The kids learned about Diwali from math problems written by Surya.

The Challenge: Recently, a new show, “The United States Got Skills”, debuted and caught the attention of the famous domino artist, “Mary the Magnificent”. In order to make it on the show, “Mary the Magnificent” needs a new set-up to impress the judges. She is relying on you to come up with a fantastic new presentation so she can win over the judges! 

Having to include more than six uniques requirements, this challenge provided lots of opportunities for the fourth grade to discuss the transfer of potential and kinetic energy. 

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Students explored which ball transferred the least amount of energy to the table.

                             

These girls were excited to give us a preview of the upcoming concert.

Intense Games of  Factor Captor

 

An informative and captivating presentation from Firefighter Pete

Canoeing on the Passadumkeag

The class really enjoyed simulating what it would be like taking an overnight canoeing trip. 

Playing a game to share our favorite part.

        Give fourth grade students some copper wire, a battery and a light bulb and challenge them to make that light bulb work. Do you think they can do it?  Sure they can with some trial and error and perseverance they all can and did.  After that they found it extremely easy to light two light bulbs, buzzers, and even a switch to turn the light on and off.  

          Using a model called Productive Talk which is simply a guideline for creating rich and powerful classroom discussions, the kids discussed, argued, and listened to each other about what will make a closed and open circuit. In fact later on the that night the kids were eager to share and teach their parents what they themselves discovered.