The students in Mrs. Locher’s first grade class at Maybeury have been doing a variety of different Children’s Engineering activities in the classroom. Today we had the students partner up and choose their favorite season. Then they had to plan out how they were going to demonstrate that season using Play Dough. The students were given about 15-20 minutes to create a model of their favorite season out of Play Dough. Then the students rotated around to the different groups to leave feedback for their peers. They used Photobooth on the laptops and the movie camera feature on the iPads to record their reflections. In their reflection, they named the season they thought it was and explained which clues from the model helped them to figure it out. They also said something they liked about the model and then gave suggestions for ways that their peers could improve their model. After the students had rotated to all of the stations and provided feedback, they were able to come back to their original station and listen to what their peers had to say. Check out pictures of the students working and download the lesson plan.

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