Hands on!!!

We have been doing a lot of hands on learning lately in all areas--reading/writing workshop, math and science!

Take a look at some of our explorations!

The challenge was to engineer and construct with a small group or partner a house of sticks that could withstand the Big Bad Wolf, aka a fan, blowing it down!  It was interesting to see the approach the Gators took in problem solving, cooperating, starting over and beginning again!  

This group was the first to think of sticking the toothpicks upright into the carpet to secure the sides.
Soon, there were three other groups attempting to duplicate that same technique!

Protecting the structure with the container was the approach here.

This group found out that bending the toothpicks, without breaking them, allowed
them the ability to create a teepee structure.

This group incorporated the container as the house and then
layered the toothpicks as the roof!  That way, if the "wolf"
blew the top layer off, the bottom layer would remain!

A base was constructed here, then the container was
placed in front of it, "to block the wind".

In science, we set up the experiment called

Walking Rainbow.  Here is what it looks like so far:

We will keep you posted on the results!!!