The grade 4 students had a visit from Grade 8/9 students from RT Alderman this afternoon. They were brainstorming ideas for their upcoming Simple Machines design thinking inquiry. The students are asked to solve a real life problem by creating a prototype that will either decrease the load or increase the distance in less time. The below is an amazing list of ideas. Please have a discussion with your child regarding a possible problem that they wish to solve. We will being this inquiry on Monday.

Room 4 Brainstorming Ideas

Ocean Pollution

Shortest kid on the hockey team

Getting up in the morning

Remove debris off the road/highway

Walking to school (various weather climates)

Clean-up after natural disasters 

Completing homework (difficulty getting thoughts from head onto paper)

Difficulty wheeling up ramps in snow/ice (wheelchairs) 

Distractions while driving (too many car crashes) 

Heavy ringette/hockey bag

People aren’t wearing seat belts

Getting clean water and carrying the water

Transporting clean water to poor countries 

Homelessness (how we can help those in these cold months?)

Helping homeless who get turned away from the FULL shelter 

Please has your child the meaning of the following scientific words:

wheel, axle, effort, force and load

Just a reminder that there is a half day on Thursday, November 21st and no school Friday, November 22nd, as there are Parent/Teacher Conferences.