No Power...No Problem!

The third day of school was an exciting and challenging one. We had no power!

That didn't stop this class, we took our supplies outside and problem solved!

all photos by Ms. Tulbure

We worked on art projects....

We practiced our math facts playing a game called Salute. This is where one person, 'the general' gives two cards to two friends and tells them to 'Salute.' The students place the cards on their forehead. Then, the general can either tell them the sum, difference, or product of the two numbers. Since students can only see one number, their goal is to guess their missing number. 

What a fun way to practice math facts!

 

  

 

 Even though having no electricity was a challenge, the students had a fun day!

What things run on electricity?

What was a challenge today for you?

Building Bridges!

Building Bridges

Today, in science we learned about force. Force is a pushing or a pulling on an object. Students watched and listened as Doug from Mystery Science explained how engineers build bridges.

Doug presented various types of bridges:

Arch Bridge

photo from Creative Commons:By Glabb (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Suspension Bridge

photo from Creative Commons by SageSolar: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sagesolar/7858490506

 

 

Truss Bridge 

photo from Creative Commons: By NotFromUtrecht (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Students worked in engineering teams to build their own bridge made out of two pieces of paper. Marbles were used to test their strength. The key to this experiment was to make mistakes, so that teams could observe what they needed to fix for their next time. In this manner, students really practiced growth mindset. 

First, students tried out different types of bridges and noted their strength

Truss bridges:

 

 

 

 Arch Bridges

 And the winners were:

First place with a total of 60 marbles! 

 They created a lot of support for their truss bridge by crumpling up paper as a base

Second place- 18 marbles!

 

Everyone had a lot of fun learning to build bridges. We had a lot of ties!

 

 

 

What was a challenge you came across in your bridge building and how did you try to overcome it?

What other type of bridges will you try to build next and why?

Breakout EDU!

Today we ended our day with a fabulous game. 

It was called BreakOut EDU! 

Photo by Mrs. Yollis



TEAMWORK was important!
In fact it was the whole challenge!

Students received top secret envelopes with a letter and clues inside 
The letters spelled out TEAMWORK  
 
It you finished your task and unlocked one lock, you were free to go
 and help other teams.

 Everyone was intrigued with the locks.  

How do we get them open?

Students were given 45 minutes to solve the puzzle and unlock the box.

Take a look at our teamwork and problem solving below. 

 (all photos by Ms. Tulbure)

With 46 seconds to spare.....

We rescued Mr. Unicorn!

It took working together and listening to each other in order to be successful. 


How was the Breakout EDU experience for you?


Share a time you had to work with a team to in order to achieve a goal.