Friday, March 6, 2020
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OUTLINE
- Cheer on our basketball players!
- Journals/ self evals
- Spring break plan - paperwork overview
- Avi trip planning - food, tents
- Sima @ 11:45
- See the SPRING BREAK TO DO LIST and get 'er done
- Have a great break and see you on March 30th
Thursday, March 5, 2020
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OUTLINE
- Drama skits
- Clean/ hang gear
- Journals and self-assessment
- Stretching and climbing
- DNA models
- Industrial revolution packages due at the end of March break - work ahead
- Come prepared to possibly be outside skiing for the afternoon at Mount Sima
Tuesday, March 3 to Wednesday, March 4, 2020
- Bonneville Lakes snowshoe trip
Monday, March 2, 2020
OUTLINE
OUTLINE
- Trip prep - equipment check-in and gear organization
- Risk assessment for trip
- Food prep - spaghetti sauce from scratch
- Take up questions on Fish Lake's archaeological sites
- Industrial Revolution package - independent work
- Birds review
- Get ready for tomorrow's trip
- Complete Fish Lake questions if not complete
Thursday, February 27, 2020
OUTLINE
OUTLINE
- Discuss homework from Monday
- Review birds
- Food - presentation, trip meal planning, empty dehydrators
- Trip forms - equipment list, permission form
- Trip packing - check tents, check stoves, get fuel, sleds, harnesses, duffels
- Prep skis for this afternoon
- Afternoon leadership session with grade 2/3's from Takhini @ Mount Mac
- Fish Lake readings and questions
- Get permission forms signed
- Get organized for next week's trip (food, gear)
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
OUTLINE
OUTLINE
- McDade away
- Finish topo map assignment
- Complete reflection on what life would have been like for you as a teenager in this place 200 years ago
- Nothing
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
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OUTLINE
- Kwaday Dan Kenji (The Long Ago Peoples Place) field trip
- Read and summarize, discuss significance of yesterday's article if not complete
Monday, February 24, 2020
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OUTLINE
- Week at a glance
- Birds! 5 new birds this week are the Hairy Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Snowy Owl, American Robin and Mallard
- Map skills worksheet
- Course selection - period 2
- Food planning and prep - presentation and fruit dehydration
- Tent set-up demo
- Read this article and write summary/ significance in homework log
- Come prepared to be outside for the day tomorrow at Kwaday Dan Kenji - wear appropriate clothing, footwear and lunch/ water
Thursday, February 20, 2020
OUTLINE
OUTLINE
- Chemistry compounds quiz
- Topographic map skill development - longitude/ latitude and partner work
- pm ski @ Mount Mac to practice games for next week
- 5 maps of Canada due Monday
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
OUTLINE
OUTLINE
- Assessment and journals from yesterday
- Navigation continued - topo maps, scales, UTM coordinates
- P2 presentation - elders Russell and Norman
- Climbing
- Sewing/ beading or map work
- Read this article and write summary/ significance in homework log
- Chemistry compounds quiz tomorrow
- 5 maps of Canada due Monday
- Come prepared to be outside tomorrow afternoon - we are skiing at the Mount McIntyre stadium
Tuesday, February 18, 2020
OUTLINE
OUTLINE
- Homework - hand in science compound worksheets and discuss reading from last night
- Birds review
- Map work time
- Navigation part 1 - GPS, cartography video, topographic map features, scale
- Leadership discussion - what makes a good leader and cross-country ski activity planning (good website for game ideas)
- Cross-country ski session @ Mount Mac Stadium - practice facilitating games with each other
- Re-do incorrect responses on compound worksheets from today
- Get caught up on any readings that you've missed
- ***BRING YOUR SEWING TOMORROW!!!
Monday, February 17, 2020
OUTLINE
OUTLINE
- Week at a glance
- Trip video, debrief and clean up
- Birds! - 5 new species this week (gyrfalcon, black-billed magpie, willow ptarmigan, spruce grouse, boreal owl)
- Chemistry compounds practice - text book questions, worksheets
- Maps of Canada
- Complete chemistry compounds worksheet for tomorrow
- Read this article and write summary/ significance in homework log
- Afternoon ski session tomorrow at Mount McIntyre
February 13-14
OUTLINE
OUTLINE
- Survival trip
- Great job everyone!
- Get some rest!
