Google Science Fair

Great approach to transformative learning...

A View of the Hydrology Cycle from Buffalo Narrows

Spencer is currently exploring the hydrology cycle in Science 10 and submitted a picture of his home town of Buffalo Narrows along with a description of the cycle at work.

"I chose this picture of Northern Saskatchewan because it is an astonishing picture taken just outside of Buffalo Narrows, of a lakeside sunset, but it also consists of the lake, the trees, the clouds, and the beauty of nature and the setting sun. If you take an even closer look at this picture you will see the forest, the water, the sun heating that water, and the hydrology cycle taking place right in front of your eyes, creating clouds."


He was also asked what he can do as a member of his community to help ensure they have a clean water supply:

"A basic example of doing my part, is not littering. As I am currently residing in a town surrounded by bodies of water, I put an effort into not throwing garbage on the ground. Obviously not everyone in my community follows this practice, which results in waste finding its way into the water. A more complex example could consist of forming a committee of other concerned residents. With this committee we could monitor natural water preservation and educate others about the dangers of water pollution and unnecessary use of water within our community. The committee could raise money for an upgraded water treatment centre for our community."

Small steps lead to great distances

YOU ARE INVITED
Join us as we celebrate learning!

 It's often surprising how far we can go by stepping  toward our goals every day. Small steps lead to great distances.

Join us on Wednesday, February 15 from 2:30-3:00pm as we celebrate learning through the edcentre.ca online learning community.


There will door prizes for participants!  See you there!
Follow this link on Wednesday at 2:30 pm

Who Knew Math Could Be Fun ?

One of the unit projects in Workplace Math 20 is to design a tourist brochure using graphs to represent information. Check out the work by Melanie Klassen. It could pass for a real brochure from the tourist centre.

There is an app for that!

There is a new app for the edcentre.ca online school. You can download the app to an i-phone or an i-pad and quickly access contact information and related edcentre.ca links. The app can be found in the app store under edcentre.ca or edcentre. Thanks to Jason Murfin for jumping into the future and figuring out how to make this happen.

Joanna's First Glogster

Joanna, a Native Studies 20 student, created her first "glog" to represent an indigenous culture outside of Canada.

Check it out here!

A glog is an interactive poster creator that allows users to add color themes, video, audio, text, and pictures to a poster background and then easily share it with others. It's a fun way to represent a message or present some info and can be found at www.glogster.com.

We have a new video channel !

We have started a channel on Youtube called edcentreTV where we are hosting numerous videos organized into classes. Here you will find tutorials and video resources uploaded by the edcentre staff that will assist you in your studies. Check it out by clicking the Youtube button on the right-side of this blog. You will also see a Facebook button underneath, make sure to "like us" if you haven't already.