About half of our fifth graders will end up participating in
our Imagination Chapter club. I still plan on doing lots of activities with our
K-5 students. I knew the Marshmallow
Challenge would make a great team-building activity for all of our fourth and
fifth graders.
The Marshmallow Challenge involves building the tallest
tower that can support a large marshmallow.
Each group was given tape (one yard), twenty spaghetti noodles, and one
large marshmallow.
There were lots of smiles and lots of teamwork. It wasn’t
all perfect and I could see that some of the students need more opportunities
to work with others. Most had never done
this challenge before, but a few had in Boy Scouts or church. It was definitely
harder than it looks.
I did add mini marshmallows after the first few classes had
trouble with just the noodles and tape. That made it a little messier, but I am
learning that messier is usually better.
First activity? Success.
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