Fair Trade Challenge!

Take the Fair Trade One Month Challenge - Can pur classroom do it from March 1st to 31st? Let's try! This is a contest run by Assiniboine Credit Union.

Supporting social justice and the environment, one cup of coffee at a time…

Do you ever think about how the products you enjoy are made? Do you ever wonder about the people who produce them?

Many of the products that originate overseas, including tea, coffee and chocolate, come to local stores through a system of trade that leaves the producers and workers who grow them impoverished, forcing them to use agricultural practices that are damaging to the environment.

There is, however, an alternative to this unsustainable practice. It’s called Fair Trade. According to the Manitoba Council for International Cooperation (MCIC), Manitoba’s leading organization in the promotion of Fair Trade practices, Fair Trade is an approach to international trade that is based on a more equitable and sustainable form of exchange among producers, traders and customers. By purchasing products labeled Fair Trade, you ensure that the people who produce the products can earn a fair income and can follow more environmentally sustainable production practices.

To learn more about Fair Trade, the One Month Challenge, and where you can find Fair Trade products, visit the Fair Trade Manitoba website at fairtrademanitoba.ca

How to take the One Month Challenge and be entered to win an ACU Prize Package:

1. Sign up for the challenge online at the special ACU sign-up page at
fairtrademanitoba.ca/get-involved/omc/acu-individual

2. Learn where you can find Fair Trade products in your community at fairtrademanitoba.ca/buy/

Simple Machine Fun @ MB Museum!

On our trip to the Manitoba Museum, we had quite a bit of fun playing around with simple machines. I think the teachers may have had the most fun!

The Clovis Point - From Theory to Fact to Theory

Who Came First?

In class, we have been discussing various theories on how the first people came to North America and eventually to South America. Many of the theories contradict each other or suggest different migration periods. Below are articles and a podcast (CBC) from last week discussing another migration period. Have a read and listen! We are part of history my friends!

Article from Nature
The Hindu : Sci-Tech / Science : Now, ancient human genome studied
Quirks & Quarks Podcast

Four Old White Guys

Research the political party you sit with in class. What does the party stand for? Who is the leader? (Photo from The National Post)

http://www.conservative.ca/
http://www.liberal.ca/
http://www.ndp.ca/
http://www.blocquebecois.org/

May The Force Be With You!

Based on the experiments we did today, one person from each group needs to answer the following questions:

1) How can you set the ball in motion?
2) How can you change the speed of the ball?
3) How can you slow down the ball without stopping it?
4) How can you change the direction of a moving ball?

Simple Machines

Now that you know a little of what a simple machine looks like, what examples did you and your partner find around the school? Please use complete sentences and proofread your responses.