Term 2 Week 11

Boost 2
Today we looked again at creative thinking, and the challenge was to make a freestanding structure that would hold a marble out from a table.  The winning team would have the marble furthest from the edge of the table. 
The materials used were:
8 Popsicle sticks
3 straws
small handful of uncooked spaghetti
1 metre sellotape
1 metre string
2 marbles.

The boys had 20 minutes to complete the task, and only one group was able to finish their structure in that time.  We then talked about the importance of time management!  They were then given another 2 minutes to complete their task.  Here are the results.

We then looked at some new chess programmes on the iPads.  Chess solitare is a great problem solving game.

Individual Inquiries

This term Boost 1 have been working in Inquiries of personal interest.  We have learned about using the internet, finding information, sorting information, and using Keynote to present our findings.