Below are pictures from 3rd, 4th , and 5th grade classes, and their clay boat lessons. Check out the comments below and feel free to add any ideas and helpful management tips!
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Molly Todd
10/19/2015 01:11:09 pm
Using shells is a great way for students to explore sink and float concepts. Put the shell in one way it sinks, the other it floats... why?
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10/27/2015 05:14:36 pm
It was important, in my opinion, to give the students time to explore concepts of what sinks and what floats before working with the clay to build boats. Molly discovered that my students responded well to seeing how my shells would float if they were curve down, but sink if they were curved up.
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Mary Kate
2/2/2016 12:22:19 pm
Thanks for the suggestions Molly and Sarah. I took your advice and let the students explore with things around the classroom and had them chart what sank and what floated.
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Cindy
11/12/2016 05:52:59 pm
We did an Engineering Wheel in October. Each of our 4 third grade classrooms presented one engineering challenge. Over 4 days, the classes rotated to each classroom and experienced each activity. Challenges included: building an aluminum foil canoe, paper bridges, Lego structures, and paper helicopter construction. During each lesson, students had a response sheet to complete. Teachers noticed that we taught our specific activity better each successive
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