This week we continued our quest to strengthen our deductive reasoning skill with different forms of logic puzzles. The puzzles we focused on this week did not use a grid to organize information. Students worked to match circus seals with their names, kids with their seats on a ferris wheel, and ducks swimming in a pond to their names! Students had to consider placement of objects when using the clues to solve the puzzles - X is following Y, X is to the left/right of Y, X is directly in front of Y, X is in the lowest car moving upward, etc.
In the STEAM Lab, students continued to work on their magnetic powered vehicles. Many students tried moving their vehicles using repulsion. However, this proved to be a difficult way to get the vehicle from one end of the 1 yard track to the other because it was hard to control. So, after a little problem solving and rethinking, students figured out how to use attraction to power their vehicles!
Finally, in math, students were introduced to the problem solving process called UPS-Check. Using this series of steps, students examine word problems very carefully for solid understanding, plan our strategies for solving, solve the problem, and then evaluate their answers for accuracy. After a model and some guided practice, students completed a word problem using UPS-Check on their own!
In the STEAM Lab, students continued to work on their magnetic powered vehicles. Many students tried moving their vehicles using repulsion. However, this proved to be a difficult way to get the vehicle from one end of the 1 yard track to the other because it was hard to control. So, after a little problem solving and rethinking, students figured out how to use attraction to power their vehicles!
Finally, in math, students were introduced to the problem solving process called UPS-Check. Using this series of steps, students examine word problems very carefully for solid understanding, plan our strategies for solving, solve the problem, and then evaluate their answers for accuracy. After a model and some guided practice, students completed a word problem using UPS-Check on their own!