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A select group of Ottawa students got to put their math and science studies on ice for one morning.
More than 30 Grade 7/8 math students from Sacred Heart High School were at Lansdowne Park Wednesday as guests of the NHL. As crews worked on the almost-finished rink being built for Saturday’s heritage classic at TD Place, the students toured the facilities, learning not about hockey, but the science behind the game.
Temperatures dipped to -15 C, but the group braved the cold as their tour guide explained how the ice rink was made. During the talk, construction crews transported wooden beams and laid down reflective material on the ice. Workers donned ski goggles, wool toques and thick mittens to guard against the bone-chilling cold.
Students thoroughly enjoyed the rinkside experience.
“It’s pretty simple,” said Gareth Edwards. “You have to warm [the ice] up ‘cause it has cracks on it if it gets too cold. And when the NHL players are skating on it it’ll crack up more.”
Michael Boyer was especially interested in how words were printed below the ice.
“You have to put up a mesh and several layers of dye on it,” he said, adding that the field trip was “very different” from a normal school day.
“It was definitely a lot of fun,” said Nicholas Ebner. “It was very interesting to learn how they did the process.”
Sacred Heart was chosen to attend the event through their participation in the NHL/NHLPA Future Goals Hockey Scholar Program. Students play interactive games online to consolidate STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) subjects learned in the classroom.
Naturally, the modules are hockey-themed. Questions are based on the Grade 5-7 school curriculum.
“A hat trick is a hockey term that refers to a player scoring three goals in a game,” reads a quiz question. “If a player scores fifteen hat tricks in their career, how many total goals does that represent?”
Nikki McIntosh, the curriculum leader for Sacred Heart’s Grade 7/8 math program, saw this trip as the perfect chance to put classroom learning into real-world applications.
“It’s nice to do a math field trip that’s really cool,” said McIntosh. “My job as a teacher is to get them excited in liking math. You can’t get much better than checking out an arena.”
As an added bonus, at the end of the day, the students scored tickets for Saturday’s game between the Ottawa Senators and Montreal Canadiens
The 2017 Scotiabank NHL100 Classic takes place Saturday at Lansdowne Park, beginning at 7 p.m.
Also at the site, the Ottawa 67’s will host the Gatineau Olympiques on Sunday at 3 p.m. Tickets are available for $15-$20.
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More than 30 Grade 7/8 math students from Sacred Heart High School were at Lansdowne Park Wednesday as guests of the NHL. As crews worked on the almost-finished rink being built for Saturday’s heritage classic at TD Place, the students toured the facilities, learning not about hockey, but the science behind the game.
Temperatures dipped to -15 C, but the group braved the cold as their tour guide explained how the ice rink was made. During the talk, construction crews transported wooden beams and laid down reflective material on the ice. Workers donned ski goggles, wool toques and thick mittens to guard against the bone-chilling cold.
Students thoroughly enjoyed the rinkside experience.
“It’s pretty simple,” said Gareth Edwards. “You have to warm [the ice] up ‘cause it has cracks on it if it gets too cold. And when the NHL players are skating on it it’ll crack up more.”
Michael Boyer was especially interested in how words were printed below the ice.
“You have to put up a mesh and several layers of dye on it,” he said, adding that the field trip was “very different” from a normal school day.
“It was definitely a lot of fun,” said Nicholas Ebner. “It was very interesting to learn how they did the process.”
Sacred Heart was chosen to attend the event through their participation in the NHL/NHLPA Future Goals Hockey Scholar Program. Students play interactive games online to consolidate STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) subjects learned in the classroom.
Naturally, the modules are hockey-themed. Questions are based on the Grade 5-7 school curriculum.
“A hat trick is a hockey term that refers to a player scoring three goals in a game,” reads a quiz question. “If a player scores fifteen hat tricks in their career, how many total goals does that represent?”
Nikki McIntosh, the curriculum leader for Sacred Heart’s Grade 7/8 math program, saw this trip as the perfect chance to put classroom learning into real-world applications.
“It’s nice to do a math field trip that’s really cool,” said McIntosh. “My job as a teacher is to get them excited in liking math. You can’t get much better than checking out an arena.”
As an added bonus, at the end of the day, the students scored tickets for Saturday’s game between the Ottawa Senators and Montreal Canadiens
The 2017 Scotiabank NHL100 Classic takes place Saturday at Lansdowne Park, beginning at 7 p.m.
Also at the site, the Ottawa 67’s will host the Gatineau Olympiques on Sunday at 3 p.m. Tickets are available for $15-$20.
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