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Students in Grades 7–8 are joining @LetsTalkScience today to learn all about climate change in the ❄️ARCTIC❄️. We'll touch on all of the following topics: Drinking water in Nunavik 💧 Plants in the tundra 🌱 Algal blooms 🤢 Marine animals 🐋 #onlinelearning #climatechange
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For the month of April, we encourage you to get outside to collect litter in your local area. Be sure to wear gloves, sort out the recycling from the trash, and stay safe! Simply snap a pic of your clean up efforts and send it to us so we can mark your involvement in the project!
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It's springtime in Ontario, and some of our favourite pond creatures are starting to get out and about! Together with @OntarioParks, our primary students got to look at all of the amazing adaptations that beavers and turtles have developed to survive in their shared habitat.
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Did you know that there are approximately 10 QUINTILLION insects on the planet?! Students in Grades 4–6 explored what makes insects so successful at survival by using their scientific skills of observation and illustration with the Smithsonian @NMNH today! #onlinelearning
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Did you know that a total solar eclipse is about to cross over North America soon? The next one won't happen until 2044! We had experts at the @OntScienceCtr show our students how to safely view the solar eclipse so we're ready for this special astronomical phenomenon on April 8.
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Students in Grades 7–8 travelled back in time with the @MuseumofHealth to discover what treatments and medical practices were available. We took a peek inside a doctor's bag and then used our knowledge to save a village in a Choose Your Own Adventure game! #learningathome #STEM
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Abracadabra 🎩 Alakazam 🌟 Hocus Pocus 🐰 We watched the amazing WonderPhil perform his greatest magic tricks on camera with the Toronto Public Library today! #onlinelearning #remotelearning #learningathome
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Did you know that a Tyrannosaurus rex egg has NEVER been found? Or that some dinosaurs laid their eggs one per day over a period of weeks? We learned these fun facts and more during our latest program from the @RoyalTyrrell Museum today! #learningathome #paleontology
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Students in Grades 7 and 8 are tuning in to @AgScapeON's virtual tour of @wheelersmaple today. Here's what we'll get to see! 🌳 A farm with more than 40,000 sugar maple trees 🥞 The maple syrup production process 🍁 The world's largest collection of maple syrup artifacts
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From cooking meals to paying bills to playing sports, math is needed every day! The pros at the @OntScienceCtr will be showing our students in Grades 1–3 exactly how important math is with exciting specimens, demonstrations, and activities today! #learningathome #STEMeducation
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VES primary students will be joining @FPVmuseum for a virtual show-and-tell program today to learn how early settlers prepared for the winter months, kept busy, and survived the cold. PLUS, our museum educator has all kinds of mystery artifacts from the time period to show us.
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Students in Grades 4, 5, and 6 are off to discover the art, mythology, and storytelling of the Mediterranean with experts at the J. Paul Getty Museum today! We'll be taking a peek at some of the museum's ancient objects while we hear stories of ⚡️heroes⚡️ and 👿monsters👿.
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Our students and staff have been busy donating books this year for our EcoSchools Challenge! Want to join in on the fun? Head to the Little Free Library page to find the closest one to you! #onlinelearning #studentlife #savetheplanet #sustainableliving
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Reminder that applications are due February 15th! Visit the Bursary Program page on our website for more information and how to apply. virtualelementaryschool.com/… #studentsupport #studentsuccess #bursary
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Today, junior students get to participate in a live program with the @ManitobaMuseum to discover the resourcefulness of the Inuit communities and their use of skin, stone, bone, and snow! #onlinelearning #remotelearning #learningathome #indigenoushistory
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Our friends from Kids Code Jeunesse are back with another 3-part series of workshops for VES students! Students in Grades 6–8 will get to learn about micro:bits (a.k.a. mini computers), code basic scripts, and create their own animations this month. #learningathome #STEM
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Did you know that animals at the zoo have to go to the doctor just like us?? Students in Grades 1–3 will get to step behind the scenes at the @NationalZoo to learn all about animal health while watching one of our wild friends get a check-up from a veterinarian! #STEMeducation
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An @Algonquin_PP educator is virtually joining our students to teach us about wolves! Here's what we'll be learning about: 🐺How the lives of wolves have changed in Ontario ➕➖How human interactions can have positive and negative impacts on wolves 📷Wildlife research techniques
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Junior students learned some amazing facts about cacao trees with @RBGCanada today! 🍫 Residents of Switzerland eat more chocolate on average per year than any other country. 🌍 Africa grows about 74% of the world's cacao. 💰 Cacao beans were used as currency in Central America.
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