Grade 2 students use tools designed and constructed in STEAM time to help keep the Akiva outdoor yard clean and promote an eco-friendly environment.
Collaboration Virtuelle – Amélie et Myriam
Vendredi le 27 novembre, nous avons assisté au Colloque virtuel de l’Association d’Éducation Préscolaire du Québec. Les conférences et ateliers portaient sur les défis de l’éducation préscolaire, les jeux symboliques pour développer les habiletés...
The Science of Camouflage
Grade 1 wraps up their investigation of animal camouflage by creating their own classroom-camouflaged moths. Students learned about colour, pattern, and blending to keep their moths hidden in plain...
Center of Gravity
Grade 2 gets hands on with the concepts of balance and an object’s center of gravity. The students explore how a plumb bob can help them find the center of gravity for different objects and built their own acrobatic self-balancing paper...
Let the Games Begin!
Grade 5 works on designing their sumo wrestling robots. The physical design of the robot is just as important as the code that decides how the robot behaves. A low center of mass and a well programmed light sensor helps the robots stay in the ring and win the...
Bridging the Digital Divide
Grade 6 learns how to bridge the gap between digital and physical objects. The MakeyMakey teaches the basics of circuits and allows students to use their coding knowledge to create unique and interactive...Akiva Calendar
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Putting Design at work- The Akiva Environment
Herbs and Culture
Akiva students from different grade levels plant take part in the creation of an herb garden. The herb garden utilizes the new Akiva plant growth station to grow a variety of herbs including basil, chamomile, chive, cilantro, dill, oregano, parsley, rosemary,...
Scratch Programming – Robotics-Gr5
Grade 5 students learn to code using Scratch and EV3 educational Robotics. They use collaboration and problem-solving skills to solve challenges and create educational simulations.
Our Solar System
Grade 2 students learn about the solar system through hands on art-crafts activities. The focus of this activity was on the earths movement around the sun.
Shadows and Light
Grade 1 Students learn how to manipulate shadows using light. Through these activities students reflect on the effect of sunlight as it moves throughout the day.
New Beginnings
This week we begin the annual Torah reading cycle, starting with the creation of the world in the first chapter of Genesis. Standard English translations, based primarily on non-Jewish sources, render the first words of our parasha, “In the beginning, God created the...
The Call to God
The Content of our Character The most ancient of all of the prayers for the High Holidays has a special connection to The Akiva School. Avinu Malkeinu is almost 2,000 years old, yet its central words have remained unchanged. Akiva’s founder, Rabbi David Hartman,...
Acheinu Kol Beit Yisrael
On Thursday mornings in synagogue, we recite a prayer that begins with the words, “Acheinu kol beit yisrael—Our brethren, all the House of Israel.” The tefillah offers the image of all Jews living as siblings in the same home, caring for each other as brothers and...
An “A” and an “F” for Flexibility
One would hardly associate religion with flexibility. Religion is about rules, and rules are, by nature, rigid. This is by no means an affront to religion. Rules provide our lives with structure and meaning. Rules keep us safe. The myriad COVID-related regulations...
A Year of Forgiveness
Today is Rosh Chodesh, the beginning of new Hebrew month of Elul. Elul marks the beginning of the season of forgiveness, leading into Rosh Hashanah, the holiday of repentance, including Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, and concluding with Hoshanah Rabbah, the end of...