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No One Right Way!

The last few days my fourth graders have been working on designing and planning the catapults they will soon be building. Catapults have been our focus since the beginning of the school year.  Our catapult inquiry has led us to research many aspects of catapults, record our learning, cite our sources, and build catapults with a pre-selected set of materials.  By building with those selected materials, the kids figured out what would and would not work when building our catapults from self-selected materials. When it was time to finally design and plan, the kids could go about it in anyway that worked best for THEM.   Some kiddos scooped out the supplies available to them first. Some kids started designing their catapult on paper first. One kiddo skipped the paper option and announced he would be using 3DTin to design a 3D model of his catapult.  His idea intrigued another student who sat down and began learning 3DTin as well.   Other groups of kids sa

Our Week In Images...

Marble Mazes This kiddo lost his very first tooth! Battle of The Brains planning. Catapults Inventor Inquiry 3 Billy Goats Gruff bridges. 5th grade MakerKid's Club Action at the (LFL) Little Free Library. Magnetic Poetry Rock Wonder Center