The students in grade four have been reading a new book, The City of Ember, by Jeanne DuPrau. The book tells the story of a city without natural light that is threatened by an aging infrastructure and rapidly diminishing supplies. The book offers a variety of wonderful opportunities to connect to our science unit: Building Devices and Vehicles That Move. The students played the role of one of the jobs in the book, Pipeworks Laborer, and worked collaboratively to design a pipe system that could carry water from one place to another. This met the learning outcome: Use simple forces to power or propel a device such as moving water downhill.
Thank you to all the families who were able to make it out for our Grade Four Celebration of Learning. The students were incredibly excited to share their work with their families and the students within our school. It was a wonderful way to culminate our time spent working on the Minecraft Design Challenge. The students showed a great deal of growth throughout this experience. They developed patience with challenging technology, worked to collaborate and be flexible with their peers and to use their imaginations and celebrate their creativity. As they learned about social, economic and climate resilience, the students developed a greater understanding of the needs of our city and the importance of creating places that are open and accessible to all. If you were unable to join us for our celebration at the school, please have your child share their work with you at home.
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