Winning Some Fun Science Stuff...

After March Break we have our next fundraiser planned.  It's a raffle.  You can win one of two prizes.  Tickets will be 25 cents each or five for a dollar.  All proceeds will go to our Adopt a Village project!

The first is Potato Chip Science.

 Snack on science! Make a science of snacks! Potato Chip Science is the book and kit that’s an irresistible introduction to science for 8- to 12-year-olds. Here are 29 incredible experiments—plus one edible project—that use potato chips, potatoes, potato chip bags, tubes, and lids. Included in the bag are a 96-page two-color book and a dozen items that kids can use for the following “snacktivities”:

Bag Blaster - Bird Feeder - Chipmobile - Chip Analyzer - Chip-Ship Challenge - Chip-Tube Gobbler - “Color” Wheel - Compass - Composter - Confetti Can-non - CSI Detective Kit - Dancing Chips - Electric Wave - Flipper - Hydrofoil - Kissing Tubes - Kite - Mini Extermi-tater - Potato Bender - Potato Chip Crunchies - Potato Battery - Saucer Tosser - Shrunken (Potato) Head - Signal Mirror - Sound Spinner - Spud Crud - Spuddy Buddy - Walkie-Talkie - Windmill

The second is Pop Bottle Science.

It's pure bottled magic! A complete kit that ingeniously marries science and fun in the breakthrough vein of The Bug Book & Bug Bottle (1.7 million copies in print) and The Bones Book & Skeleton (1.65 million copies in print), Pop Bottle Science presents 79 easy, hands-on experiments that probe the worlds of chemistry, physics, biology, geology, weather, the human body, and even astronomy.

The Pop Bottle bottle is a perfect miniature science lab--see-through, flexible, air-tight when necessary, made out of a durable, shatter-proof plastic and designed with a removable top that doubles as a funnel. The Pop Bottle book is a lively, fully illustrated 96-page guide to astonishment. Each experiment begins with a challenge and ends with an explanation of the scientific principles involved. Kids can design a volcano and watch it erupt. Create a tornado-maker and see how twisters work. Make quicksand--is it solid or liquid? Observe photosynthesis in action. Simulate Jupiter's giant red spot, investigate buoyancy, demonstrate inertia, and discover the Bernoulli principle--which allows planes to fly. Plus, turn the bottle into a barometer, a thermometer, walkie-talkie, trombone, compass--or groovy lava lamp.

Candy-grams

Our school's Me to We group recently had a fundraiser called “Candy-Grams”.

A Candy-Gram is a Valentine's Day card with a Hershey kiss attached to it and you can give to someone special. We sold the Candy-Grams for $0.75 each or 5 for $3.00.  The Candy-Grams were a big hit; we sold about 120 Candy-Grams.

We had a contest between the Me to We group on what illustrations we should put on the cards. The three winners of the Candy-Gram contest were Sarthak, Ramdeep, and Rajwinder.

These are the designs chosen for the Candy-Grams.

We would like to thank everyone who participated in our fundraiser. With your support, we earned $117.54. The money will go to our Adopt a Village Program in Lai Gow, Rajasthan, India.
Written by Sarthak

Alicia Doo visits Trudeau for our Me to We Assembly

Trudeau's Me to We group had an assembly on February 2nd.  This assembly was to introduce to the school our Adopt a Village Program.  A major part of our Me to We assembly was Alicia Doo doing a presentation. Alicia is a Youth Programming Coordinator and Outreach Speaker.  She comes to schools to talk about Free the Children, on how it all started and how it is going now in the present.

Alicia also had some stories of her own. She told us about her trip to Africa. Alicia told us that she had to hike up this huge mountain to get to a village there. When she went to the top, she noticed a lot of differences from their community to hers in Canada. This village had no schools, no place to get clean water, no medical centres for people that get ill etc.

Alicia also noticed that the houses were made of mud bricks instead of real bricks or of wood. Then she noticed this women coming up to them being really happy that Alicia had come. This woman led Alicia and the group of student volunteers to her home. When they got to the destination, Alicia saw all these kids playing that were the woman's children and they all shared the space in this mud house. They all went inside the mud house but to fit in the mud house, they all had to crouch down. The woman started to give Alicia and the tourists the food that she had and her supply of food was very little. Alicia started to realize that there are actually people that need essentials like food, water, health care, and shelter more than anything else.

Later, she met this little boy. He didn't go to school. Instead of getting an education, he worked. He sold gum to tourists so he can earn money for his family, but the people he worked for actually give him very little of the money that he earned. Alicia and this little boy instantly became friends. When she had to leave, this little boy offered to give her a piece of gum. She knew that giving her this gum without payment was actually going to cost a lot because that gum actually contributes to his life so he can have enough money for him and his family. Alicia kept this gum so that she can remember the friendship she had with that little boy in Africa and that inspired her a lot to work for Free the Children. 

     She was a great part of our Me to We assembly. We loved her presentation and all the things she talked about because it inspires our Trudeau Me to We group because we are also here to support all those people in the poor countries.  We can all make a difference in the world with your help.

Written by Chancey and Shubna