This week we are going to review word problems and how they can be solved. Your first assignment is to go to the link below, pick three problems, write them out in your math book and solve them. Don't forget to show your work!
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Disaster DIY Chat
On May 10, the Grade 5 students at Banbury Heights School had the opportunity to have a Skype conversation with Bryan Baeumler from the TV show Disaster DIY on HGTV. The students have just started a science unit on structures where they will have to complete a series of design challenges. Bryan was able to answer a number of questions and provide some design tips that students will be able to use during the course of this unit. Check out a portion of the chat by clicking on the video above!
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Bridge Research
Today you will do some important research to collect information that you can use to build your bridge later this week. Work with your group to follow the steps below!
1. Go to the site http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/bridge/basics.html
- Read through the "Bridge Basics" as a group
- Make notes on the positives an negatives of the beam, truss, arch, and suspension bridge
- Draw some simple sketches to help you remember each bridge
2. Go to the site: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/lab/loads.html
- Make detailed notes on how the weight of structure, weight of load and a eathquake can affect a bridge
- Make a few diagrams to help you remember what you learned
3. Go to the site: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/lab/shapes.html
- Make detailed notes on each of the shapes you can use to crete your bridge
- draw a quick diagram so you can refer to them when you are building your own bridge
4. Google: Cantilever Bridge
- Write five points about the positives of this type of bridge
- draw a quick sketch of what it looks like
1. Go to the site http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/bridge/basics.html
- Read through the "Bridge Basics" as a group
- Make notes on the positives an negatives of the beam, truss, arch, and suspension bridge
- Draw some simple sketches to help you remember each bridge
2. Go to the site: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/lab/loads.html
- Make detailed notes on how the weight of structure, weight of load and a eathquake can affect a bridge
- Make a few diagrams to help you remember what you learned
3. Go to the site: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/lab/shapes.html
- Make detailed notes on each of the shapes you can use to crete your bridge
- draw a quick diagram so you can refer to them when you are building your own bridge
4. Google: Cantilever Bridge
- Write five points about the positives of this type of bridge
- draw a quick sketch of what it looks like
Good luck.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Computer Activity
On a separate piece of paper, write out the questions below and answer them in sentences! Answers can be found while on an adventure at (Once on the site, click on "Enter Full Screen Here"):
1. What did the boys ages 18-20 spend time doing?
2. What was the worst thing you could be called? What did it mean?
3. While boys were training to be solders, what did girls have to do?
4. Why were boys taught to steal?
5. What did people in Greece use the mountains for?
6. Find 5 more facts that you think are interesting about Greece that you could share with the class.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Read To Succeed
The first month of our Read to Succeed Program was a huge success. As a class we read for 40,237 minutes! As a school we read for 93,987minutes!
In order to encourage even more reading this month (especially during the March break) the class that tracks the most amount of minutes in March will win a pizza party. Don't forget to read every day at home and at school and record your results. If you have lost your tracking sheet, you can download a new one at http://granderie.ca/banbury/node/156.
To learn more about the program, click on the commercial above.
Just Book It!
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Ancient Civilizations
This month we are starting our unit on ancient civilizations. Click on the link below to start exploring some of the civilizations we will be looking at during this unit!
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