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
OUTLINE
OUTLINE
- Homework recap
- Birds review
- Trip prep - cord, snare wire, survival kit update, tarps
- Canada map work
- Correct chemistry work on compounds
- Survival shelters - lean-to, double lean-to, tipi; critiquing online examples
- Sugar shack activties
- Read this article and write summary/ significance in homework log
- Bring remaining items for survival trip
Tuesday, February 11, 2020
OUTLINE
OUTLINE
- Plan A - Long Ago Peoples Place…no go due to weather
- Plan B - snowshoe/ ski to Stinky Lake and Hidden Lake in Porter Creek; learnings - sexual reproduction in humans and trees, watersheds, junk DNA, chromosomes in different organisms, Stinky Lake spring
- Finish chemistry part 3 booklet on compounds
- Bring in survival trip gear
- Bring in survival trip forms
- Read this article and write summary/ significance in homework log
Monday, February 10, 2020
OUTLINE
OUTLINE
- Week at a glance
- Birds - 5 new forest friends (Ruffed Grouse, Northern Flicker, Bald Eagle, American Dipper, American Tree Sparrow)
- Homework/ reading - complete and discuss
- Presentation - grade 10 programs @ Wood Street School and Porter Creek Secondary
- Chemistry - teaching on naming/ writing formulas for covalent compounds
- Work on chemistry compounds booklet
- Trip prep - risk analysis and discussion, equipment review, google map location, weather check
- Bring in equipment for trip
- Get trip form signed
- Do chemistry booklets (last 8 pages with compound naming/ formula writing)
- Come prepared for our full day outing at Kwaday Dan Kenji tomorrow - winter boots, winter clothing, pack lunch, water/ tea, journal and pencil
Friday, February 7, 2020
OULTINE
OULTINE
- Colin in as sub all day
- Chemistry work - compounds
- Indoor bouldering
- Tarp set-up - truckers hitch and bowline knots
- Get trip forms signed
- Bring in equipment for survival trip by Monday
- Read this article and write summary/ significance in homework log
Thursday, February 6, 2020
OUTLINE
OUTLINE
- Clean up/ seating change
- Bird call review and books
- Self assessment updates and journal entries for Tues/ Wed
- Chemistry - correct Part 2 Periodic Table worksheets
- Chemistry - compounds, compounds and more compounds (simple ionic formulas and names, names and formulas involving multivalent metals, names and formulas involving polyatomic ions)
- Prepare and try out survival trip gear (sleds, harnesses, poles, duffel bags, bungees)
- Get trip forms signed
- Bring in equipment for survival trip by Monday
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
OUTLINE
OUTLINE
- Birds - review calls and ID Colin's mystery bird
- Climate change activities
- Drawing activity
- Climbing
- Afternoon homework check-in and discussion about issues surrounding environmental protection worldwide and the power of consumers in the economy
- KWL brainstorm about frostbite
- Sewing with Roberta
- Frostbite presentation with Josianne Gauthier
- Complete Chemistry part 2 for correction in class tomorrow
- Come prepared for an hour long outing around PCSS hauling sleds with snowshoes ***Bring appropriate footwear
Tuesday, February 4, 2020
OUTLINE
OUTLINE
- Bird calls review
- Survival trip overview - parent letter, equipment list, form
- Survivorman video and notes continued
- Chemistry quiz - safety and matter
- Prep skis
- Afternoon cross-country ski outing to Mount McIntyre
- Get survival trip permission form signed
- Complete Chemistry part 2 package by Thursday
- Reading handout on cel phones and elements - write summary and significance in your homework log
Monday, February 3, 2020
OUTLINE
OUTLINE
- Week at a glance
- Birds of the week - Canada Jay, Great Horned Own, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Pine Grosbeak, White-winged Crossbill
- Chemistry part 2 - periodic table intro, elements of interest video on interactive tool, moving between names and symbols on the periodic table, interpreting information on periodic table (atomic number, ion charge), periods vs. groups/ families and trends, Bohr diagrams, ion formation
- Knots - review attaching 2 ends together, double fishermans, girth hitch, 2 half hitches, figure of 8 on a bight
- Survivorman winter video - tips and tricks for winter survival
- Complete chemistry booklet part 2 for Thursday
- Prep for afternoon ski session tomorrow (backpack, water, snack, appropriate clothing, extra layers, survival kit, knife, lighter)
