All life on Earth is composed of cells – from the tiniest unicellular micro-organism to the multi-cellular blue whale, the largest creature on earth. Humans are also multi-cellular and are made of trillions of cells. To help us learn about the structure and function of an animal and plant cell, we set out to create cell [...]

Most of the Ripplers have been able to showcase their new angle knowledge on their blogs this week. Whether they like it or not, they’re seeing angles everywhere now! To show what they have learned so far, with Ms. Rogerson, each student wrote about their individual understanding of angles and created an animoto video based [...]

It’s been a little while since the Ripplers created a video or slide show together, but Pink Shirt Day provided us with a great opportunity to write our own photo story about how we feel about bullying and what can be done to combat it. Using the drama concept of “tableaux vivants” which means “living picture”, we [...]

Completing Challenge 3 will be somewhat like providing your readers with a window into the Comox Valley. It’s all about showcasing where you live so others can “see” what the most interesting and fascinating features of your community are. We live in one of the most beautiful places on Earth! So this should be a snap, right? [...]

Guest post by Daniel On November 20th, 2009, our class participated in a vow of silence. An organization called “Free the Children” asked people around the world to take a vow of silence for the whole day to represent the children of the world whose voices are not being heard and whose rights are not [...]

This is a common North American expression that transfers the idea of digesting food in the stomach to mulling things over in the brain. It’s when something stimulates us to think and provides us with intellectual nourishment. Every Friday shortly before the class is dismissed for recess, Division 2 enjoys their snack together while I share some “food for [...]