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Krista Hirr

Structures: Building Activities for Kids | Exploratorium - 1 views

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Grade 5 structures 5.DP.7

shared by Krista Hirr on 15 Feb 12 - Cached
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      Krista Hirr on 15 Feb 12
       
      After exploring as a group, have students build a structure at home that they believe is the most structurally sound as well as tallest possible. The guidelines for this project are as follows: The stucture can only be made out of spaghetti and marshmallows.The budget for thier structure is $200 (not real money). Each marshmallow (hypothetically) costs $10 and each strand of uncooked spaghetti costs $5. The structure must hold a stuffed gorilla that weighs 5 oz. The tallest structure wins. My sister's kids do this project. It is required for 4th and 5th graders, but it is open to the whole school. Her kids have been doing it since 1st grade and love it. Every year they try a new design and take pictures of models past.
  • Krista Hirr on 15 Feb 12
     
    This website shows you how to explore different structures and answer the question, which supports the most weight, trauma, wind? and what purpose do they all serve.
  • Susie Beesley on 21 Feb 12
     
    This sounds very interesting! I enjoy hearing about projects that keep the students' interest year after year.
Laura Riggins

Odyssey of the Mind - 1 views

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5.NS.2-3 Grade 5 Grade 4 Grade 3 Grade 2 Grade 1

shared by Laura Riggins on 11 Feb 12 - No Cached
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      Laura Riggins on 11 Feb 12
       
      Sticky Note: This could be used for graphing if students had to test their structures multiple times, create a graph and find the average. Then could create a class graph of each group's averages. Could also be manipulated for younger students by changing the amount of materials.
  • Laura Riggins on 11 Feb 12
     
    5.DP.2-4: Brainstorm potential solutions. Document the design throughout the entire design process. Select a solution to the need or problem. Omit the scoring, extend the time frame so that each group gets 15 minutes to brainstorm their solution and 20 minutes to build/test their structure Sticky Note: This could be used for graphing if students had to test their structures multiple times, create a graph and find the average. Then could create a class graph of each group's averages. Could also be manipulated for younger students by changing the amount of materials.
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