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Welcome to the sounding board for Chase March. Here you will find my various articles about a variety of topics (DJ Events and news, book reviews, skatepark tours, teaching-related articles and resources, and much more)
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Teaching Tip Tuesdays – Black History Month
I came across this great site last week that I wanted to share with you for Teaching Tip Tuesday. Debbie DeSpirt has written quite a few articles and lesson plans that will appeal to primary school teachers. http://www.suite101.com/writer_articles.cfm/chokurei I like her lesson for Black History Month and how it deals with some of the every…
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Who Has The Best Traffic Lights?
Traffic lights seem to vary from region to region. I don’t why this is the case. I think the design of them is so much better here in my province but perhaps it’s just that I am accustomed to them being this way. Let’s look at a few different designs I have come across. This…
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Winterlude Fun!
Snowflake Kingdom is a gigantic snow playground that it is constructed every year for Winterlude. Apparently, it takes weeks for them to make enough snow to construct these huge slides. But the time spent in constructing them is sure worth it. The line ups were huge and everyone seemed be having a great time. I’ve…
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Castles in the Snow
These snow sculptures were constructed by teams from all across the country for this year’s Winterlude. They are on display at Jacques-Cartier Park in Gatineau, Quebec. I think this is my favourite. Team Manitoba did a great job on it. This one shows a group of kids tobogganing. Team Alberta made this huge pair of…
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Olympic Medals on Display
This is the Royal Canadian Mint in Ottawa, Ontario. It is the place where they make the money but it is also the place where this year’s Olympic Medals were constructed as well. Security was really tight. You could only take photos of the medals and nothing else. These are the moulds that were designed…
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Teaching Tip Tuesdays – Letter Writing
Hilary gave me a great idea last week. She wrote a post about the history of mailboxes. I commented that I couldn’t remember the last “actual letter” that I had mailed. I’m not talking about sending off bill payments, or cards. I mean an actual letter. She answered my comment and stated that “a real…
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Winterlude Ice Sculptures
These sculptures were all made out of ice for this year’s Winterlude Celebrations in Ottawa, Ontario. This one is a Transformer. You can see the robot at the top and the car below. Pretty cool work by Jerry Perun from Auburn, New York. This next one is from local artist Evher Coronel. I like…
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Heart Crushing Day
119/365 i HEART island life Originally uploaded by oblivion head Valentine’s Dayis hard to ignoreand crushes my heart more often than not. This day isn’t supposed to hurt,I know that,but it only highlights what I don’t havelike a fluffly cloud in the air, untouchable and impermanent. But that cloud reminds methat love floats above usand…
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Open Forum Comments
Hi Everyone, This page is for you to leave any comment that you would like to. I really look forward to hearing from readers. We are on this journey together. Thanks, Chase March
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Winterlude Graffiti
Graffiti artists were invited to add some much needed colour to the Rideau Canal Skateway for this year’s Winterlude celebrations. It’s great to see that our capital city has made sure to include hip-hop culture in this annual event. As you can see this outdoor gallery is set up so people can skate or walk…