Parachute fun in Phys Ed

How big is Hagrid?

We did a proportional reasoning activity in math today… Did allow us to have a little bit of fun. We use the reading from the first Harry Potter book to figure out exactly how big Hagrid would be. We finished the day adding paint to our sketches that we came up with after we did all of our measurements.

Testing the properties of air…

Grade sixes explored the forces of flight the past two weeks, and today they specifically tested the concepts of Drag and Attack Angles in relation to the parachutes they designed.  Grade fives discussed the concept of air as matter, and how air, as a collection of gas molecules, behaves in relation to solids.  Mostly this was fun for everyone!!!