What do we know about GEO?

As the Daredevils embark on our new unit for Mathematics, we took some time today to reflect on what we know about Geo(metry).

All things Filipino

Today we celebrated all things Filipino by taking time to appreciate Filipino games, food, stories, people, music and arts.

Many of us practiced being risk takers when we encountered these new experiences. Some of us braved the Cheese-flavoured ice-cream!

 Over the years, many of us have left our footprints across the globe.

 Today we took a moment to revisit what it means to identify with a culture.

Filipiniana has been a way for us to say thank you to our host country that has gratuitously invited us to work, learn and live here.

"You have to taste a culture to understand it" 

Deborah Cater  

The Daredevils shared their 10,000 project with Mrs. Riviello's class. It was a great session for both classes to share their mathematical understandings and provide feedback to their peers.

We used the 2 stars and a wish format to provide our friends' with feedback.

Research Detectives

As researchers we have been learning the skill of evaluating information we consume.

We looked into website domains and inquired into which domains were reliable and which were questionable...

• .com
• .mil
• .net
• .org
• .edu

We debated about the credibility of Wikipedia, and used RADCAB to evaluate it's reliability.

Relevancy
Appropriateness
Detail
Currency
Authority
Bias

Here are some of the questions we asked: 

• Is the information we find relevant to our research question?
• What is useful information?
• How do we know the piece of information is relevant?
• How do we find safe and helpful websites?
• How can we find trustworthy resources?
• Are the details clear?
• Can you find the same answer somewhere else?
• Is the language used appropriate for our age?
• How do we determine the important parts of our information?
• Who holds this information?

Tree Octopus

Have you ever heard of the Tree Octopus that lives in the Pacific Northwest of the United States? 

Click on the link and check out this unique creature…

What did you learn from this website? Please comment!

Questioning as Researchers

We have been exploring what it means to be a digital citizen, and today looked at ourselves as researchers. What does it mean to be a researcher? 

The Daredevils inquired into what questions researchers ask as they consume and create information. 

Here are a few of the questions we generated: