May 28th, 2021 Learning: -Science final exam -visit by Angela Code-Dene culture, hunting, hide tanning, ethics, impact of residential schools
Homework: -Prep for Canoe trip
Looking ahead: -Yukon River Canoe Trip starts May 31st
May 27th, 2021 Learning: -Science Review! Physics, Chemistry, Biology -Physics portion of exam-Rube Goldberg Machine -Packing gear for trip
Homework: -Study for final exam
Looking ahead: -Final science exam on Friday -Yukon River Canoe Trip starts May 31st
May 26th, 2021 Learning: -Science final overview -Practice physics problems -Meal planning Yukon River trip -Zine making with Ashwin Freyne
Homework: -Study for final exam
Looking ahead: -Final science exam on Friday -Yukon River Canoe Trip starts May 31st
May 13th, 2021 Learning: -Fitting paddling gear -Meal planning Takhini River Trip -Cold water bootcamp -Sorting through donated clothing -Cleaning porcupine claws -Paddling theory -Parts of a canoe -Paddling strokes -Throwbag use -Rescues (self and assisted)
Looking ahead: -Paddling training all day tomorrow
Homework: -Finish journals by tomorrow!
April 29th, 2021 Learning: -Keeping warm while biking in the rain! -Fixing flat tires while riding -Delivering thank-you card to Joanne -Ecology concepts-Cooperation and Competition -Teaching bike games to Takhini grade 4/5 class -Thrifting red dress items for red dress day
Looking ahead: -Bike Trip starts Tuesday next week. We return the following Monday.
Homework: -meal prep and gear prep for next week!
April 28th, 2021 Learning: -Problem project work period -paragraph on assimilation -Reconciliation conversation -Introduction to reconciliation project -Meal planning for bike trip -Prep for teaching bike skills to Takhini students tomorrow
Looking ahead: -Bike trip meal planning tomorrow -Full day biking tomorrow and clinic for Takhini students
Homework: -meal prep and gear prep for next week!
April 27th, 2021 Learning: -Consolidating Joanne's talk -Writing thank-you's to Joanne -Genetic Disease Presentations -Genetics definitions -Biking Miles Canyon road -Leadership and followership skills
Looking ahead: -Bike trip meal planning tomorrow -Full day biking Thursday and clinic for Takhini students
Homework: -
April 26th, 2021 Learning: -Cultural preservation by Indigenous people -Guest speaker Joanne Henry, former residential school student came and visited ACES and told us her story. -Genetic disease presentations -Problem project work period -Soccer -Clothing swap
Looking ahead: -Biking tomorrow afternoon and all Thursday. -It will be cold tomorrow, wear warm clothes!
Homework: -Take care of yourself tonight, spend time with friends and family, talk about Joanne's presentation
April 22nd, 2021 Learning: -Factors that influence formation of identity as a child -How did residential schools interfere with identity formation? -Group research -Paragraph writing on assimilation -Problem project and genetic disease project -Soccer -Adjusting brakes -Chain breaking and repair
Looking ahead: -Comp day tomorrow -Biking Tuesday afternoon and Thursday all day next week
Homework: -Assimilation paragraph is due by Sunday night
April 21st, 2021 Learning: -Cleaning drivetrains -Adjustments to shifting, paniers -Biking down the long lake road -Pacing -Safe descending -Track stands
Looking ahead: -Comp day Friday (no school) -Bike trip May 4th!
April 20th, 2021 Learning: -Residential Schools-Missionaries and their role -Residential Schools-Life at residential school -Paragraph writing about life at residential schools with evidence -Using Paniers -Biking as a group in town -Safe travel down hills
Homework: -Complete paragraph from today if not done already
Looking Ahead: -Biking all day tomorrow!
