Forced Perspective Photography

Today students are hoping to challenge your assumptions! Check out these creative forced photography photo challenges.

Instant Challenge

4th and 5th students attempted a balance of power instant challenge this week. The task: Build a structure that only touches the "ground" on the red square, but can suspend pennies over purple squares. Check out the problem solving and solutions from both classes.

Tunnels and Dams

Students explored the engineering feats of tunnels and dams today and had a chance to create models and face some life-like challenges. Check out their progress in the video!

WeDo ArtBots 2.0

Fourth graders had a very challenging engineering task today! They designed a robot that can be programmed to create art. There were no plans to follow - they used their knowledge of gears and Lego mechanics in order to build a unique robot. We actually focused on our mistakes today and used what didn't work to figure out and re-design. Check out our "reflect and re-design" projects by watching the video!

Inspirational Similes

Today 5th graders had the challenge of adding power to words. Given two unrelated nouns - they were to create an inspirational quote that somehow connects them. Check out their words!

Building Bridges!

Students enjoyed a day of bridge building! Check out the video of our hands-on day!

Vibrobots!

Fourth graders really had an "educationally amusing" challenge! We definitely had to have a growth mindset by figuring out what wouldn't work in order to get things to work! After all, we are hear to learn from our attempts! Students engineered robots out of some basic materials. The question this science experiment asked was "How does changing the counterweight on the motor effect the performance of the robot?" Most predicted a balanced weight (3 cm) would create the best performance (art). Watch the robot performances as they create art with the counterbalance at 1 cm, 3 cm, and 5.5 cm.

Chess "Simul"

Today Mr. Arney challenged our 5th graders to a game of chess! Yes, ALL of them - at the same time! In a format called a "simul" Mr. Arney walked around the room making his moves on 14 boards. Students planned their next move while he moved around the room. What a fun event! The kids learned a lot and enjoyed the challenge.