on Welcome back to yet another year of school. I’m in grade 11 now (yes I’m still in denial about that: no way has it been three years of PLP already). This summer I did a lot of online math and french for school (don’t recommend). Thankfully, I also got to go on a camping trip… Continue Reading 🧙♂️ How to Become a PLP Technology Wizard (tips for a grade 8 from a grade 11)
on PLP 8 and 9 got the opportunity to go on our first-ever overnight, multi-day Learning Advance (because we never retreat) at Loon Lake Lodge and Retreat Advance Centre in Maple Ridge. We had a ton of fun, strengthened our teamwork and learned a lot! While on this Advance we created a book filled with photos, videos,… Continue Reading 🌊 Loon Lake Learning Advance
on In this project we made comic books about how cells and diseases interact. We kicked off this project by watching the movie Osmosis Jones. I found the animated parts of the movie very entertaining, but the parts with real people were very disgusting for the most part. How do cells and diseases interact? Cells… Continue Reading 🦠 Tuberculosis Invasion
on In this project we designed 3D objects that had components maximized for surface area or volume. Our driving questions varied depending on the 3D shape we chose. We (my teammates Teva and Alicia) made this YouTube Video so that you can watch the presentation: My driving question originally was “How can I design a satellite… Continue Reading 🛰 Intergalactic Space Set – 3D Design and Math
on In this Scimatics project we worked individually to code a game or simulation about matter, including the Kinetic Molecular Theory and Atomic Theory, using the coding platform Scratch. You can play my game right now! (If it doesn’t load click here.) How can the behaviour of matter be explained by the kinetic molecular theory… Continue Reading ⚛️ Marvellous Matter Trivia
on In this project we worked with a partner to create an infographic about how European settlement affected all of the people involved, which included the French, British and First Nations. First things first: Thanks to my partner for this project, Julia, for being such an awesome, reliable and hard working partner! I really enjoyed working with… Continue Reading 🦫 The More Things Change… The More Infographics We Get To Make
on Hello! In this post, I will be writing about Destination Imagination, or DI for short. DI is a global competition for creativity, teamwork and innovation. Under normal circumstances, DI would be a big, live tournament with many teams and live performances. This year the solutions for all aspects of DI had to be presented as… Continue Reading 🥇Destination Imagination 2021: Nationals
on Welcome! In this post I will be writing about the impact of European exploration. In this project we learned how to analyze cause and consequence. We also got to demonstrate our ability to effectively discuss, listen and speak in many ways including creating an Augmented Reality (AR) video, which was our final product for this… Continue Reading 🏴☠️ Arg Matey! The Causes and Consequences of European Exploration
on Growth Mindset is a way of thinking. This graphic show the difference between a Fixed and Growth Mindset. Growth Mindset wasn’t a new idea to me, because in the past I’ve done this How to Learn Math: For Students course and used a Mindset Mathematics curriculum, based on Growth Mindset. Some of the ideas that… Continue Reading 🧠 Regrowing My Growth Mindset
on We have arrived: the last post of Student Blogging Challenge 2021! In this post I am going to be reflecting on my achievements and failures over the duration of this challenge. I am the least proud of my “the story of my website” post. Because it was a free choice post I found it difficult to… Continue Reading 🧐 Looking Back: Student Blogging Challenge 2021