Dear Parents

The Grade 3 students have been working very hard in Science. Our first unit this year was on Building and Structures. Throughout this unit, students were learning all the ways that buildings can be built to make them strong and stable. This includes using strong shapes like circular columns, triangles and supportive structures like arches and beams.

For their final project, students will be taking everything they have learned and apply those concepts and ideas to building an actual model structure. Using materials brought from home, students will choose one of three structures to build. Through this process, each group will also have a budget to stay within when “purchasing” their materials, as well as strict guidelines to follow in order to successfully complete the project.

As we are building models from actual materials, it would be appreciated if you could send any of the following recycled material with your child to school:

Popsicle sticks
Milk cartons
Cereal boxes/cardboard
Shoe boxes
Empty paper towel rolls
toilet paper rolls
Scrap pieces of string (any type) and wool
Straws
Yogurt and margarine containers
Pipe Cleaners
Strawberry baskets
Spools
Thin flexible wire
Toothpicks
Clothespins
Paper Clips
Egg cartons

Please ensure that containers have been washed and/or are clean before sending them. We appreciate your assistance.

Sincerely
Mr. Hancock