Jan 31 blocks 7 and 8

Jan 31
- We did the same activities as the block 3/4 class yesterday

1. table top twitter - we discussed what we needed to do as learners to be successful, respected/respectful and safe

2. My Job/Your job - students identified what their responsibilities are, what the teacher's responsibilities are and what our shared responsibilities are.

3. Scientific literacy video - TEDx talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-EsmVbIjLU&t=208s

4. read: The search for an effective way to save honeybees (scientific article)
Bee article

We also had a bit of extra time today so we looked at the BC Ministry of Education website and started to talk about the curricular competencies that are there.

We figured out that "competencies" is a tricky word and that we think it means "being good at" - more to come on this

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June 4

1. review expectations for final project 2. work on reflection questions for criteria 4 3. genius hour presentations

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