We've been taking on the cranky contraptions challenge in second grade. Students have been most challenged by the the paperclip bending. I gave them a template, but this was a great lesson in perseverance. I decided not to worry about it if students decided to give up and accept a paperclip bent in a way that clearly would not work. I figured that as they worked through the steps they would come back and re-do it. This gamble paid off and on the second go around they seemed to have a better understanding of why the shape of the paperclip was so important. There are some things only experience can teach.
The testing and iterating with this project have come really naturally. The end result it so whimsical and wonderful that students want to get it right. This is definitely a keeper.
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