A Busy Afternoon

This afternoon was quite a busy time for Room 20.  We began our afternoon with a special presentation from StarDome.  The StarDome is a program which is basically a portable planetarium.  They set up a large, dome tent in the Gym and inside you look up and see the sky.  It was pretty interesting to hear all the stories and see the constellations.

During the next part of our afternoon, we began building The Great Wall of China in our small groups.  Earlier this week, groups of students went through the design process to plan out how they wanted their wall to look and what materials they would require based upon three criteria:

1)The wall had to be 1 meter long.

2)Only recycled materials could be used for the building materials.

3)It had to look like the Great Wall.

This afternoon, each group received their plan and could come and choose 8 pieces to begin working with.  Once each group had chosen their materials, material choice was opened up.  So far they are looking pretty good.