Happenings for November 14th – 18th

8th Grade:

This week we are completing our mousetrap vehicles. So far we have some awesome groups who have a vehicle which went over 25 feet. I am so excited with the creative ways students have built these vehicles powered only with a mousetrap.

This week begins our introduction into the Engineering Design Process. Students will be planning out a new shoe design in which they measure their own feet, decide on a shoe style, build a model, create a company name and logo and make an advertisement to communicate their success. The project is slated to be completed by December 2nd, the end of the second marking period.

7th Grade:  

This is our last week or the marble maze project and the big focus is working on the theme of their maze. We have some groups using themes such as miniature golf, under the sea, candy land and dragons. We’ll be testing these awesome mazes on Friday!

6th Grade:

We are finishing presenting our awesome inventions to our classmates and continuing on with our board game projects. Students are coming up with ideas for games and rules so that their classmates can test their games in a couple of weeks!