Thursday 28 January 2016

Dreambox: Solution-Driven Technology

Hi Parents! Our school has purchased DreamBox Learning's Math Program, an online, Intelligent Adaptive Learning(tm) program that helps all students achieve better, faster math proficiency. Your student can access DreamBox Learning from any computer, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week using this link:
https://play.dreambox.com/login/pwte/phap

Sunday 24 January 2016

Electricity Sites

Food Availability

Use the following websites to assist you in completing your health worksheet (choice of tasks):

Thursday 21 January 2016

Test Review

- analyze data to make inferences and convincing arguments
- find the mean, median, and mode (+ range)
- choose an appropriate graph to display data
- compare different displays of the same data
- draw bar graphs, line graphs, and scatter plots
- evaluate collected data and explain how the data represent the population
- plot and describe the location of points on a Cartesian plane.

Image source: http://www.somersetroadsafety.org/page/data-management/173/

Thursday 14 January 2016

Data Quiz- Can I?

- analyze data to make inferences and convincing arguments
- find the mean, median, and mode (+ range)
- choose an appropriate graph to display data
- compare different displays of the same data
- draw bar graphs, line graphs, and scatter plots
- evaluate collected data and explain how the data represent the population
- plot and describe the location of points on a Cartesian plane. 
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK3-MtrvSWs



Tuesday 12 January 2016

Community Exploration: Town Rankings

Our newest Social Studies assignment will involve an analysis of changes in the ethnic makeup of the following communities: Markham, Richmond Hill, Newmarket, Timmins, Brampton, Peterborough, Mississauga, London. You will compare both photographs and population data.

1. Learn a little about each of the communities above (all towns in Ontario).

2. Find a historical photo of each community.

3. Use Google Map’s “Streetview”. Snip or print-screen your findings to do a side by side photo comparison (it would be especially cool if you could compare the same street). 

4. Compare the past and present using the images AND websites from the previous demography assignment (ethnic breakdown of each community/city in graph, or table form).

5. Your goal is to make an informed decision about which communities are the MOST culturally similar to the past, and which communities are the LEAST culturally similar to the past.

Graphs, charts, and data tables will come from a previous blog post. Other useful websites may include the official city/town websites, which I've linked for you below.

Saturday 9 January 2016

Demography: Tech Time

We are learning to demonstrate an understanding of the importance of immigration in the development of Canada. According to Statistics Canada, 1 out of 5 people in Canada's population is foreign-born. Immigrant source countries have changed drastically over the past hundred years. Linking to our Math, Art, and Social Studies units, this is what we will investigate in tech time. 
1) Take out the source country predictions sheet you completed last week.
2) "Check" your predictions by completing the chart in your package (also linked below). 
3) Connect to Data Management (blank sheet at the back of your package)to Social Studies by printing (or copying/pasting) at least 5 different maps, charts, and tables relating to Canadian immigration history—past or present (especially data beyond 2000)
4) Caption each graph or table to provide context (explanation of data shown, source, year, etc).
5) Due: tomorrow