Last week, we were so excited to share our finished play structures with the grade 1 parents and siblings. We tested slides with marbles, swung paperclips through the monkey bars, and shared all of the amazing features in our play structures (including swimming pools, wheelchair ramps, video game tunnels, and so much more!!).
The planning, designing, and building phases were messy and loud… but that is what hands-on learning is all about!
Our initial brainstorm… If you could design your “dream play structure”, what features would you include?
Then came the planning… What will you include? What materials will you use?
…and of course the designing
Finally, we started to build!
Our progress after day 1 of building
After a few more days of building and refining our designs, we were ready to present our finished play structures to the parents at the OJCS STEAM Fair!
We then took some time to step back and reflect on our play structures. What were we most proud of? What could we do differently next time?
(we are still learning how to use flipgrid and how to film ourselves)
Thank you to all of the parents who sent in materials to help us build our dream play structures!
