Tiger Rescue-Building Our Final Designs Everyone worked really hard to build a complex machine that would lift the tiger at least four inches and move the tiger. The kiddos had to ensure the tiger had some sort of harness that would keep it safe from harm. I was impressed with their originality, collaboration, and building skills. Even though all of the final designs weren't totally successful, every group was able to move the tiger in some way. We have some future engineers among us! Sorting 2-D Shapes To explore shapes, each group was given a set of shapes such as quadrilaterals or polygons. They had to figure out a way to sort the shapes into groups based on attributes. Each group shared their thinking with the class. Exploring Magnetism Students worked in groups to explore properties of magnetism using special magnets in the Vex kits we are using to build simple & complex machines. The final design of the complex machine to rescue the tiger will include using a magnet. Breakout Boxes This was soooo much fun! It's like an escape room in that you have to figure out clues to "breakout" of a locked box. The goal of this challenge was to break Rudolph out and determine the missing reindeer. There were lots of locks on the boxes that each group had to use clues to find the codes to unlock them. When the group opened up the big box, they were delighted to find a little surprise inside-candy! What a great way to wrap up the year!
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November 2019
Mrs. Swyers3rd Grade Teacher |