Before spring break our class was assigned a video project about what Canada means to you personally as a Canadian. This video would later be submitted to the website Here’s My Canada for chances to win big prizes. We started off this project by brainstorming ideas that came to us when we think of what Canada means to us. Here…
Month: March 2017
Monster Math Project
A few weeks ago we started learning a new unit in math about surface area and volume of 3D shapes. We started off with learning how to do the formulas of one shape by itself. At first I was confused and it was hard for be to wrap my head around the concept but then we were introduced to a…
SLCs are back!
In PLP every year instead of parent teacher interviews we do a thing called SLCs (Student lead conferences). It is a way to show off our work and what we learned in front of our teachers and parents. This is now my third time doing SLCs. The first time it was very nerve racking but now I just think of…
Destination Imagination 2.0
It’s that time of the year again for DI (Destination Imagination). With this being our second year we are going back as stronger teams with more understanding for the challenges. If you would like to check out last year’s DI challenge click here. Destination Imagination is a program that consists of 6 different categories including fine arts, engineering, technical, improvisational,…
Florida Trip
A few weeks ago, our PLP flight 9 class went on a field study to Orlando, Florida for 9 days. This trip was a part of the unit we were working on based around the question of what Draws us to Imaginary Worlds. What better place to experience an imaginary world made real than the happiest place on earth DISNEY…
Down, down, down the rabbit hole
In January, with the new year and school term, our class started a unit based around one question “What draws us to imaginary worlds?” We started off the unit by learning about Wonder. We studied how without wonder the world wouldn’t go around because it is wonder that sparks our curiosity and creativity. We then went on to learn about…
Seattle Trip
A few months ago the PLP flight 9 class went to Seattle for 3 days. This is part of the field school trips that every class in the program goes on in order to learn in real world experiences. For this trip we were assigned a video project in groups about someone who follows The Apple company and Steve Job’s…