April 19th, 2021 Learning: -Biology-Readings from a short history of nearly everything-discovery of DNA, Chromosomes, Inheritance patterns -Biology-Genetic diseases, genetic disease project -Problem project work period -Residential schools-education pre-contact and today -Bike repairs-adjusting cable tension and shifting with bikes
Homework: -
Looking Ahead: -Biking tomorrow afternoon and all day Wednesday. Comp day Friday
April 15th, 2021 Learning: -Biology-Meiosis, Mutations, Punnet Squares -Final work period for political essay -Picking up bikes at storage -Fitting bikes -Rules of the road, signals -Biking as a group -Replacing a flat tire
Homework: -Yukon election essay due tomorrow
Looking Ahead: -Full day biking next Wednesday
April 14th, 2021 Learning: -Work period for problem project -Biology-mitosis, stages of cell division, meiosis -Biology-meisis, sexual reproduction of cells -Bike training -Steps to change a bike tube
Homework: -Election essay due Friday
Looking Ahead: -No school Friday
April 13th, 2021 Learning: -Yukon Election results and possible outcomes -Adventure project check-in -Election essay work period -Problem project actions/emails -Biology protein creation, chromosomes, mitosis -Pros and cons of sexual relationships -Questions and discussion related to sexual relationships -Bike training on stationary bikes
Homework: -Election essay due Friday
Looking Ahead: -No school Friday
April 12th, 2021 Learning: -Review of political ideologies -Comparison of key words and issues focused on by Yukon political parties -Student vote -DNA Structure -Hydrogen Bonds -Base pairs -Making base models outside -Life inventory-walk to intake and back -Comparison of most/least related organisms
Homework: -Election essay due Wednesday evening
Looking Ahead: -Problem project actions -Biking tomorrow on stationary bikes
April 9th, 2021 Learning: -Marking chem test and reviewing concepts -Biology-consolidating organelle function and parts of a cell -Work period for Yukon Elections essay -Sledding at the "V" -Details for adventure project
Homework: -Email interview to problem project organization
Looking Ahead: -Adventure project due by Sunday -Problem project interview due by Monday
April 8th, 2021 Learning: -Scale of the universe -Fatbiking-adjusting and fitting bikes, braking, shifting, climbing and descending -Biology-Introduction to unit and parts of a cell/functions of organelles
Homework: -
Looking Ahead: -Work on problem project and political essay tomorrow.
April 7th, 2021 Learning: -Government Hierarchy (Yukon Government) -Questions for Elaine Taylor and presentation on her political career in the Yukon -Choosing which political party to support in the upcoming election -Final chemistry review -Chemistry Unit Test Homework: -Adventure Plan and execution
Looking Ahead: -Fatbiking tomorrow!
April 6th, 2021 Learning: -Political messaging -Implicit/explicit political positions -Chemistry review and pre-test -Adventure project planning
Homework: -Chem pre-test
Looking Ahead: -Chem test tomorrow
April 1st, 2021 Learning: -Problem Project-planning action and email writing -Chemistry-Nuclear Fusion and Fission -Chemistry-Balancing nuclear equations -Chemistry-Nuclear energy and weapons -Chemistry review for test -Volleyball
Homework: -Complete Chem pre-test
Looking Ahead: -Chem test next Wednesday afternoon -No school Friday or Monday (Easter)
March 31st, 2021 Learning: -Yukon Election-Party promises so far -Chemistry-reaction rates -Chemistry-nuclear isotopes -Chemistry-Radiation types -First Aid Rescue Scenario-Hypothermia and lost students
Homework: -Complete Chem pre-test
Looking Ahead: -No school Friday or Monday (Easter)
March 30th, 2021 Learning: -Yukon Election-2016 Party Platforms and past promises -Yukon Election-Which parties are taking actions on problems ACES feels strongly about? -Chemistry-Balancing equations -Chemistry-Reaction types -First aid scenarios-priorities in an emergency -Problem project-Action ideas
Looking Ahead: -First Aid Scenarios this week, bring winter gear tomorrow!
March 11th, 2021 Learning: -Evaluations for Civic Mirror -Last Recipe video presentations -City bus to Canada Games Centre -Snowshoeing animal track surveys with CPAWS at Mount Mac. Field work introduction. -Class clean-up
Homework: -Finish applications for other Woodstreet programs asap!
