Sunday, February 3, 2019

Design Friday! Coed Tower Power & Open House - Soft Landing

CALENDAR EVENTS
2/1 Open House, 1:15 in Homeroom
2/4 ASP Specialty Classes Begin
2/5 Free Dress Day for 100% Annual Fund Participation
2/14 Red, White & Pink Accents ❤️!
2/19-23 Winter Break - School Closed
2/26 K-2 Chinese New Year Assembly

Lunar Calendar: Year of the Pig
Making Plum Blossom Scrolls


COED Design Challenge: 
Tower Power 

During coed class on Friday morning, girls and boys were given a design challenge.
Problem: The stuffed animal is too small and no one will be able to see it on the ground. People might step on it.
Goal: You need to build a tower at least one-foot tall (12 inches) that will hold the weight of the stuffed animal.
Materials: Index cards, ruler, small puppy

Tower Power
Picking Up Materials
& Building Towers




  
Measuring with a Ruler & Yardstick 

  
Building the Second & Third Levels

   
Checking the Height with a Ruler
  


Open House: Design Challenge!

Working with Materials


Ideas Taking Shape




  
Testing: 3-ft. Drop & From Stairs




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