Dear Grade 5'ers,
We have well and truly started our final unit for the year. The unit is titled "Our Place in Space and Society". I hope your child brought home the 'Inquiry Newsletter' to show you. Just in case they didn't, here it is;
We have well and truly started our final unit for the year. The unit is titled "Our Place in Space and Society". I hope your child brought home the 'Inquiry Newsletter' to show you. Just in case they didn't, here it is;
New Students
In the past two weeks, since returning from the Spring Break, we have added another two students to our class. Let's warmly welcome Jason Lim and Maelle Croix. Jason is from Korea, and has lived in Qingdao for 3 years. He transferred to QISS from ISQ. Maelle Croix is a French guest student. She will be in Qingdao with her family for the rest of the 2013-2014 academic year before returning to France.
Above you can see our entire class celebrating Diana's birthday!
Above you can see our entire class celebrating Diana's birthday!
Science Lab
Again, our wonderful Upper School Science teacher, Skenny Darbouze, invited us to the Science Lab to touch, feel and learn about internal organs. Although this does not have a specific connection to our current unit of inquiry, I felt it was too good an opportunity to miss. The students learned about hearts, lungs and livers.
Inquiry Science
Our current Science inquiry relates to the Law of Motion, Forces, and Space and Earth Science. In these first few weeks, students continued their investigation into gravity, friction and inertia, then began to see this concepts in practice as they work to build their very own Rube Goldberg machines.
To understand what a Rube Goldberg machine is, check this link. Essentially, it is a complicated series of contraptions that come together to do a simple task.
Here is a Youtube video show some Rube Goldberg machines built in other classrooms.
You will need a VPN to watch it of course.
We started working on ours. It will be difficult, but hopefully we can build a successful Rube Goldberg machine for our final Key Assignment.
To understand what a Rube Goldberg machine is, check this link. Essentially, it is a complicated series of contraptions that come together to do a simple task.
Here is a Youtube video show some Rube Goldberg machines built in other classrooms.
You will need a VPN to watch it of course.
We started working on ours. It will be difficult, but hopefully we can build a successful Rube Goldberg machine for our final Key Assignment.
Key Dates
April 23 & 24 - Student Led Conferences - 1:00 dismissal
April 26 to May 04 - Labour Day Holiday - No classes
May 05 - Classes resume
May 16 - Quarter 4 Progress Reports sent home
May 23 - After School Activities end
April 26 to May 04 - Labour Day Holiday - No classes
May 05 - Classes resume
May 16 - Quarter 4 Progress Reports sent home
May 23 - After School Activities end