Looking Ahead: -Student-led conferences tonight and tomorrow
March 10th, 2021 Learning: -Civic Mirror full day -New legislation passed -Violations of law and court cases -Full court simulation -Wrap-up of Civic Mirror
Homework: -Prep for track survey tomorrow
Looking Ahead: -Track survey tomorrow, student-led conferences tomorrow evening and Friday (no school Friday) March 9th, 2021 Learning: -Reviewing ideologies and hidden agenda points -Year-end of civic mirror -Creation and tabling of bills for next year of civic mirror -Track survey intro for Thursday -Visit to the legislature and analysis of our government and comparison
Looking Ahead: -Civic mirror all day tomorrow, track survey Thursday
March 8th, 2021 Learning: -Civic Mirror Year 1: -Auction and budgeting -Parliament sitting, bill creation, non-confidence votes -Trading, buying, selling, contracts -Taxes -Role of the Press -Town Hall discussions -Court
March 2nd-5th, 2021 Ski Trip Learning: -Leadership roles and decision-making -Avalanche awareness -Snowpack assessment -Animal track studies -Solo contemplation time -Together Today for our Children Tomorrow-events that shaped the Yukon -XC Skiing -Snowshoeing
Homework: -Trip journals Looking Ahead: -Civic mirror all day Monday
March 1st, 2021 Learning: -Trip Prep and overview -Intro to Together Today for our Children Tomorrow -Meal prep video presentations -Chem-balancing equations
Homework: -Prep for ski trip tomorrow Looking Ahead: -Ski trip tomorrow-Friday! pack and final prep
February 25, 2021 Learning: -Common ideologies that influence politics in Canada -Civic Mirror: Hidden agendas, party formation, voting, elections -XC Skiing at Chadburn trails
Homework: -Meal prep video -Lab 5
Looking Ahead: -Ski Trip Tuesday-Friday next week! pack and prep food-Gear and food check Monday morning
February 24, 2021 Learning: -Acid and Base Chemistry -Balancing Equations -Chem Lab 5: indicators, acids and bases -Yukon Legislative Assembly tour -Work period for recipes and lab
Homework: -Meal prep video -Lab 5
Looking Ahead: -Skiing tomorrow afternoon, civic mirror elections in the morning
February 23, 2021 Learning: -Canadian Charter of rights and freedoms -Adding to Canadian Charter of rights and freedoms for laws in Civic Mirror -Handing out hidden agendas in Civic Mirror -Skiing with grade 4 class from Takhini, teaching ski games and fire building skills
Homework: -Meal prep video
Looking Ahead: -Skiing Thursday afternoon, civic mirror, chem lab 5, a trip to the legislature!
February 22, 2021 Learning: -Course Selection -Putting gear away -Chem Lab 4-observing chemical reactions, balancing equations, predicting products, naming compounds -problem project presentations -Meal planning for ski trip and recipe video introduction
Homework: -Trip Journals -Lab 4
Looking Ahead: -Skiing tomorrow and Thursday afternoons, civic mirror, chem labs, a trip to the legislature!
February 17-19, 2021 Snowshoe Trip! Learning: -Caribou ecology -Southern Lakes Caribou history and uses by Southern Tutchone and Tagish people -Winter camping skills-techniques to keep warm, cooking and camping in winter -Constellation stories -Creation stories -Leadership responsibilities -Group support -Understanding snowpack
Homework: -Trip Journals
Looking Ahead: -More civic mirror, chem labs, skiing and a trip to the legislature! February 16, 2021 Learning: -Trip overview -Leader of the day responsibilities -Packing bags and group gear -Constellation/creation story assignment work period -Gear from storage -Packing pulks and tying them down -Trip Journal overview
Homework: -Constellation and creation story assignment -Final Trip Prep!
Looking Ahead: -Snowshoe trip Wednesday-Friday, returning at 2:30pm to FHC, pickup after 3:10
February 15, 2021 Learning: -Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms -Civic Mirror-nation building, identity and cultures -Problem project presentations -Planning and practicing teaching games for skiing with grade 4 class next week
Homework: -Pack gear and food for snowshoe trip Wednesday-Friday this week.
Looking Ahead: -Snowshoe trip Wednesday-Friday, returning at 2:30pm to FHC, pickup after 3:10
February 12, 2021 Learning: -Marking chem quiz -Prep for chem lab 3-balancing equations, making hypotheses, predicting products -Chem Lab 3-testing for hydrogen production -Lesson on scientific citations and format -Problem project-last work period for assignment 2 -Hypothermia lesson and simulation making hypo-wraps and improvised sleds
Looking Ahead: -Hopefully snowshoe trip next week Tuesday-Thursday
February 11, 2021 Learning: -Definitions and skits for different forms of goverment -Civic mirror practice round-introduction to economies, trading, supply and demand, commerce -ES 11 presentation -Fire starting
Homework: -Lab report for chem lab 2
Looking Ahead: -chem lab 3 tomorrow
February 10, 2021 Learning: -Chem review to date -Chem lab 2, decomposition of hydrogen peroxide -Chem quiz -Problem Project 2 -Rescue systems in treed environments
Homework: -Lab report for chem lab 2
Looking Ahead: -More civic mirror tomorrow, another chem lab Friday
February 9, 2021 Learning: -Origins of Ottawa as capital of Canada -Civic Mirror introduction -Parliament, house of commons, senate -"Ideal" parliament, reality of parliament -Science lab on ice fog formation -Setting up z-drags on own
Looking Ahead: -Chem lab tomorrow, be prepared to be outside in afternoons even if it's cold!
