加拿大西门小学五年级的西班牙双语学生们正在通过骑行穿越加拿大的方式庆祝加拿大150周年，并在路上进行研究和分享！

四月开始，两辆静止的自行车进驻了Kim Sarsons的教室，他们在三个月的时间内挑战从一个海岸到另一个海岸的国家穿越。这段虚拟之旅于4月3日开始，向特里·福克斯（Terry Fox）及其希望马拉松致敬，并从纽芬兰圣约翰启程。

每位学生每进行十分钟的“骑行会议”（cycle session）相当于5公里的海岸至海岸总行程5,514公里。按骑行时间分解为：骑行100分钟=50公里（近2小时），骑行1000分钟=500公里（16.666小时），骑行10,000分钟=5000公里（166.666小时）。为了实现他们的共同目标，学生们需要骑行总共约170小时，以直线穿越加拿大！这些骑行活动发生在整天的课程、活动和独立阅读时间内。所骑行的公里数会在我们的“Cyc-o-mometer”上追踪，一个高大的温度计会定期突出显示日期和距离。Kim女士天气允许的情况下，也会以实际骑行的方式贡献公里数。

学生们已经独立研究了一系列有趣的主题，这些主题受到他们穿越的省份和等待他们的省份的启发。他们的多样化收藏已被音频记录并应用QR码，以创建供每位Westgate学校的学生、教师和行政人员体验和享受的“加拿大数字博物馆”。

博物馆的每一对大使都会访问每个教室以及我们的校长和副校长办公室，邀请他们参观并解释QR码是什么。要聆听并了解有关我们祖国的更多信息，您只需要带有QR码阅读器应用程序和一副耳机的iPad。博物馆的一部分还留给访客发表他们对博物馆体验的评论。五年级的学生们很快还会在他们的数字博物馆中增加另一个元素，即完成一系列以西班牙语呈现的有影响力的加拿大人的传记！

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我们的“虚拟旅程150”是一次关于耐力、学习和分享的史诗般的体验，我们希望在学年结束时能够达到西海岸！

Grade 5 Spanish Bilingual students at Westgate School are recognizing Canada’s 150 by cycling across Canada, conducting research, and sharing along the way!

Two stationary bikes took up residence in Kim Sarsons’ classroom in April and the challenge of crossing the country from coast to coast in three months time began. This virtual journey started on April 3 by recognizing Terry Fox and his Marathon of Hope, and it embarked from St. John’s Newfoundland.

Every ten minute “cyc-sesh” (cycle session) that a student rides is equivalent to five kilometers of the 5, 514 km coast to coast journey. A breakdown of time cycled is: 100 minutes = 50km (almost 2 hours), 1000 minutes = 500km (16.666 hours), and 10 000 minutes = 5000km (166.666 hours). In order to achieve their collective goal, students need to cycle a total of approximately 170 hours in order to cross Canada as the crow flies! All of this cycling happens throughout the day during lessons, activities, and independent reading blocks. The kilometers cycled are tracked on our “Cyc-o-mometer”, a large thermometer that highlights dates and distances at regular intervals. Senora Kim contributes kilometers as well by riding her real bike to and from school when the weather permits.

Students have been independently researching a variety of interesting topics inspired by the provinces they’ve cycled through and the ones that await them. Their diverse collection has been audio recorded and QR coded to create “Canada’s Digital Museum” for every Westgate School student, teacher and administrator to experience and enjoy.

Pairs of Museum Ambassadors from the class visited every classroom and the offices of our principal and assistant principal to invite them to visit and to explain what QR codes are. All that’s needed to listen and learn more about our incredible country is an iPad with a QR code reader app and a set of headphones. Part of the museum is also set aside for visitors to post their comments about their museum experiences. The Grade 5 students will soon add another element to their Digital Museum by finalizing a series of biographies about influential Canadians all presented in Spanish!

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Our “Virtual Journey 150” has been an epic experience of endurance, learning and sharing within our school community and we hope to reach the west coast by the end of the school year!