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Gingerbread Boy Science

12/13/2015

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What would happen if the Gingerbread Boy swam across the river?

Before we started the experiment we had a group discussion about what they thought. 
  • He will go into little parts.
  • The fox will run in and eat him anyway.
  • He will get bigger and bigger and he would drawn.
  • He will brake.
  • He will get soggy and go into crumbs.
  • The whale will eat him.
Then we tested it by placing a gingerbread cookie into a jar of water.
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How could he get across the river?

After we discovered what would happen to him the children had to come up with ways that he could get across the river with out getting soggy and braking into crumbs.
  • He could wait for a boat.
  • He could build a bridge with a log.
  • He could build a boat with sticks and screws.
or my favorite
  • The whale could be nice and let him go across.

Then the children broke into groups and set out into the classroom to make something that the Gingerbread Boy could use to cross the river.​
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Of course we had to come back together and test out what the children found to help the Gingerbread Boy across the river with.
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We were very proud of our little engineers and their creation to help the Gingerbread Boy cross the river.   
What kinds of S.T.E.A.M. activities are you doing in your classroom?
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1 Comment
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1/31/2016 07:16:55 am

Very Great Idea

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