on “Education got us into this mess, and education will get us out of it.” – Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair This year we were required to take a newly added course: B.C. First Peoples 12. This course was dedicated to learning about the horrific treatment of Indigenous people in Canada. One of the first assignments we… Continue Reading 🪶 B.C. First Peoples
on Welcome! In this project we created a video essay about tourism. While most of PLP 10 went on a field study to Disney World in Florida, some of us stayed behind, myself included. Our driving question was: How do tourist attractions shape and influence the cultural, economic, psychological, and social experiences of visitors? Our final… Continue Reading 🏙️ Vancouver: A super natural place to go? | Vancouver Tourism
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 Why do you feel you are ready to advance to the next grade level? tPOL Declaration “Thank you for coming to my presentation of learning. I am the expert on my own learning. I am also responsible and accountable for my own learning. You can expect me to give an honest evaluation of… Continue Reading 💭 tPOL 2022
on In this project titled “Time Is Money” we used equations and linear relations to predict the time and profit of a product or service we created. How can we predict our finances for the future? My video does an excellent job at answering this driving question but to give a short answer: we can predict… Continue Reading 💵 Website Design Service | Time is Money & Linear Relations
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 It’s Destination Imagination (DI) reflection time of year again! DI is a worldwide non-profit organization whose purpose is to inspire and equip students to become the next generation of innovators and leaders. Students work in teams to solve open-ended challenges that foster their creativity, courage and curiosity. In working to solve our DI challenges, teams… Continue Reading 🥉Destination Imagination 2022: Provincials