 'team time'. Today we begin the  third trimester.

Sledding + Science = Fun!

Our last minute field trip to Mills River Park yesterday was a great success. Students had fun and applied many of the science concepts we have been exploring; friction, gravity and inertia. Today during CPR, students were able to demonstrate clear understanding of these concepts with examples from yesterday and in their day to day lives.

Skating at Cairns Arena

We had a wonderful field trip to Cairns Arena on Friday. Thank you to our great chaperones, Eric Sandy, Bob and Angela Halsted, Laura Merena, Mark Redmond, Beth Novotny, and Marcy Shelden. For many students, this was their first skating experience. Students persevered and really supported each other. Each group took some time with their chaperones to explore Newton's Three Laws and how they applied to our skating experience. In addition, everyone had a chance to do 'three speed test trials' as part of our experiment testing, 'does mass affect speed?". We will be using this information and analyzing it later this week on spreadsheet. Thank you for supporting another great learning opportunity.