An Hour of Code

http://code.org/learn

Mystery Skype

Skype etiquette:
http://mrsmorgansstars.edublogs.org/skype-etiquette/

Classy Critters

Bees Do Matter!

Open the link below and read the response to neonicitinoid usage from David Suzuki and Faisal Moola.
In what ways is their response similar to you opinion piece? Post your response.
http://goo.gl/ZhGtWw

Forensic Activities

Use your deductive reasoning skills to solve the following forensic puzzles and games.  Be ready to share your discoveries.  Remember we are all working together to become great crime scene investigators.

Fingerprint Case
http://www.wonderville.ca/asset/fingerprint-activity

CSI with Fetch
http://pbskids.org/fetch/games/csi_1/game.html

Whodunnit
http://www.fffbi.com/games/perp/walk.html

MORE:
Chromatography
http://kidsahead.com/external/activity/241

A Bark In The Dark
http://bartbonte.com/abarkinthedark/

Dance - CNN's Ones to Watch

http://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2015/02/13/spc-ones-to-watch-dance-b.cnn
Lil Buck demonstrates how ballet and other styles influenced his unique moves.
Watch the above videos.  What style of dance does Lil Buck perform?  How difficult do you think his dance style would be to learn?  What is your opinion of his style of dance and how did ballet influence him?  What is Lil Buck's response to the question: What does it take to be an innovator? (Post your response.)

Where In The World...due Fri., Feb. 27th

Brrrrrrrrrrr!

 Watch the above videos.  What did you learn about the Polar Vortex?  Post at least 5 things you learned.

http://www.pacificsciencecenter.org/nutrition/nutrition_cafe.html
Open the above link and explore.  How healthy is your diet? Explain
http://www.fekids.com/img/kln/flash/DontGrossOutTheWorld.swf
Open the above link and answer the questions about eating etiquette throughout the world.  Tell me how you did. (Post your answer).

Ash Wednesday

Meet Me At Midnight

http://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/online/midnight/default_flash.html

What is “Meet Me at Midnight”?

“Meet Me at Midnight” is an interactive online adventure that takes place in an animated Smithsonian American Art Museum.  The site presents a perplexing scenario. An artwork—the dreaded Root Monster—comes alive and wreaks havoc in the galleries overnight. Visitors choose a friend—a character that has been separated from its artwork—to help aright the mixed-up museum and find its way back home.

Every friend takes kids on a vivid journey through the museum’s art collection, while imparting key concepts in American art.  With this Web site, we hope to encourage youngsters, their teachers, and caretakers to visit art museums—whether in Washington, D.C., or in their own neighbourhoods—and see artworks in person. By reaching out to young audiences in this playful online project, the Smithsonian American Art Museum wants to foster an abiding appreciation for American art and artists.

Boomwhackers

http://goo.gl/Vau8c4
Beethoven's Fifth Symphony
http://goo.gl/Enyk18
Ain't No Sunshine
http://www.magicmusictutor.com/?q=boomwhackers
Boomwhacker sheet music link

Bees do matter!

http://beesmatter.ca/open-letter/
Read the above "open letter to Ontarians" published a couple of times over the last few weeks as a full-page ad in all the major newspapers.
Now read the following two opinion pieces.
http://goo.gl/z0Itd7
http://goo.gl/6Xso7r
What is your opinion? Post your response and make sure you site examples from the text.

Afterwards - Have fun learning more about bees!
Virtual Museum
Bees - A Honey of an Idea
http://www.bees.techno-science.ca/english/bees/default.php

Space Links

http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/

http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/

Some Activities to get us ready for our Mock Trial

Some activities to get you started:

How good is your memory for faces?  Try the Face Memory test at:
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/java/facemem.html

Create your own facial composite at:
http://eduweb.com/portfolio/artofcrimedetection/

How did you do?  Post your response.