Math speaks volumes….. and capacities.

“Marama is planning her birthday party. She wants to invite eleven friends so there will be twelve people at the party. How many bottles of soft drink will she need to buy so that each person can have one drink?” Arguing, discussing, experimenting,...

SLIME!

How to make edible slime! Ingredients: one 14oz tin of sweetened condensed milk, one table spoon of cornstarch, some flavouring, like vanilla or chocolate – a few drops. Stir together the ingredients over a low heat until it thickens. Remove from heat and allow...

Art Update

Students are completing their windmills and will be working on making their house plans a three dimensional reality. The following pictures show them adding final touches to their windmills.

BUTTER!

Grade four made butter today. They took a small container with a marble and added cream, and then shook vigorously for a very very VERY long time. The action created a reaction – the buttermilk SEPARATED from the cream and the part that was left was butter....