Today we worked on our simple machine levers by creating catapults in the classroom. We were able to use popsicle sticks, elastics, erasers, rulers, stones and books to create first class, second class, and third class levers to see which would work best for a catapult and which would work best for different reasons. We remember what is in the middle of each lever class by creating a mnemonic as a class Five-thousand Little Edwin's to remember fulcrum, load and then effort.
We completed our class novel study The One and Only Ivan and are excited to get to see Ivan's cousin on Thursday at the Calgary Zoo.
We solved and created different multiplication math riddles using multiplication of 2-digit by 2-digit and are beginning to solve 3-digit by 2-digit equations. Through the math games we have been playing it is great to see that our fact fluency is also increasing.
We created and completed our own maps of Alberta. We were responsible for drawing our best representation of each of the six regions of Alberta and id a great job. We also used a mnemonic to remember the directions on a compass rose and created a color coated legend to determine which region was which on our maps. We are excited to get to create many things with our maps.
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