Day One Open Minds Week 1

Open Minds

April 1

Telus Spark Science Center: Students were able to visit and explore a variety of exhibits today.  We began our day with an exploration in the Open Exhibits which then led us to the Circus Exhibit.  Students were able to compare the two different exhibits and realized in our discussion that what one person found to be interesting and fun might be very different from what another person found to be fun and interesting.  

We spent the rest of the day exploring Brainasium and the Creative Museum using a new app called "Picture Dots."  We look forward to exploring this app further when we return to the classroom next week.

Thank you to Michelle and Chris our parent volunteers for hanging out with us today.  We appreciate all of your help!

Tomorrow we get to meet and work with an actual exhibit designer as he teaches us the design process and the planning around designing an exhibit to be inclusive.

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Glenbow Museum:  Today we had an amazing time but sure were tired when it was time to leave.  We started our day discussing the land and the buffalo that lived on this land before us.  We talked about the stories that the plants, animals, land and people of the past all have for us to learn.   We talked about the roles museums play in our lives and why they are important.  Students then had a snack and we went on a walk about.  We explored a few different galleries and went to the New Sun Gallery, which has many different Canadian Aboriginal artifacts on display.  We got to analyze different artifacts by holding and looking at them.  We then had to act out how the artifact was used for other groups to try and guess what it was.  We explore other exhibits and then had lunch.  We took a break at lunch and went to Olympic Plaza to get some fresh air and run around a bit.  The students enjoyed making different poses in the different coloured shapes in the center of the plaza.  After lunch we explored a few other exhibits.  One was jewelry made by a Indigenous Artist named Albertine Crow Shoe.  We walked through the Christian Dior exhibit and learned that all of the beautiful dresses were made for Canadian Women.  We spent some time sketching airplanes in the Mavericks Exhibit  and looking at the Warriors Exhibit.  On our way back to the classroom we walked through the Mineral World Exhibit.  We got a glimpse into many different things which will help us focus where we want to go when we have some free time later in the week.  Just a quick thank you to Jeff, Dallas and Vy for volunteering with us today.  Can't wait to see what tomorrow will bring.

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Mr.Kelly's Telus Spark Science Centre group and Ms.Chang's Vivo group stayed at Eric Harvie School.
Vivo group began to explore how food/nutrients connect to play and healthy living. We learned about carbohydrates, proteins, minerals, vitamins, fats and water and how each of them contributes to healthy living and play.