This week we had our first STEM challenge. We worked in groups of 3 and 4 to create a buoyant ship that would be able to hold the most pirate booty (treasure/loot). Today was trial #1. We will aim to improve our ship to float better. Next week we will have trial #2 and #3. Here is some photos of our ship creations and our trial #1!

In 3/4 we have been learning about different forces and we got to investigate gravity, friction, buoyancy, magnetism, push & pull, thrust and tension. After 3 weeks of investigating these different forces we got given a STEM task… how can you get an object from A to B using forces and the challenge was to create a ride at an Amusement Park. Students were enthusiastic about the project instantly using the design process model. We aren’t finished yet… we keep improving our work as we are creating… but check out our amazing, creative project ideas so far!!!!  #3/4M #thecreativeproblemsolvers

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Day 1

Day 2- Using fruit, vegetables and anything else we could find