100 years old?

February 11, 2016 marked the 100th day of school for Team Gibbas students!

To commemorate this special day, each student was transformed into a one hundred year old by using the Aging Booth app!  Students then practiced their creative writing skills and wrote to the prompt, "Imagine that on February 11th you woke up and you were one hundred years old!  Write a story about your day as a fourth grader in a one hundred year old body."

Stay tuned.  Student hundred year old writing samples will be coming soon.

Ball Machine

Levers, Pulleys, and Inclined Planes... oh my! Team Gibbas students have been learning about Simple Machines in Science.  As a culminating activity for this unit, students created a ball machine which needed to have one or more levers, inclined planes, pulleys, and wheel and axles.  Students worked in groups of two or three on this intriguing challenge.  Students overcame many obstacles and design challenges along the way by utilizing their creative problem solving skills. 
 I'm sure you'll agree that the end results are quite impressive!

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Learning Standards:  Technology/Engineering Grades 3 - 5

1.  Materials and Tools

Central Concept:  Appropriate materials, tools, and machines extend our ability to solve problems and invent.

1.3 - Identify and explain the difference between simple and complex machines.