The Big Sled Race (Engineering Challenge #2)

The race was a success!  Congratulations to everyone!  We learned that the material on the bottom of the sled will impact how fast/slow and how far it will go. We also learned that weight is an important part of sled building.  We all agreed that we could build a better sled if given the chance to do this again!  Our farthest sled traveled 10 feet 4 inches.

Students will be bringing  home their engineering packet.  In the packet, there are directions for a "Snowflake Challenge".  If your child decides to do this, we will test the snowflakes at school after vacation.

We also enjoyed Dance Party Friday this morning- doing the Cupid Shuffle!

Check out the teachers with their new mustaches!

Snow Treasure Engineering Challenge #2- Sled Building

We continue to celebrate our adventure book,  Snow Treasure, with a sled building challenge. Students could build a sled using just 4 materials

• cardboard
• duct tape
• aluminum foil
• yarn

The sled must be no larger than 12 inches x 6 inches.  Our final "race" will be tomorrow.  Thank you to all who donated supplies for this project!

Engineering Challenge #1

As part of the wrap up of our interactive read aloud, Snow Treasure, by Marie McSwiggan, we will be participating in various engineering challenges this week.  The first, the Snowman Cup Challenge took place today.

This was their first design!

Teams of 2 had to use a package of styrofoam cups (51 per pack).  Each cup had to have a snowman face on it.  The challenge was to create the tallest tower.  Our tallest was 5 feet 1 inch! That was taller than all of the children. The children practiced their collaboration skills (and had to be patient with one another), They also practiced the engineering process with the steps of  Design, Create, Test, Redesign.  There was a lot of redesigning going on today.

The tallest tower!  5 ft. 1 in.

Second design ~ not sure this was taller !

During indoor recess, some of the students tried a different way to stack the cups!