"aMAZEing" Engineers!!!

After our engineers planned and built their models, it was time to test them!  Groups tested their mazes in three sessions: Session 1 allowed students to use their hands to maneuver the box top to guide the marble through the maze.  Each group tracked data using a small, medium and large sized marble to determine how this would affect the success/time of their trial.

Session 2 was quite the learning experience...groups had to track their data but were not allowed to use their HANDS to maneuver their box top!!   Creativity was flowing in Team Wilkinson, as some groups used scissors or pencils to create handles; straws were used to blow air to get the marble rolling; or pencil erasers served as putters!!

In Session 3, groups traded mazes with each other and had to record their trials and compare them to their peers. 

I hope your student shares their experience from this week with you this weekend!!  Team Wilkinson is building a community of Scientists and this was a great kickoff to our adventures in fourth grade!