The True Story of The Three Little Pigs Challenge
Save your structure from Alexander T. Wolf's big, bad, sneeze!
Save your structure from Alexander T. Wolf's big, bad, sneeze!
Our problem: How can we build a structure to protect our little piggy that the big bad wolf can't blow down?
The story: We read "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs" by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith.
The Challenge: Using only newspaper, masking tape, and wooden blocks, students had to design a structure that would stand up, not blow away, and keep the little pig inside safe.
We used a hairdryer (aka Alexander T. Wolf) to test our results. In the end, most of the structures withstood the power of the "sneeze" however, what I appreciate in doing a design challenge is seeing student ingenuity, perseverance, and camaraderie!
The story: We read "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs" by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith.
The Challenge: Using only newspaper, masking tape, and wooden blocks, students had to design a structure that would stand up, not blow away, and keep the little pig inside safe.
We used a hairdryer (aka Alexander T. Wolf) to test our results. In the end, most of the structures withstood the power of the "sneeze" however, what I appreciate in doing a design challenge is seeing student ingenuity, perseverance, and camaraderie!
"I knew if I didn't put enough tape on it, it would just fall down. So I put a lot of tape on it."- Jeremy, 1st grade student
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