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we spent the last 20 minutes of class today cleaning up the garden space that we’ll be planting soon. 

It’s looking a lot better, but there’s more work to be done to prepare the soil. 

We have to finish our cost calculations too and ask for funds.  We’re gonna turn this little corner into a lovely garden over the next few weeks.  

We will need to add some new good soil to the gardens.  What’s the best deal?  Compare size of package and price.   How much soil do we need?                   

 We’re going to rejuvenate the gardens in the outer courtyard.  We are determining how much it will cost, and then we’ll write a letter to request some funds. 
Today we mapped and measured, and estimated the time it would take to do the job.

Stay tuned for our progress.

Today in grade 9 we looked at speed.  We want to create a “photo finish” situation between a grade 9 runner and Usain Bolt.  To do this we can give either a head start of time or distance.  We need to use speed, distance and time to figure it out.

We are planning to pack up 8 tins of cocoa to mail in a big cardboard box.  We measured the dimensions, and made a layout for the 8 tins.  Next we determined the dimensions of the box.  We used a price of 0.01$ for each square inch of cardboard, then compared boxes based on their price.  Some arrangements are more pricey than others.
   

To help visualize the box dimensions, we used models, or drawings.  

To help visualize the net of the box, we used linking shapes. 

 
We had a race on all fours to see if we could run as fast as Rocco and Biff, the koalas in our word problem.  Some of us can in fact run that fast! 

 We climbed lots of stairs around Queen’s to get a sense of slope.  These were the steepest ones we found.  

Measuring rise and run, and calculating slope got easier with all this practice.     

It’s way too late in the year for snow!

 We used the green cubes as a scoop to fill the cookie tins (cylinders and rectangular prisms).  We calculated and then tested.  It was amazing how accurate we were!