Sciences+et+technologie

Monday, January 30
Have a look at some of our AWESOME projects on light. Students were to invent a futuristic object that would solve an everyday problem, using the properties of light. BRAVO! .

Wednesday, January 11
The unit task for Light is to create a futuristic invention using the properties of light, which will make our lives easier. In class, we are designing/drawing the products, writing a description, and creating print ads. Providing all goes well, this will wrap up our study on Light so we can move on to Sound next week. We will aim for a unit test on Light and Sound on January 23.

Here are a few pictures of our trip to the Museum of Science and Technology: == ==

Monday, December 12
Our field trip to the Museum of Science and Technology is this Tuesday, December 13. The Canadian Museum of Science and Technology website provides descriptions of our workshops as well as background information:


 * Looking at Light **

Discover how light is produced and transmitted as you move through activity stations. Experiment with different materials to study reflection, refraction, and absorption. View the world through instruments such as microscopes, telescopes, periscopes, and kaleidoscopes, and use special filters to explore the world of colour.

Sound Connexions
Through hands-on activity stations, see, hear, and feel how sound is produced, and how it travels through different materials. Use an oscilloscope and musical instruments to explore the relationships between wavelength, frequency, and amplitude. With a sound generator, investigate the range of sounds that humans can hear.

Monday, November 28
Our Light & Sound unit is underway, and is it ever fun! The Big Ideas in this unit, from the Science Curriculum, are as follows:


 * Light and sound are forms of energy with specific properties.
 * Sound is created by vibrations.
 * Light is required to see.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Technological innovations involving light and sound have an impact on the environment.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">So far we have learned that light travels in a straight line and that light is reflected off of shiny surfaces. We have learned these properties of light by following the <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">scientific inquiry method: asking questions, following procedures, recording observations, drawing conclusions, and communicating our findings through written sentences and labelled drawings.

<span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive;">We can't wait for our visit to the Museum of Science and Technology on December 13th for more hands-on learning (ok, and maybe a run through the elevated fibre optic network maze).

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Details will soon be posted about the culminating unit-tasks. In class, students will be designing a futuristic, environmentally-friendly invention using the properties of light. Students will also design and make a musical instrument using the properties of sound. //To make our musical instruments we will need a large assortment of "found" items, such as elastics, wire, margarine tubs, tin plates, paper towel or plastic tubes, and anything else that jingles, rattles, or hums. Please start collecting these things at home.//

<span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive;">To explore more about Light and Sound at home, please visit the following link (in French): <span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive;">Tremplin numéro 4e3 <span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive;">Tremplin is a Franco-Ontarian publication so the links are directly related to our Grade 4 curriculum.