Students design and build a structure that will support one of our instructors. With only rope, wooden dowels and a lesson in knot tying, students must work together to complete this highly creative challenge.
What’s Covered
In this class students will discuss how to best work as a team and the different styles of leadership. Through the class activities, students will be tasked to communicate effectively in order to build the strongest structure possible. Students will get a chance to learn in a hands-on approach as they design and build their structures.
This is a great inclement weather activity. Students stay warm and dry indoors while engaged in fun hands on activities.
Lessons & Activities
Leaders and Team Players Discussion
Knot Tying
Building
Educational Standards
The standards that are followed for this class are the Next Generation Science Standards. The specific standards covered in the course are:
- 3A5-ETS1A1 – Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specific criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
- 3-5ETS1-2 – Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints on the problem.
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