Building has continued to be a favourite activity in Room 106. We've moved from the Block Area, to the Construction Zone, where students have made houses, mouse traps, and towers. Students have used a variety of tools (science and technology), drawn blueprints of their designs (visual art), taken measurements with tape measures (math) - the learning has been endless.
Last week though, building took a new direction. Using large cardboard tubes, student created a Pipe Line. The Pipe Line traveled from the turtle tank and water table to an "animal pool" at the other end. They created an on/off valve to shut the water off at recess, as well as blocking the end with a brick to prevent a water spill.
A couple of days into the project, Bryson found a hole in the pipe. He and Mrs. Chapman looked though a mining book they found in the library and Bryson decided they needed wire to fix the hole.
We didn't have any wire, but he managed to improvise.
Bryson did a blog post talking about his pipe building to share his learning.
We are exited to see where the interest in building will take the class next. We are so impressed with the ideas that have emerged so far!
