Roller Coaster Engineers

After watching a "Top 10" video from the Travel Channel, students designed and built their own roller coasters!

LEGO Challenge

LEGOs are always a popular choice, but what happened when the kids were given LEGOs and a challenge?

Structure must be freestanding



Must be a group effort




Build as tall as possible

With a 10 minute time-limit (the stop watch was out and running!) we had some great success and one tragic last second collapse.  The good news is, everyone had fun!

Why is it called a marshmallow?

Ask your kids...they know the answer!  During our unit on Inventors and Inventions Ms. Straume gave the kids a bit of a history lesson on the marshmallow.  Ancient Egyptians used the roots of the marsh mallow plant mixed with honey as a remedy for sore throats (who knew?!)

Since you can't very well learn about the history and modern production of marshmallows without sampling at least one - we broke out the bags of marshmallows (sampled a few), paired them with their toothpick friends, and started building!