February 8, 2021 Learning: -National Census Lesson -Thematic map of Canada (using stats can data) -Naming complex ionic compounds -Problem Project assignment 2-song analysis -Practicing z-drags
Looking Ahead: -Snowshoe trip delayed until next week (hopefully it warms up!)
February 5, 2021 Learning: -Stretching and question of the day -Finishing short story: Borders by Thomas King -What is Canada review. -Aboriginal Titles and Treaties. Assignment on modern conflicts including M'ikm'aq lobster conflict and Wet'su'wet'en CGL conflict -Chemistry Naming Ionic Compounds -XC Skiing-Leadership, games on skis, downhill skills.
Homework: -Complete pages 9 and 10 in Chemistry workbook
Looking Ahead: -Look for update about XC Ski Trip on Sunday afternoon. Forecast is cold at the moment.
February 4, 2021 Learning: -Stretching and question of the day -What is Canada? Understanding maps of political borders, languages, treaties, geographical features. -Aboriginal Titles and Treaties: Modern conflicts including M'ikm'aq lobster conflict and Wet'su'wet'en CGL conflict -In the name of the adverb game -Short story: Borders by Thomas King
Homework: -Complete pages 9 and 10 in Chemistry workbook
Looking Ahead: -XC Skiing tomorrow afternoon
February 3, 2021 Learning: -5:1 rope systems -Problem Project Presentations -Ionic and covalent compound scavenger hunt -Naming Ionic Compounds
Homework: -Complete pages 9 and 10 in Chemistry workbook
Looking Ahead: -XC Skiing tomorrow afternoon and Friday
February 2, 2021 Learning: -Problem Project work period -3:1 rope systems -First XC ski. Waxing technique, basic ski techniques, uphills, downhills, relays to practice. -First Problem presentation -Seminar on Racism from a biology-anthropology perspective
Homework: -Complete assignment 1 of problem project, be prepared to present tomorrow.
Looking ahead: -XC skiing Thursday afternoon and Friday -Snowshoe trip now Tuesday-Thursday next week.
January 29, 2021 Learning: -Ionic vs. Covalent Compounds -Chem Lab 1: identifying ionic and covalent compounds -Problem project work period -Orienteering course downtown -Examples of different perspectives on the same topic for problem project
Homework: -Prep for snowshoe trip-pack food and gear. Bring gear in on Tuesday and all food except for frozen items
Looking ahead: -Comp day Monday-No School. -Snowshoe trip Wednesday-Friday next week
January 28, 2021 Learning: -Introduction to ions -consolidation of periodic table, Bohr Diagrams, Lewis Diagrams -Introduction understanding reactivity -Project problem Assignment 1. Definition and research -Introduction to arctic sports-leg wrestling, high kick
January 27, 2021 Learning: -Periodic Table Review -Lewis models -Bohr models -Constructing atom models -Walk to Public Library -Finding resources for problem project
Looking Ahead: -Snowshoe trip next week February 3-5
January 26, 2021 Learning: -Grade 10 literacy exam -completing fire pouches -Problem Project introduction
Looking Ahead -starting chemistry tomorrow
January 25, 2021 Learning: -Grade 10 numeracy exam -Sewing fire pouches -Orienteering symbol interpretation -Route planning -Orienteering course near school
Looking Ahead -Literacy exam tomorrow -Snowshoe trip delayed by a week, now February 3-5
January 22, 2021 Learning: -Creation story research -Making wicked wicks -Overview of exams next week -Orienteering introduction -Snowshoe orienteering
January 21, 2021 Learning: -Meal planning -Nutrition -Gear planning -Creation story research and constellation research -Fire starter making
Homework:
Looking Ahead -Numeracy exam Monday -Literacy exam Tuesday -Snowshoe trip delayed by a day, now Wednesday-Friday next week
January 20, 2021 Learning: -Bowline Review -Tent set-up and take-down -Snowshoeing -Fire Making -Map Reading -Leadership and route choice
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Looking Ahead:
January 19, 2021 Learning: -Introductions -Course overview -Dehydrating fruit -Kwaday Dan Tsinch'i -Snowshoeing -Trangia stove use -Bowline knot! Homework: -Come prepared to snowshoe and be outside most of the day tomorrow
Looking Ahead: -Snowshoe trip next week Tuesday to Thursday, prep for trip this week