Community Building Activities
To create a community of learners we will have two activities that support teamwork and working within a community. These activities include "Connect the Pics" which is centered around problem solving, an important concept in math, and " The Marshmellow Challenge" which focuses on team work in a timely manner. These two activities are described briefly below.
Connect the Pics - The entire class will work together in this activity. Using a set of pictures that tell a story, I will give each student one picture. The entire class must work to place the pictures in order of the story, but each student can only look at their own picture. Students work to communicate about their pictures and where it goes within the story.
Materials - 25 pictures
Marshmellow Challenge!! - Students will work in groups of three to build the tallest free standing structure using 20 spaphetti noodles, a yard of tape, a yard of string, and a marshmellow. The height of the structure is measured by the ground to the center of the marshmellow meaning the marshmellow must be on top. Groups will compete against each other to construct the biggest structure possible in 18 minutes.
Materials - 20 spaghetti noodles, tape, string, 1 marshmellow per group. A timer that all can see, yard stick.
Connect the Pics - The entire class will work together in this activity. Using a set of pictures that tell a story, I will give each student one picture. The entire class must work to place the pictures in order of the story, but each student can only look at their own picture. Students work to communicate about their pictures and where it goes within the story.
Materials - 25 pictures
Marshmellow Challenge!! - Students will work in groups of three to build the tallest free standing structure using 20 spaphetti noodles, a yard of tape, a yard of string, and a marshmellow. The height of the structure is measured by the ground to the center of the marshmellow meaning the marshmellow must be on top. Groups will compete against each other to construct the biggest structure possible in 18 minutes.
Materials - 20 spaghetti noodles, tape, string, 1 marshmellow per group. A timer that all can see, yard stick.