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Entries from September 2006

How To Make a Flic-Flac

September 29th, 2006 · 20 Comments

Materials: stiff cardboard, elastic band, tooth pick, sticky tape, hole puncher
Steps: 1) Bend one piece of cardboard in half.

2) Make holes in each end about 1 cm from the edge.
       
3) Thread one end of the elastic band through one of the holes in the card.Break a matchstick in half and put one piece through the loop as [...]

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Tags: Literacy · Science

End of Term

September 27th, 2006 · 4 Comments

So many things have been happening lately and I can’t wait until we get them up here for everyone to see.

Multicultural Day
Science Experiments
Photographer                                                            
Choir

     
 
 Come on 5/6P lets show the world what we have been up to - get cracking and write!     

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Tags: School Events and Issues

What are Flic-Flacs?

September 18th, 2006 · 7 Comments

                               
What are Flic-Flacs you may ask?
A Flic-Flac is a piece of cardboard folded in half, with two holes on both sides with an elastic band threaded through each hole, held by a match stick on each side, so the elastic band won’t go back to its original place.
When you finish making the Flic-Flac, to make it jump you have to set it inside out. Place [...]

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Tags: Science

Flic Flacs

September 14th, 2006 · 14 Comments

 AllStars setting and watching their Flic-Flacs fly!
Yesterday we investigated energy - we were looking to see if we could find evidence of energy stored in a Flic-Flac. Do you think we found any energy?
Where did the energy come from that made the flic-flac fly? 

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Tags: Science

Blogging Rules

September 9th, 2006 · 10 Comments

Hello AllStars! 
During the last week we have looked at a number of class blogs from around the world
Some of them we liked more than others:

some topics were more interesting to read about
some had more information such as links to interesting sites
some were written by kids and some by teachers
some used more pictures, photos [...]

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Tags: Thinking