Grade 4

We have the thrill of hosting a whole bunch of wriggly Red Wrigglers in our classrooms for the next six weeks.  We'll be vermicomposting (worm composting), learning about how we can do this ourselves.  Assuming all goes well, we will get a lot of great castings from the worms, which we can use to grow more plants in the spring.  Students learned how to handle them, how to tell how old they were, how composting works and why it's helpful for the environment.

HEY, Kids!   Robogals UCalgary is holding a series of Robotics workshops on Saturdays starting February 9th, 2019 until March 2nd, at the University of Calgary.  The workshop is completely free and run by our Robogals UCalgary undergraduate student volunteers from the University of Calgary. Kids will learn about Engineering and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) concepts through simple programming challenges with LEGO EV3 Mindstorm Robots. The target age group is 8-12 years old (no previous programming knowledge required). Link to sign-up form: https://goo.gl/forms/asqiuP6tvxPmM9J62 Extra information:  There are files that we cannot attach here, but the teachers can email you if you ask.   Katia Greco, President -  ucalgary.president@robogals.org   u calgary.events@robogals.org  |  http://www.robogals.org Note:  Robogals is directed to and designed for girls, but boys can also attend.  

For Kid Inventor Day, grade four students teamed across the two classes to think of some of the environmental problems we have in the world.  Many of those were waste related, as we have been studying this recently.  They then formed small groups and dreamed up inventions that could help solve these problems.  They sketched and explained them, and then built & shared prototypes. What's going on with the hats?  Why, they are all THINKING CAPS, of course!