Volcanoes

Ms. Larry's grade 5 and 6 class recently completed a unit on volcanoes. As a culminating unit project, each student constructed their own volcano. When the students finished their volcanoes, they 'erupted' them by mixing vinegar (an acid) and baking soda (a base).

Students also remixed video of the 'eruptions' using iMovie and added a soundtrack that they created with Garageband. Check out Hunter's video above.

Is a Black Marker Just a Black Marker?

Last week, students in Mrs. Duplessie's Grade 2 and 3 class conducted an experiment to test what different colors of ink are combined in making colored markers.

Fall Photography

The Grade 5 and 6 students have been exploring the world of digital photography. Check out the fall images that they captured outside the school. Students used Picnik to adjust the brightness, contrast and saturation in their images.

EGTV News is Back

On October 3, 2007, members of the Miramichi Fire Department visited the school as part of their fire prevention activities. Student reporter, Andrea was there to capture the event. Watch the video above.

Eel Ground students will be posting news story videos to our website on a regular basis this year. We are hoping that some of the news stories we produce will be featured on the District 16 Report, a monthly news broadcast being produced by School District 16 High School Students.

Learning Through the Arts

The Eel Ground School has been involved with the Learning Through the Arts program for the last few years. LTTA is an arts-driven education program that uses creative methods to engage all students in math, science, language arts and social studies.
This year the teachers and students really enjoyed working with LTTA artists Geraldine Allain and Heather Johnston on several different projects. We would also like to thank Peggy Ward from LTTA and the Atlantic Canada's First Nation Help Desk for their support in the implementation of these activities.
The following are examples of some of the work the students produced working with the LTTA artists:
Social Studies Through Pottery

Paper Mache Galaxy

Totem Pole Project (see previous post)