We watched a short documentary about Alexander Calder. It made us think & inspired us: elevating our ‘toys’ to ‘sculpture!’
https://www.pbs.org/video/experience-sandy-calder/
http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/education/kids/kids-mobile.html
6/25/2018: Revisiting one of my all-time favorite units: the 2nd graders were thrilled to experiment by configuring towers upon which to perch their paperclip balancing sculptures!
The science room provided Brittany & Jing’s class a plethora of imaginative possibilities.
1/17/2020:
Still, they did not exhaust the possibilities. Witness Kara’s class:
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