Mayflower challenge


 

STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering,Arts and Math) Education activities promote the use of cross-disciplinary tools and critical thinking skills in an inquiry and solution-based learning environment. The Mayflower boat building challenge was not only a fun challenge for our kiddos, but it will allow kids to gain new knowledge that they can then apply to problems they encounter in their everyday world.
The students were given :
3 sheets of foil
1 plastic Baggie
 

 

 
 

With just a small amount of materials, the kiddos had to be super creative with constructing a boat to bring the "pilgrims" over to the New World.
 


After each group brainstormed the perfect way to construct their boat , they immediately built it. Once it was built it was brought over to the testing area. At the testing area , the pilgrims " belt buckles" we're put onto the boat. This allowed us to see how many pilgrims would be able to be on the boat before it would sink. The team with the highest number of " pilgrims" won.
 



 

Congrats to the Spider-Man group!!!

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