“Work that matters” has significance beyond classroom walls; it’s work that is created for an authentic audience who might enjoy it or benefit from it even in a small way. It’s work that isn’t simply passed to the teacher for
#ExploreLightAndShadow Activity Page
Explore the amazing interplay of lights, shadows, reflections, and refractions with our new capsule entitled #ExploreLightAndShadow. This capsule is a wonderful way to get your students observing and tinkering with the world around them in a playful way. Curriculum Connections: Earth
Unboxing Botley 2.0
Unboxing Artie 3000
#StopMotion Activity Page – 2021
YouTube LINK to OCS Live Stream Stop Motion – Film making technique whereby objects are manipulated and photographed in a sequence to create an illusion of movement. #StopMotion is one of those things that can be done in all grade
Outdoor Math Funbook
Outdoor education is picking up steam with our youngest learners… Outdoor classrooms are springing up in many of Quebec’s elementary schools with the mindset of getting kids out to play and learn. Below is a series of math activities and
@ExploringBalance Activity Page • 2020
In this virtual makerspace, the LEARN team is #ExploringBalance with balancing sculptures, mobiles, homo-polar motors, and much more. We will focus our exploration on key concepts of balance, like gravity, mass, center of gravity, and distribution of mass. This capsule
Maintaining a Makerspace during a Pandemic
Maker/Librarian Diana Rendina has a wonderful blog called “Renovated Learning” for all things makerspaces. She recently wrote an article on how to manage these spaces during our current pandemic. Great tips and tricks for all. This is a great infographic
Computational Thinking in an Elementary Setting
These documents provide educators with practical ideas on how to promote the four different areas of computational thinking (Decomposition, Pattern Recognition, Abstraction and Algorithmic design) with a bunch of example activities, questions and games that can be applied across the
#CardboardConstruction Activity Page – June 2020
Curriculum Connections Science and Technology Systems & Interactions | Techniques & Instruments Technological design process poster Tool List: Cardboard, Cutters, Connectors, Creativity Resources How to make a pinko board Motion Mechanics | From CDP Website Cardboard Fundamentals link to adafruit