Friday, January 31, 2020
OUTLINE
OUTLINE
- Birds of the week review and quiz
- Correct science homework
- Prep for skiing at Sima
- Sima telemark ski session - sidestepping, parallel glide, snowplow stop, snowplow turns, linking snowplow turns, snowplow turns with telemark stance tracking skis, snowplow turns with telemark stance facing downhill, follow the leader and practice
- Catch up on any incomplete readings/ missed work to this point
- Review science booklet - Chemistry part 1
Thursday, January 30, 2020
OUTLINE
OUTLINE
- Discuss homework
- Learn about snowshoes and prep for outing
- Snowshoe outing on/ beside the Skyline trail near Fish Lake
- Sexual/ asexual reproduction of trees
- Snowshoe follow the leader practicing choosing a route and breaking trail
- Interactions of Earth's 4 spheres
- Why outdoor education is important to each of us
- Survival fire making with our "person"
- Catch up on readings/ responses to this point
- Prepare for a day at Mount Sima tomorrow - check the weather, bring a backpack, lunch (or $ to buy), water, clothing/ extra layers as needed
Wednesday, January 29, 2020
OUTLINE
OUTLINE
- Organize homework books
- Journals/ self assessment
- Birds recap
- Print beading patterns in library
- Finish science booklet (Chemistry Part 1 - matter) and correct
- Start map for Iran/ USA conflict reading/ activity
- Sewing/ beading with Roberta
- Homework/ prep for tomorrow
- Read pages 1 and 2 of the Iran/ USA conflict handout - summarize and discuss significance in homework log
- Prep for tomorrow's snowshoe outing in the Fish Lake area - check the weather, backpack, lunch, water/ tea, appropriate clothing and extra layers as necessary, survival kit, field journal, whistle, knife
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
OUTLINE
OUTLINE
- Teaching - skiing, southern lakes caribou, waxing
- Prep for outing
- Cross-country ski at Mount Lorne ski trails
- Have moccasin liners done for Wednesday
- Read this article; write summary and significance in homework log
- WE are around the school tomorrow - wear comfortable clothing for climbing
Monday, January 27, 2020
OUTLINE
OUTLINE
- Clean up from Friday's ski day
- Journal entry/ assessment
- Birds! - presentation and first 5 birds (black capped chickadee, boreal chickadee, raven, redpoll, bohemian waxwing)
- Continue work on moccasins
- Science continued - physical vs. chemical properties; evidence of chemical change
- Knots - overhand bend, figure of 8 bend, reef knot, single fishermans
- Have moccasin liners done for Wednesday
- Read this article; write summary and significance in homework log
- Prepare for tomorrow's full day cross-country ski outing (backpack, water, food, winter jacket, snowpants, top and bottom layers, mitts, toque, neck warmer, survival kit, multi-use knife, whistle, field journal)
Friday, January 24, 2020
OUTLINE
OUTLINE
- Homework discussion
- Risk analysis for daily outing
- Check and organize gear
- Telemark skiing and fire making on Grey Mountain
- None
- Monday we will stay at school
Thursday, January 23, 2020
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OUTLINE
- Homework discussion
- Trangia lab - create exemplar together
- Trangia lab questions
- Intro climbing session
- Survival kit creation
- Prep for tomorrow - equipment list
- Homework handout/ reminder
- Read this article; write summary and significance in homework log
- Prepare for tomorrow's full day telemark ski outing (backpack, water, food, winter jacket, snowpants, top and bottom layers, mitts, toque, neck warmer, survival kit, multi-use knife, whistle)
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
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OUTLINE
- Clean up skis and boots
- Self assessments and field journal entries from yesterday
- Trangia cookstove inquiry
- Moccasin making with Roberta
- Read this article and write a summary and about the articles significance (3-5 sentences each)
- Wear comfortable clothing for tomorrow's climbing session
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
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OUTLINE
- Homework check-in
- Heat loss skits
- Chemistry part 1
- Afternoon ski @ Mount McIntyre with Colin
- None
Monday, January 20, 2020
OUTLINE
OUTLINE
- Intro and icebreaker
- Housekeeping
- Expectations
- Gear outfitting - XC skis, telemark skis
- Risk presentation and matrix completion for tomorrow's activity
- Heat production and loss