As a final project for our literacy study of the many gingerbread man type books, the students had to create a way to help the gingerbread man cross the water. The students noted that in the gingerbread man books we read the gingerbread man always needed help to cross the water which resulted in him being eaten. As part of our technology studies I wanted the students to answer the question of what could they build in order to help the gingerbread man get across the water and not get eaten. In class we brainstormed what they could construct (boat, bridge, helicopter, angel, submarine, climbing ropes . . .) and the materials they may need to make their creations (paper, wood, plastic, string, glue, tape, cardboard . . .). On Thursday the students had to draw up a plan for their construction and on Friday the students were given the materials to make their project. The students spent most of the afternoon constructing their creations. All the students were noticeably proud of their creations.
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