Room 5 had a beautiful afternoon to try out our school snowshoes. Once we got everyone buckled in, the children practiced walking with different kinds of steps and explored both Discovery Gardens and hill beside the school. The children discovered how the spikes on the bottom of their snowshoes enabled them to walk on steep slopes without slipping. We thought about how winter tire treads and even the patterns on the bottom of our gym shoes also help us travel without slipping. We also thought about the First Nations people and early Calgary Settlers that would have used snowshoes to help them travel in deep snow in the times long before snowplowed roads!
Room 5 had a beautiful afternoon to try out our school snowshoes. Once we got everyone buckled in, the children practiced walking with different kinds of steps and explored both Discovery Gardens and hill beside the school. The children discovered how the spikes on the bottom of their snowshoes enabled them to walk on steep slopes without slipping. We thought about how winter tire treads and even the patterns on the bottom of our gym shoes also help us travel without slipping. We also thought about the First Nations people and early Calgary Settlers that would have used snowshoes to help them travel in deep snow in the times long before snowplowed roads!
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