Videos and websites on buildings and structures

http://www.worldtour360.com/360.php?country=Canada&swf=MontrealVieuxPort20170706&lang=en (world tour 360 degree)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N1JGGfti0A  

(housing in cold climate)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFp3y0KIaqk       (cold climate building techniques)

http://www.appropedia.org/Building_a_flood_resistant_house    

(flood prone areas-design of houses)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjBMivA3z4k  (village in Rajasthan- economy of the place is evident)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhHk9jSL5FE  (mud hut for camels in salt desert)

https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/21279811/list/15-smart-design-choices-for-cold-climates

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https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/022415/worlds-top-10-economies.asp

(best economies of the world)

https://www.thebalance.com/economy-definition-2085358     (what is an economy?)

https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/macroeconomics/gdp-topic/v/introduction-to-economics       (GDP)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyxL_BvkhJg   (cement manufacturing)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVOnRPefcno  (what makes bridges strong?)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_DLcS1BVc4     (experiment of tension and compression on bridges)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-V_8_qmJbE&list=PLNNCbmHKSMN-rwF08cA2ek-55kR9yh_Vj   (tension and compression on bridges)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYRYtTMcYZM   (Types of bridges, forces)
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https://goal.aminoapps.com/page/blog/stadiums-bundesligavspremierleague/2v1I_NuxQ1EbY17Vg285Z0dY158D2Wa     (stadiums around the world)

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1727660       (bridges around the world)

https://worldamazingpictures.wordpress.com/author/worldamazingpictures/page/12/      (under sea restaurant)

Oct23rd-Nov4th

It has been literally a marathon after the school reopened with lots of things coming up such as the Juniour school musical and the annual sports day. Both are going to be held in the month of December 2017. Students have begun practicing for both the events and are very excited about them.

At the same the momentum in academics continues. In Mathematics, students have revised the operations of addition and subtraction of decimal numbers and have started looking into multiplication and division of decimal numbers. They have also done co-ordinates and revised the different quadrants and their values. They represented the quadrants on the world map.
They revisited different shapes too.

In English students read myths, compared the similarities and differences between stories and myths and are writing their own myths. Most of their myths are near completion. Below are some photographs of the process of understanding myths:

In unit of inquiry, students have worked on the third line of inquiry- Processes involved in collecting, analysing and collecting data. They have inquired into specific things given to them for example the colums of Rome and other specific things related to art and architecture.
We also had a guest lecturer in class, Ms Averil, who spoke about the Greek Art. Ms Averil has been a head teacher at Montessori in England and is visiting the Academy for two months. Below is a photograph of Ms Averil with grade5's: