We did DI again this year, much to my dismay. This year I didn’t do the structural challenge, instead I did Project: Outreach. In Project: Outreach we had to take a real community in the world, with a problem and solve that problem. My group decided on the trout population of Taylor Creek. The trout live … Continue reading DI, The Bane of My Existence
for the past couple of months in Maker Time we have been working on a blue sky project all about Harry Potter. Just like the previous blue sky projects we had to come up with an inquiry question that would result in a project giving an answer to the question. Now, I’m a big Harry … Continue reading Harry Potter Blue Sky Reflection
December, the month where there are tons of projects and everyone wants a break. I am no exception. School wise, in December we have four projects on the go with the Performance Learning Program (PLP). My favourite is the Harry Potter Blue Sky project. We had to make an inquiry question that related to Harry … Continue reading School Life
The metaphor machine project has come to an end. It was a great project that really showed what PLP is all about with the creation, design, the history aspect as well as all the blog posts and other parts of this unit that we have done. I really enjoyed the historical aspect of this project … Continue reading Metaphor Machine Final Blog Post
On Wednesday it was take your kid to work day. So of course I was brought to my dad’s work. My dad is an architect who has done countless projects like the Nordstrom building downtown, Woodgrove Mall in Nanaimo and pacific center food court. On Wednesday we went on a site review at Woodgrove Mall … Continue reading When Pigs Fly
Lately in class we have been starting to construct a Rube Goldberg machine and each piece of the machine had to be a metaphor for a revolution as well as everything has to have a steampunk aesthetic and we also had to include a circuit. We started off with getting a revolution to base our … Continue reading The Metaphor Machine Midway Blog Post
In the past month in Maker Time we have been working on a really big year end project. We call it Blue Sky. For our Blue Sky project we had to look at a problem and design a solution for it took me a while to come up with an idea that was possible to do … Continue reading Blue Sky project and Exhibition
Well I didn’t expect this, we have to do year end SLC’s as well. Although it was kinda obvious I was still surprised when I heard about it. For this SLC we had to talk about the work we are most proud of, the work we wish we could improve and a reflection of our … Continue reading SLC’s Again!
Destination Imagination is a competition of sorts. ( I know I said Discovery Imagination in the title, my friend started to call Destination Imagination that a week before the tournament.) There are five challenges in Destination Imagination, Structural, Technical, Fine arts, Improv and Scientific. I was apart of the structural challenge team. We had to … Continue reading Discovery Imagination
Well the time has come for Student Led Conferences. We are supposed to talk about the work we are most proud of, work that shows growth with my learning and evidence of a growth mindset. First off I would like to talk about the work I am most proud of. I am really, really proud … Continue reading SLC’s