K2 Prairie Builders
Contact: Mike Thompson
Email: mikethom713@gmail.com
Location: Warner, AB
Division(s): 1, 2, 3, 4
Offering(s):
- Assisting educators (providing trade-specific information)
- Hosting school field trips
- In person school visit
- Virtual classroom visit or shop visit
Trades connection: Carpentry
Reminder: all bookings are arranged by the teacher, the STEM team only provides this directory for contact purposes.
Curriculum alignments
Div 1: investigate materials, matter, sound, forces, light, simple machines, tools, instructions, computational thinking
Div 2: particle model of matter, states of matter, forces, heat and temperature, density, expansion and contraction, friction, elastic force, spring force, safety, hazards, buoyancy, plasticity and elasticity, coding
Div 3: thermal expansion, heat transfer, insulation and thermal conductivity, structural forms, material strength and stiffness, joints, forces on and within structures, direction of forces, deformation, structural stability, modes of failure, performance requirements, margin of safety, design and function, simple machines, mechanical advantage, speed ratios and force ratios, WHMIS
Div 4: WHMIS, thermal energy, heat transfer, methods to reduce the loss of heat from buildings, our bodies and constructed devices, protection against thermal energy transfer, forces on and within structures, direction of forces, transmission of force and motion, simple machines, forms of energy
