AFS Room 8

The Astrodome Visit astrodome.ca skyscience.ca You can download the program that the astronomy educator used during part of the presentation today (for free on a computer) at stellarium.org (the app version for tablets cost). What We Learned: Uranus is the furthest planet from the sun in our solar system. Pluto is a dwarf planet. Earth spins (rotates) around its axis. Mercury is the hottest planet. There is a star called "Beetle Juice". The Earth revolves around the sun. The North Star is about 400 light years away. The sun's highest point in the sky, every day, may not be exactly at noon (12:00). The sun rises in the East and then moves to the West, setting in the West. The Big Dipper and the Little Dipper are actually parts of constellations called Ursa Major and Ursa Minor. Ursa means bear, major means big and minor means small. So it's the "Big Bear" and "Small Bear". Jupiter is the biggest planet in the solar system. It take...

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WINTER CELEBRATIONS Tuesday, December 10, 2019 9:30 am & 1:30 pm We invite everyone to our special Winter Celebrations in the school gym on Tuesday, December 10th at 9:30 am and 1:30 pm. In order to ensure adequate seating for our audience it would be helpful if parents could indicate which performance they plan to attend. Please specify either AM or PM performance and the number of guests that will be attending on the sticker placed in your child’s agenda. We look forward to having you join us for these festive performances!

Homework assigned: Monday, November 18th.  Homework due: Monday, November 25th.  Since there were about twelve students who needed to stay in on Friday at recess to complete overdue homework, we thought it would be a good idea to post this week's homework to the blog, as well as continue to write the homework assignment in the agenda.  For this week’s homework, students will complete research on five trees found in the local environment. Specifically, students will find information for two coniferous and two deciduous trees located on a Google Doc shared by the teacher. Also, they will complete research on one of the listed cultivated species that is also in the Google Doc. The Google Doc is titled, "Alberta Trees HW". Students will need to open this document and then create their own copy. In the title, they will need to add their name (e.g. "John Alberta Trees HW"). Students, please refer to the Lodgepole Pine example completed in the Google Doc for gui...

Botanical Artist Visit with Barbara Van Blomestein Vocabulary related to our art today: - Balsam Poplar - apex and base of the leaf - leaf blade - leaf margin - overall shape (e.g. deltoid) of leaf - petiole - buds - landscape/ portrait - veins (midrib and side) - scientific drawings

This Friday’s Remembrance Day Assembly -        It will start in the gym at 10:30 in the morning. -        Everyone is welcome to attend. Please join us! -    The grade 5/6 students will be singing a song as one choir led by Ms. Enns. -        About nine grade 5/6 students will be sharing their poetry (Beau, Georgia and Joe will be sharing their writing from Room 8). -        All grade 5/6 students are needing to wear black (or dark) bottoms and a white (or light) top. No hoodies please. -        Students will be given a poppy to wear at school before the start of the assembly. -        Students are encouraged to bring a donation for the Poppy Campaign. -        Reminders: there is no clapping at this assembly, please have your phones...