Wow, it was another exciting day in Room 213. Today's tower building activity involved shaving cream and toothpicks. The children were given one cup of shaving cream and 30 toothpicks. It was so much fun to see these "older" children playing in shaving cream. They actually wanted to play when we were done. That made me smile. The winning tower was just one foot tall, which seemed short compared to the last few weeks' towers. However, had you seen the activity in progress, you understand why this was such an amazing feat. The winning team was Miles and Leanne. Many other teams also built towers that would stand, but theirs was the tallest. We saw many in the 9.5 inch to 11 inch range. Very impressive.
We spent more time than I had planned on the towers, so we did not get to making our posters on the past, present and future research. There is no new homework this week, just continue to work on the invention log and begin gathering materials for the actual building of the model.
Each week your child should bring their binder and their invention log to class so they are prepared to work on their invention in class.
Remember, inventions are due MARCH 1.
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