Thursday, 18 September 2014

Complementary and Alternative Medicine

We concluded our study of different health care philosophies today by enjoying a class of yoga. Yoga is an ancient practice that focuses on the mind and body by working with one's pranayama (or breath) while holding different asanas (or poses). Yoga is an example of complementary and alternative medicine. Here are some pictures of today's class.

Thursday, 11 September 2014

Medicine Man, Hugh Lerat, Visits HS 20

It was a real pleasure to have Elder Hugh Lerat speak to our Health Science 20 class. Hugh is a Cree Indian from Cowessess First Nation who has been praticing Indigenous Medicine for many years. Taught by his Grandma, Hugh shared with our class many stories about his culture's rituals. This included the Sweat Lodge, the Sun Dance, and the Pipe Ceremony. He also packed with him many of his medicines for us to see. Here are some of the photos from today's class.

Tuesday, 9 September 2014

Egg Salad Anyone?

Today in Science 10 we demonstrated the scientific method. We tested whether or not it would be possible to suck a shelled hard boiled egg into a narrow neck flask without damaging it. Proving more difficult than years past, all groups were able to get the egg into the flask (some groups by pushing the egg). No groups were able to do it without damaging the egg, which forces me to ask, if anyone wants egg salad. Here are some pictures of our experiment.
We had more success expelling the contents using vinegar and baking soda!

Wednesday, 20 August 2014

Important Upcoming Dates

Tuesday September 2nd REGISTRATION
Wednesday September 3rd FIRST DAY OF CLASSES

Thursday, 29 May 2014

Last day to submit outstanding work!

Monday June 2nd is the FINAL day to hand in all outstanding assignments! This will also be the last day to write any missed exams.

Wednesday, 14 May 2014

Paper ball Fight over Health Science Careers

Today in Health Science we started a Career Exploration Project. To brainstorm different HS careers we had a paper ball fight. As one student said, it was nice to be able to do this and not get in trouble.

Friday, 9 May 2014

Ready, Set, GOOOO! (The Balloon Cars are BACK!!)

Today in Science 10, we raced our balloon cars. Ranging from an A and W cup car to a frozen dinner cardboard box car to a pop bottle car, the creativity of this semester's cars was awesome! The results were fairly impressive too, with the farthest distance travelled being 5m! The fastest car to cross the 3 m line was Joel, Connor, and Tyler's popsicle car. Above is our Science 10 class and our cars.