Lesson 1 marshmallow challenge
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The document outlines a lesson plan for a classroom activity called the Marshmallow Challenge. Students will work in teams of 4 to build the tallest freestanding structure out of spaghetti, tape, string and a marshmallow using the provided materials. The lesson includes warm up questions, instructions for the building activity, a gallery walk to document the structures, and a debrief discussion.
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Lesson 1 marshmallow challenge
- 1. Notebook Setup Lesson 1: Marshmallow Challenge ____________________________________ Date: September 14th, 2011 Warm Up: ___________________________ What makes a good ___________________________ teammate? ___________________________ ___________________________ Exit: ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ 8 9
- 2. Table of Contents _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ 0 - Unit 1: Plants (Coverpage) 7 _______________________________________________ 1 - Marshmallow Challenge 8-9 _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ 1 _______________________________________________
- 3. Lesson Overview Warmup (10 min) Part 1: Davids Groupwork Spiel (10 min) Part 2: Marshmallow Challenge (22 min) Part 3: Gallery Walk (10 min) Part 4: Debrief (10 min) Exit (5 min)
- 5. The MarshmallowChallenge In teams of 4 you will build the tallest freestanding structure with the materials provided. Marshmallow has to be on top.
- 6. The MarshmallowChallenge In teams of 4 you will build the tallest freestanding structure with the materials provided. Marshmallow has to be on top.
- 7. Gallery Walk Notebook documentation should go here illustrate your teams tower (labeled diagram) summarize what you did today in words (Today in science, my team)
- 8. Debrief What stood out to you in this activity? How come some teams were more successful than others? What did you notice about yourself as a collaborator? As Life Studies Students what is our marshmallow?
- 9. Exit Reflection What would you do differently next time? How come? Sentence Starter: Next time I would because