Technology+Challenges

toc =media type="custom" key="9811279"= media type="custom" key="9811445" On this page there will be photos of various technology challenges from Term 2 onwards. Other Technology Challenge photos are on the Mental Edge, Term One page. = = = = = = = = = = =Marshmallow Surprise= For this Technology Challenge the kids had a number of marshmallows, toothpicks, straws and some string and their task was to hold as many marshmallows above the tabletop as they could. No marshmallows were allowed to touch the table. They started with 5 marshmallows and could get another five when those ones were off the table. Some very interesting constructions: media type="custom" key="9870963" = = = = =Buy Your Resources= For this challenge the kids were given a budget of "$4" for their team and had to buy from Deb's shop. Their task was to make a construction that protruded as far out from the table as possible. They had to decide what they would buy. Examples of prices were: 1 piece of newsprint - 50 cents 1 mtr cellotape - 20 cents, limit of 2 metres 1/2 mtr string - 10 cents, limit of 2 metres 1 iceblock stick - 10 cents, limit of 10 The construction had to be self-supporting and the measurement started at the edge of the table.

Here are some of the teams making their constructions and the end results, some very well supported, depending on the resources they chose to buy: media type="custom" key="9811433"

   