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Comic Cells! Welcome to the last project of grade 8! This project was all about how cells and diseases interact with each other at a cellular level. To show off our learning we created a comic book that goes through some of the things that happen when a disease enters your body. As always you…
For this project, the goal was to create an object in a design software that was maximized for either Surface area or Volume. For example, you could create a solar panel for maximum surface area so it could absorb more sunlight, or create a water bottle for maximum volume so it can hold more water….
Chemistry Coding! As you might have been able to guess from the name, this project was all about atoms, matter and coding with the driving question being “How can the behaviour of matter be explained by the Kinetic Molecular theory and Atomic theory”. The final product of this project was a Scratch coded game or…
Welcome to the last project of quarter 3. This project was called “The More Things Change” and was all about European Settlement, and the Fur Trade. As always, the project had a driving question, this one being “What did European Settlement mean for all the people involved” To answer this question, we did a lot…
Destination Imagination! Destination Imagination, also know as DI, is an international tournament in which groups of students try to solve challenges using communication, collaboration, critical thinking and creative skills. This was my very first year doing DI, but because of the Covid 19 pandemic, it looked a lot different then what it was in previous…
Ahoy matey We have finished another project! This project is called Argh Matey. It was a fairly short project that lasted only around two weeks, and I’m here to tell you all about it. Argh Matey was all about the Age of Exploration, and of course pirates. We started off the project by watching the…
Hello, and welcome back to the blog of the Nolan. We have finally finished our first big project of quarter 3. This project was called “How it started, How it’s going,” after the meme that was popularized during the summer of 2020. If you have never heard of this meme, it’s basically a meme that…
Hello, and welcome back to the final project of quarter 2 scimatics. This project was all about two main concepts, the Pythagorean Theorem, and the law of reflection. The project also aimed to teach us more about the scientific method and light in general. The driving question for this project was “How can we test…
Hello and welcome back to my blog. Right now winter break is right around the corner however, in the meantime, we just finished another project called Tectonic Chances. The driving question for this project was “How are thematic and mathematical elements used in game design.” Now pretty much every game has thematic and mathematical elements….
Hello once again! We are now in the second quarter of our 2020- 2021 school year. And with a new quarter comes new classes, this time I have scimatics with Mr Gross. The very first project that we got was called “Fractions of your Time” and was all about fractions and screen Time. There were…