Cubs 'Curriculum':
Science Experiments
Science Experiments
Polymers - skewer through a balloon |
Carbon Dioxide extinguishing flames |
Bicarb and vinegar rockets |
Making tin-can telephones |
Other
Gold Boomerang Camp (for the older cubs) - activities included building fires, knots, compass work, plus a trip to the Fire Station where they got to use the hoses (water & foam). |
Map and compass work |
Intentional Learning:
Creative Arts
Taking photos |
Stage Combat workshop |
Attending a photography exhibit at Wallsend Library |
Attended a local production of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe |
- Learning lines and auditioning for Peter Pan
- Trip to Maitland Art Gallery
- Australian history
- Continuing our reading of Thomas Appleby - Convict Boy by Jackie French
Rocks walking tour. |
Computers
- Billy's been continuing to create plugins and mods for
Minecraft using Java.
- Working through the Murderous Maths book 'Awesome Arithmetricks'
- Equations - Inequality, commutative law
- Cubed numbers
Observation of rock pools |
Transit of Venus at Sydney Observatory |
Partial lunar eclipse |
- Circuit making
Reading
- Finished reading Book 1 of the Rangers Apprentice series - The Ruins of Gorlan.
- Listening to the Alex Rider series and the Diamond Brothers series by Anthony Horowitz
As well as the usual:
- martial arts, circus, archery and AFL
- time spent hanging out with friends
- and some cooking
Spinning plates as a group at circus |
Pasta making |
6 comments:
A great month of learning! You guys did some really fun stuff.
What a wonderful range of activities. Cubs are brilliant, aren't they? My youngest is now a Cub and loves every minute.
Kate
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