3-3 TENNIS TOWER CHALLENGE
MONDAY - TYPING WEBSITE & HOMEROW KEYS
I can type with my fingers on the Home Row Keys.
I can type with my fingers on the Home Row Keys.
1. The Home Row Keys - Online Typing Program
1. The Home Row Keys - Online Typing Program
Log into Typing Club and continue with your lessons.
2. Watch the video and copy the information that I write into your journals.
3. What does working in a group look like? What does it sound like?
4. Teamwork Video.
5. Sign out and line up when instructed.
TUESDAY: TOWER GAMES
I can build towers.
1. Continue with your lessons.
2. Watch the video about Teamwork.
3. Play this game below and see how large a score you can get.
4. Please play the Termite Challenge Game.
5. Hamster Run
WEDNESDAY TOWER CHALLENGE BUILDING
I can work with my group to build a prototype.
1. Typing Club
2. The city of Legoappolus is over crowded. They need to build more apartments for the people who live there. They have very little land left over so they must build apartments that are in tall towers with a lot of floors. It is your job to build a prototype of their apartment building. To prove that it is safe, a structural test will be conducted.
Good Luck Young Engineers!
Watch the video and copy the information into your journals.
ASK: I need to build a tower at least 14 inches tall that can hold a tennis ball on top.
IMAGINE: Think!!! What are your ideas? Jot them down. Also include some details....
50 bricks plus 1 flat
14 inches tall
free standing
PLAN: Tomorrow your group will have a discussion to share ideas and select the best one to try first.
IMAGINE: Think!!! What are your ideas? Jot them down. Also include some details....
50 bricks plus 1 flat
14 inches tall
free standing
PLAN: Tomorrow your group will have a discussion to share ideas and select the best one to try first.
3. Complete the Tower Challenge we discussed yesterday. Be sure you all agree that the challenge has been met. Each person on the team gives a thumbs up to be checked.
4. If you passed both challenges, clean up your bricks. Take them all apart and back into the totes. Return to your computers and you may do these games only.
THURSDAY- TOWER CHALLENGE COMPLETE
I can follow a plan to build a prototype.
1. Typing Club
2. Complete the Tower Challenge if you did not already. If you did, do the word search puzzle below.
3. Do you remember what STEM stands for? Take this quiz and see if you do.
4. You may play these games if you are finished.
FRIDAY - FINISH JOURNALS
I can tell what STEM stands for.
1. Typing Club
2. Watch this cool video about the world record Lego tower.
3. You may have Fun Friday time. This means you may do activities from pmasterson.net.
METS AND/OR CSS STANDARDS
4. Innovative Designer: Students use a variety of technologies within a design process to identify and solve problems by creating new, useful or imaginative solutions.