on Welcome back to yet another year of school. I’m in grade 11 now (yes I’m still in denial about that: no way has it been three years of PLP already). This summer I did a lot of online math and french for school (don’t recommend). Thankfully, I also got to go on a camping trip… Continue Reading 🧙♂️ How to Become a PLP Technology Wizard (tips for a grade 8 from a grade 11)
on Welcome to the first post of the second semester of Grade 10! This project was a little… unusual. As you can read in the title we essentially made TikToks… for school⁉️ These “Trend Videos” were a part of our first project for Maker this year. In this project, we learned how to make a personal productivity… Continue Reading 📱 Making TikToks… for school?!
on In fair Seycove Secondary, where we lay our scene… We just finished a project on William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet.” In this project we created a theme book to analyze the play and worked in small groups to film a modern day adaptation of the play. I got the pleasure of working with Makenna, Alicia… Continue Reading 💘 In the Fair Halls of Seycove, Where We Lay Our Scene…
on We just completed our PLP Spring Exhibition “IMPACT!” PLP Exhibitions showcases the learning PLP learners have done. We were split into teams, each responsible for a room. I was assigned to “Beyond The Classroom.” We also got to work with the Grade 8’s to create our room. Our room’s driving question was: How do we… Continue Reading 🏛 PLP Spring Exhibition 2022
on If a tree falls in a city and nobody hears it, did it actually make a sound? Follow former city planner Alex Jamieson (with interviews from his granddaughter, Kaia and his partner in crime, Michelle Sheardown) as he describes his continuing battle to convince developers to work around trees, instead of cutting them down, to… Continue Reading 🎥 Who Speaks For The Trees? | A Documentary by Fraser Wagner
on In this project we learned a bunch about movies, from history to practical skills. I’ll start with the first skill then work my way down past some banana madness, all the way to the grand finale involving a wizard, a penguin and an iPad… Movie history We also learned some movie history. I won’t go… Continue Reading 🍌 From Bananas to Wizards | Vibrant Video
on In this project we learned a lot about how to be our most effective selves by reading the book “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens” by Sean Covey and creating “choice board assessments” to show our understanding of each section in the book. Keep reading for all of my choice boards and accompanying explanations… Continue Reading 7️⃣ Habits of Highly Effective Teens
on New Assignment! Create a Rube Goldberg Machine that is a metaphor for the scientific process. That sounds pretty confusing (I was definitely confused), but don’t worry it’s not quite as complicated as it sounds, watch the video below to see our Rube Goldberg Machine in action and learn the 6 steps of the scientific process: This project… Continue Reading ⚙️ Rube Goldberg Machines that are Metaphors?!
on I think my animations above do an excellent job at answering the driving question for this project “How do the electron arrangements of atoms determine the chemical and physical properties of elements and compounds?” So make sure to watch them! As with most Scimatics projects, we started off this project with a Mindmap: Now… Continue Reading 🎞 Atoms, Atoms Everywhere • Atomic Bonding
on In this project we created an eBook filled with poetry about our worldview, along with complementary texts and audio meaning statements. Worldview Is Master Of All – Worldview Poetry Click to read this book of my worldview poetry. www.read.bookcreator.com In PLP 8 last year, we completed a project in which we also learned about worldview,… Continue Reading 👁 Worldview Is Master of All