Shelter Design Challenge

We finally completed our Shelter Design Challenge! During this challenge, the class learned about: foundations/bases, frames, area, sturdiness, teamwork and successful failures. I allowed for much discovery and taught mini lessons along the way based upon the previous day's observations. In the end, we did have two groups that reached a point of frustration. This frustration came after several improvements and chats with the teacher. We all agreed that these groups experienced successful failures in that they learnd what worked and how they could apply some suggestions to attain their goals. 

*I did make one modification to the initial challenge: the shelters did not have to be enclosed. The reason for this modification was the shelters continued to collapse under the weight of the outer paper.