I can not say enough about how pleased I am with this class and their social development. Today's science lesson is a perfect example. This week in science we are studying momentum. Students learned that momentum is mass times velocity and that the more momentum an object has, the harder it is to change the momentum. Today they were presented with an engineering design task. Partners, selected at random, were tasked with designing a device that would stop the momentum of an egg without cracking it. The only materials allowed were 10 sheets of copy paper and 1 meter of masking tape. The safety structure had to be free standing, not attached to anything, and reusable.
Every single team went right to work. No one rolled their eyes at their partner, no one tried to change partners, they just went to work. Within minutes every science notebook was out, the lab was set up in their book, and people were exchanging ideas. I heard lots of excellent ideas shared and not a single person was reacting negatively to their partner's ideas. I also saw teams sketching out multiple designs on paper before using their materials. This demonstrated excellent restraint and forethought.
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