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This is my last week at Tom Baines School as I have accepted the Assistant Principal position at Hawkwood School. I am excited for the many new challenges and will definately miss all of the staff, students and parents at Tom Baines School. My last seven years here has been amazing and I have gained so much from everyone. Thank you.

Mr. Hogg began today and will be replacing me on Monday, October 3. He is currently getting to know the room and the learning that has occurred here for the last few years. It is a great opportunity for the students to meet and work with him before he takes over the class.

Sincerely,

Mr. Jeremy Lang

In some of the classes we explored the concept of empathy in design by exploring ways that mazes could be created for people with different disabilities or in different situations. The students were also asked to consider the 6 Principles of Design below, which come from the design firm IDEO, when they are designing and creating.

• Transparent: Complex problems require simple, clear and honest solutions.
• Inspiring: Successful solutions will move people by satisfying their needs giving meaning to their lives, and raising their hopes and expectations.
• Transformational: Exceptional problems demand exceptional solutions that may be radical and even disruptive.
• Participatory: Effective solutions will be collaborative, inclusive and developed with the people who will use them.
• Contextual: No solution should be developed or delivered in isolation but should instead recognize the social, physical and information systems it is part of.
• Sustainable: Every solution needs to be robust, responsible and designed with regard to its long-term impact on the environment and society.

Please remember to have your course outlines signed and returned or an email sent to me telling me that they have been seen.

7A

• We started planning and designing the tallest freestanding structure possible. The difficult part was considering the limited materials they had available to them. Next class we will continue this by starting to build the structure.

8A

• The students continued planning, designing, and creating a structure that could support weight and span a distance of 66cm. The difficult part was considering the limited materials they had available to them. Next class we will continue testing the rest of the structures.

9A

• Did not see the Grade 9 students since they because of the Pep Rally.

7B

• We started planning and designing the tallest freestanding structure possible. The students then tested their stuctures and reflected on the success and failures.

8B

• The students continued planning, designing, and creating a structure that could support weight and span a distance of 66cm. The difficult part was considering the limited materials they had available to them.

9B

• Students continued to work on their fair/arcade game using the Littlebits. Next class we will be trying out the games and reflecting aon the successes and failures.

7C

• We started planning and designing the tallest freestanding structure possible. The students then tested their structures and reflected on the success and failures.

8C

• The students continued planning, designing, and creating a structure that could support weight and span a distance of 66cm. The difficult part was considering the limited materials they had available to them. Next class we will continue testing the rest of the structures.

9C

• The students continued collecting information for the cardboard furniture challenge. Depending on where the students were some began creating prototypes.

It has been a great start to the year and I am excited by all of th cool things that will be happening in the Construction & Design Studio. I spent some time over the summer upgrading equipment in the room and reorganizing to better reflect the feedback I received from students from last year. I will also be changing the approach to the course as a result.

Please click this link to find the course outline. Please either email as indicated on the bottom of the second page or print it out and return it.

A Block

• Mazes are due on Friday, September 16

B Block

• Grade 7 & 8
  • Mazes are due on Monday, September 19
• Grade 9
  • We are going to continue working on the our game designs.

C Block

• Mazes are due on Tuesday, September 20

Feel free to share this with whomever could benefit.

• Social Studies 9 Alberta PAT Overview and Answers

For next class, Wednesday, June 15 please feel free to bring snacks as we will be having a celebration of the year. Also, if possible before next class please fill out this questionnaire about Life Skills as it should only take 5 to 10 minutes. If you don’t do this before Life Skills then you will need to do this on June 15.

Life Skills Questionnaire

Construction & Design 7, 8, & 9

• Everyone is now either planning their independent project or have started to build it. As always some really cool project ideas and I can’t wait to see the progress that we make.
• Please remember that you must collect evidence of your learning every class and that you need to be documenting this so that it can be shared.
• Remember that you are welcome to come into the room to work whenever the lights are on as I generally am at the school by 7:50am and stay until at least 4:30. When possible the room is also open at lunch.

Life Skills 9-29

• We are continuing to explore Human Sexuality by examining different STIs. Students that were at school selected and began putting together a brief (no longer than 2 minute) presentation (June 1) that includes the following:
  • What is it
  • How you can get it / how it is spread
  • Symptoms (including real photographs when possible)
  • How is it treated
  • Is it curable
  • Short and long term effects
• Here is the link to the websites that I provided for you.
• These are the STIs that were selected. If you were away please find a partner and come and talk to me so that you can select an STI to examine as there are others that are not on this list.
  • Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) – Xudong & Junchen
  • Chancroid – Annie & Karina
  • Chlamydia – Christina & Safiya
  • Gonorrhea – Robin & Senyun
  • Hepatitis – Fariazh & Ana
  • Herpes – Mateo & Levi
  • HIV/AIDS – Yung-Sheng & Jin
  • Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and Genital Warts – Ben & Jeevan
  • Lymphoganuloma Venereum (LGV) – Linda & Monique
  • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) – Liam & Jared
  • Pubic Lice (Crabs) – Gary & Eric
  • Scabies – Fabrizio & Lily
  • Syphilis – Megan & Kaden
  • Trichomoniasis – Ying Qi & Cheryl
  • Yeast Infection – Molly & Michelle
• If any part of your presentation is done on the computer please share it with me in Google Drive before the start of class.