Hello everyone! Happy Spring Break!
School is likely the furthest thing from our minds right now, but let's take a quick look back at what kept us busy on Thursday!
We were very lucky to have Mme Jena from WISE come and teach us about electricity!
We worked with our groups to create different types of electrical circuits using snap circuits.
We created simple circuits and parallel circuits and compared the two.
We were able to light up a lightbulb, turn on a small fan
and then experimented to see what else we could create!
After we finished building all of sorts of circuits, we were able to see electricity move in a plasma ball. We could touch the ball with our hands and, with permission, we could 'zap' our partner too! Cool!
After we said goodbye to Mme Jena, we got to work on Math. We started by reviewing how to break a number into a product of its prime factors (les facteurs premiers) using the factor tree method (un arbre de facteurs). We then combined our Math skills with card stock and scissors and got crafty!
We each chose a number (the cloud), divided it into its factors (the rain drops) and kept on dividing the factors until we reached a set of prime factors (the flowers). Some of us were VERY ambitious and chose big numbers, so we had a LOT of cutting to do! After all of our pieces were cut out, we punched holes and tied the pieces together to create our very own spring-themed factor 'tree.'
Whew! After all of that work, it's a good thing we DO get a break this week! :)
Enjoy the sunshine! Happy Spring!
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