During our STEM programme our Learners who are a mix of Year 4/ 5 / 6 children are working on communication and collaboration skills. The task was to design a tower that can support a basketball. Materials they were allowed to use was newspaper and masking tape. The Success Criteria was- your tower must support a basketball for at least 20 seconds. Bonus Points were awarded if they constructed the tallest tower possible.
This learning looks so much fun. Whose tower was able to hold a basketball and why do you think it could?
ReplyDeleteKia ora team,
ReplyDeleteMy name is Tania and I am a Manaiakalani Outreach Facilitator who lives in Whangarei, right near the top of the North Island - a long way away from where you live in Christchurch. I am lucky enough to get the opportunity to visit class blogs and have enjoyed checking out the learning you are sharing on your class blog. I can see one team looking very excited that they have managed to support their basketball on their newspaper structure. Did it last for 20 seconds? How many teams achieved the success criteria? How tall was the tallest tower? Look forward to hearing your answers.
Ngā mihi nui
Tania
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ReplyDeleteKia Ora,
ReplyDeleteThis is an awesome post and you look like you really enjoyed yourselfs. How long was the session you did this in. How many groups could balance a basketball?
Isaac YMS.
hey there its Chloe from yaldhurst model school I really like this. was it hard ????
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ReplyDeleteHi my name is Blake from rimu basketball is very cool I some times
ReplyDeleteHi my name is Mia from yaldhurst Model School, I really like your post about your newspaper towers. I thought you did a lot of teamwork to make them, did you have a time limit to do this? Next time I think you should do the results of the newspaper towers.
ReplyDeletehi im Chloe from yaldhurst model school. wow looks like they are happy and looks like they are working hard.
ReplyDeletehi im jacob williams from yms school yaldhurst model school.wow looks like they are happy and looks like they are working hard.
ReplyDeleteHi my name is Tiumalu from Awohono School.I really like your newspaper towers and it makes me thing of making a block tower. How long did it take you to make it?
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