by Jonathan ADAMS | Oct 22, 2015 | Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 9, Secondary Maths, The Grades
Students in grade 9 are preparing for a comprehensive assessment over their first unit, Number. Questions will generally come straight from the practice assessment questions in the text. Grade 10 students completed received an assessment back regarding vectors and...
by Jonathan ADAMS | Oct 13, 2015 | Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Grade 9, The Grades
Significant concentration is needed to remain a statue while your peers dance around trying to get you to laugh. The stars of this challenge include Alex, Sachin, Lotus, Prisha, David, and Aisha.
by Lina HURST-MAWASSE | Oct 8, 2015 | Grade 12, The Grades
The Grade 12 Physicists investigated the resistance of graphite contained in pencils this week as part of an investigation into resistivity (one of the prescribed Physics investigations by the IB). And by doing so, they were able to calculate the thickness of the...
by Jonathan ADAMS | Oct 7, 2015 | Grade 12, Secondary Maths, The Grades
Students are working through the early concepts of differential Calculus. Many of the concepts learned in high school were independently developed by Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibiz in the 17th century. Students are encouraged to wear a period appropriate hairstyle...
by Jonathan ADAMS | Sep 30, 2015 | Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Grade 9, The Grades
Many students are anxiously awaiting the robots for our ASA. In the mean time, we are working with variables, loops and conditionals by answering questions on ProjectEuler.net The problem solved this week: what is the sum of all the multiples of 3 or 5 which are less...
by Lina HURST-MAWASSE | Sep 22, 2015 | Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Public, Secondary Science
This lovely lizard visited the Science department for a few days and drew a lot of attention from the students. He was a quiet guest, who demonstrated the behavior of cold-blooded organisms perfectly. He livened up considerably in sunshine, which he will now get to...
