PLTW & The Gingerbread Man

PLTW- Structure and Function

The Three Little Pig's houses.

We listened to the Three Little Pigs and we discussed the structure and function of a house. Students were given materials to build a house. It had to have the following components:

• a floor
• walls 
• a roof
• It had to withstand the blower fan (the Big Bad Wolf!)

The Gingerbread Man

We read the Gingerbread man then decorated him. Next we wrote a sentence that described him.

What we were up to last week.

Osmo

Our Donors Choose project requesting an Osmo gaming system was funded. It interacts with an iPad and has some very fun educational games. We started with the Tangam and the Numbers game. Next we will learn to use the Words and the Coding game.

Project Lead the Way (PLTW)

We continued the Structure and Function module of PLTW. Students have been learning what an Engineer is and what structure and function is. (Example: Function of a chair and the structure it needs to be in order to meet that function.) We read the story of Jack and the Beanstalk and we discussed the structure and function of the beanstalk as is pertains to the story. So I gave the students 10 pipe cleaners to make their own beanstalk. We drew a beanstalk design that met the following requirements:

1. All 10 pipe cleaners need to be used
2. Your beanstalk needs to stand on its own
3. I will be looking for the tallest one.

Then we had to build it. 

Christmas Poinsettias

It is that time of the year. We are starting to craft some art for the holidays.