The highlight of the week was the "Ready, Set, Design" collaborative activity in Miss Lisa's classroom. The students worked in small groups and every team had a different challenge and a set of fastener items, surface items and structure items. The children were not allowed to use scissors and glue and had to design a prototype in 15 minutes. Next, they had to present their solution to the rest of the class and explain how it addresses the challenge.
The boys were lost at first. Later on, they tried several ideas and one of them worked. They were the first group ready with their model.
All three of them communicated effectively and exchanged various ideas, sharing their thinking and finally started to make the model, adding several changes on the way. It was exciting to observe our students being effective communicators, thinkers and supportive collaborators.
