Pinball marble run challenge

 

Essential Question: Can my group successfully plan, design and build a paper plate pinball/marble run using only the provided materials?

 

Goal: Move the marble from one end of the plate to the other, having the marble travel through at least three obstacles.

 

My teamwork/communication goal for this challenge:  To finish the project without fighting.

 

Step 1: Brainstorm

Look at the supplies table. You may NOT take anything from the table yet.  

You may only take ONE plate and ONE marble. There are no other requirements. You will have 15 minutes to build.

What ideas do you have? Put it through loops.

Your group has shared all of your ideas. Before you can start building, what is your actual plan?

  • What will your marble run look like? (draw a sketch & insert photo here)
  • How will you make sure all members of the group are included in the building process? take turns

Build and test

Share

Reflect

What was comfortable about the challenge/teamwork?  it was fun

What was difficult about the challenge/teamwork? arguing

How did the teamwork rubric help your group today? we did a lot

Is there anything you would change about the teamwork rubric after going through this challenge? no

How did you support your team today? I made ideas

What might you do differently during our next team challenge? nothing

 

Where Do Living Things Get the Food They Need Lab

Today in science we tested a bean seed and a potato for starch to answer the question, “Do plants contain the food that organisms need?” Below, is my scientific explanation that explains what we learned and discovered from our lab today.

Image of the lab:

Claim: There is starch in potatoes

Evidence: We put iodine on a potato and a bean seed and the potato turned black. That means that the potato has starch.

Reasoning: I know that the potato is a food because it has at least one of  (carbs, sodium, fats, or protein.)