Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Marble Run

We have such an amazing group of inquirers in our class!  They love to work together to figure out how to make things work.  This week I set up a provocation using the marble run pieces.  The children started working together coming up with different ideas on how to make it work, and then together, tested out their creations.  We talked about how gravity helps make the marble go down, as well as the different slants in the marble run.  
All working together, exploring the materials.

Testing out how different pieces work.

Connecting pieces with each other.

Testing and trying to figure out which tunnel the marble will go down.

Checking out what others are doing to see if they can replicate or build upon theirs.