Now technology is a wonderful learning tool, but sometimes you can't beat a pack of pasta and sweet to really engage you learners.
Taking a break from optional SAT's today and I was given the job of planning something 'vaguely sciency' with a small year 5 class. So leant back on an old favourite and gave them a handful of spaghetti and marshmallows each and 30mins to build a tower. The only design brief was that it had to be able to free stand for 1 minute and there would be an award for the tallest and the most stable. Although the towers they made where quite amazing it was the was the way the teams worked together and approached the task that was the most interesting. Each team had the option of using a laptop to research some towers but they all elected for a more 'learn by doing' method. Ploughing straight into the build and then modifying it to overcome issues.
Great opportunity to observe the children working together as a team, speaking and listening skill and their resilience and problem solving skills.
@peterofwinkley
Taking a break from optional SAT's today and I was given the job of planning something 'vaguely sciency' with a small year 5 class. So leant back on an old favourite and gave them a handful of spaghetti and marshmallows each and 30mins to build a tower. The only design brief was that it had to be able to free stand for 1 minute and there would be an award for the tallest and the most stable. Although the towers they made where quite amazing it was the was the way the teams worked together and approached the task that was the most interesting. Each team had the option of using a laptop to research some towers but they all elected for a more 'learn by doing' method. Ploughing straight into the build and then modifying it to overcome issues.
Great opportunity to observe the children working together as a team, speaking and listening skill and their resilience and problem solving skills.
@peterofwinkley
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