2nd Grade Builders, Designers, and Engineers

Since it is St. Patrick’s Day, I challenged the students to think of something else that they would like to find at the end of the rainbow instead of a pot of gold. They drew some very creative answers, some of which I included below.

The 2nd graders went to different stations this morning to try some different skills related to our study of structures.  At the K’nex station, they are building bridges.  So far, we have one beam bridge and an arch.  At the iPad station, they worked on bridge challenges using an app called “Bridge Constructor Playground,”  which gave them different scenarios for building bridges and they had to choose the design and materials.  At the Roominate station, they were able to use their imagination to build a room with all different types of furniture.  One of the groups built an animal shelter!  At the Goldiblox station, they read a story and used some manipulatives to learn how to make drive belts of different designs with wheels, pulleys, and ribbon.

Each student was only able to visit two stations this morning, so they will have a chance to explore the other stations next week.  We also did Problem Solving Centers, so it was a very busy morning!