Raising the Flag - Tech Challenge

The challenge was to raise a flag at least 20 cm.

It had to be a freestanding and we had to see both sides of the flag.

There was a lot more planning before the construction began this time.

Counting to 9

The children had the challenge of counting to 9. 

If 2 people said the same number at the same time they had to start from 1 again.

They discovered that if they went around the table they could reach 9.

We discussed how we could do it without going around the table or talking to each other.

Six Word Sentence Challenge

Our task for today.

Write a six word story that sums up something really important about ‘gifted’ for you.

Sim - a mathematical brain teaser

 

This week's question

What animal would make a great driver and why?

Here are a few of our responses.

 

Social Scientists

 In this activity the children had to answer questions based on what they noticed about the contents of the person's bag.

Multiple Intelligences

 Today we watched a video about 9 multiple intelligences. The children then had to complete a survey which helped them identify the intelligences that they identified with.

They then had to create a word cloud using some of the words that describe them.