K: Jack and the Beanstalk
Overview
Students build a parachute that can travel quickly and safely to the ground.
Instructor Directions
Kindergarten:
Jack and the Beanstalk
Driving Question / Scenario | Create a parachute for Jack so he can escape the beanstalk |
Project Summary | Students build a parachute that can travel quickly and safely to the ground. |
Estimated Time | 1 hour |
Materials / Resources | Coffee FilterPipe CleanersStringLego Person |
Standards | RL.K.9 With prompting and support, compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in familiar stories. |
Project Outline | |
Ask | How can you build a parachute that will travel quickly to the ground. You can only use only a filter, string, pipe cleaners, and your lego guy. |
Imagine | Consider the materials available and how they could be utilized to complete this task. |
Plan | Sketch and discuss with partner or group. |
Create | Test your plan and create your plan in 20 minutes.Then, we will test them out outside! |
Improve | How can you make it better? What worked? |
Closure / Student Reflections | Students share their creations and as well as successes and failures throughout the time period. |
Possible Modifications / Extensions |