Marshmallow Challenge




Science: I can build, test, and make changes to a design using a variety of materials.
Results: I can work with others cooperatively.
Results: I can persist with learning challenges.

Today, Ms Elder gave us a challenge: build the tallest tower possible using only 20 sticks of spaghetti, 1 meter of tape and 1 meter of string. The tower had to hold a marshmallow. It was HARD! Here are some observations from our building: 

"The limited amount of resources was challenging." ~ L

"The amount of time we had was challenging." ~ S

"How breakable the spaghetti was made it hard." ~ C

"The marshmallow was so heavy that it leans everything!" ~ I

"Gravity!" ~ H

"It was hard to get the spaghetti to stand up because it was leaning." ~ L

"I think it was fun because everyone put in lots of ideas. Everyone contributed to the broken tower." ~ L

"I liked doing it with teamwork. I wouldn't want to do it alone." ~ M

We discussed the challenges and what worked well, then we watched a Ted Talk video about prototyping (click here). Here is why we thought we did this learning task: 

 "Ms Elder wanted us to learn that everything doesn't work out in reality." ~ H

 "You have to keep on trying if things don't work out the way you want them to." ~ S

 "To work on our teamwork skills." ~ V

 "To build relationships/friendships with our classmates." ~ L

 "To handle stress." ~ L (we talked about strategies beforehand!)







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