The fifth grade students recently wrapped up their hands-on space unit, taught by Ms. O, with a STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) challenge to design and build a rocket. When students work in teams, they learn and practice desirable “soft skills” such as active listening, clear communication, cooperation, and flexibility, whilst also learning the “hard-skill” academics – both are valuable for life, hence rockets were designed and built in partner-teams. Each team had access to a soda bottle, lightweight card, tape in many colors, markers, and scissors. They also had two constraints: time and weight, and had to make decisions around those factors, while building a launchable rocket in under 30 minutes.
Check out the teams, rockets, and smiles following successful launches here at the Saklan Space Station in the images below!
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