Two weeks ago, we did an inquiry about Angry Birds as Brandon and some of his friends were showing an interest in them. Mrs. Cole and I are learning many facts about Angry Birds. One of the things we've learned is that pigs build structures in order to protect themselves from the Angry Birds. We decided to have the children build structures using different materials to protects the pigs that we made for the activity. Then the children rolled bowling balls in order to break the structure to get to the pigs. After, we had a discussion about the quality of the material used to build their structure. Here are pictures of the children structures and their responses to the questions asked.
Above is a picture of Alessa Giuliana G., Anthony and Aiden`s structure and here is our discussion:
Did you find that your structure was strong or not strong?
Alessa - Not strong
Why?
Giuliana - We built it too fast and it kept falling apart again and again.
Anthony - We built like a shape.
What shape?
Anthony - Square, it made it stronger.
Giuliana - Shapes do not matter. Circle or triangle might be stronger.
What material was the strongest?
Alessa and Giuliana - Wood bocks and foam blocks.
What material was the weakest?
Alessa - The cups are not good because they are lighter.
How can you tell?
Aiden - The cups broke.
If you could have chosen other material to build your structure, what would you have chosen?
Bricks, sticks and rocks
What can you build with those materials?
Houses, schools, towers and jewellery.
Why did you add more wood blocks to your structure?
Fouad - Because it`s harder.
Sean - It needs wood in front.
Was your structure strong?
Alessio- Not strong
Why?
Alessio - the ball was too fast.
Sean - It knocked everything out.
What material was stronger?
Sean - Blocks.
What material was the weakest?
Sean - Cups.
Jackson - The ball is stronger than the tower.
Fouad - The balls are harder, the cups are not.
What could you have done to make your structure stronger?
Use more wood and foam blocks, no cups.
What other material could you have chosen to build your structure stronger?
Hockey sticks, wood, bricks, glue (cement), rocks, roofs
What can you build with those material?
Houses, toys, metals
Tianna, Arman, Brandon and Folu`s structure above and here is our discussion:
Do you find that your structure was strong or weak?
Brandon - strong because we used wood blocks. Cups were not strong.
Folu - The cups are softer that the blocks. The blocks are heavier that the cups.
How can you tell that the cups were not a strong material?
Brandon- The cups kept falling down when we put the pigs.
Tianna- The cups broke.
What other material could you have used to build a strong structure?
Bricks, wood.
What can we build with those material?
Houses, a fence, a door.
Here is Ben, James, Joanna-Lee and Tammy`s structure above and here is our discussion:
How are you going to protect your pigs?
James - We put our pigs in shield (cups) to protect them.
Ben - we pretend they are bubbles.
It took you a long time to get to your pigs, do you know why?
James - we could not get to the pigs because the wall protected them.
What is the strongest material that you used?
Joanna-Lee - The blocks.
What is the weakest material that you use?
Tammy - The cups.
Why?
Ben - Because they are not heavy, it is easier to fall down.
What other material could you have chosen to build a strong structure?
Plants, rocks, bowling balls, bricks, metal.
What can you build with those material?
Houses, plastic bottles, castles, cars.
Why did you use logs to build your structure?
Colin - So they (pigs) can stand on them.
Was your structure strong?
Ella - Yes, because it was hard to knock down.
Kaitlyn - The foam blocks were not strong. They were light, they rolled over.
What material was the strongest?
Colin - Wood blocks and logs.
Why were they the strongest?
Ella - They are made out of wood.
Colin - They are stronger that the foam blocks
What other material you could have used to build a strong structure?
Wood blocks, bricks.
What can you build with those material?
Houses, walls, towers, roofs.
Here is Brandon, Ava, Preston and Ivy`s structure above and here is our discussion:
What is the strongest material you have used?
Preston and Brandon - Blocks.
What is the weakest material that you used? Why?
Ava - Cups.
Brandon and Ava - Because they always fall down and break over and over again.
If you have chosen any other materials to build your structure, what would it be?
Ava - Foam blocks and straight blocks.
Preston - Lego.
Brandon - Foam blocks.
Ivy - Stones.
What can we build with those materials?
Brandon - A castle.
Preston - A house.
Ivy - A home.
What is the strongest material you have used?
Gulianna M., Christina, and Mahmoud - Blocks.
What is the weakest material you've used? Why?
Gulianna M. - Cups, only blocks are strong.
Mahmoud - Foam blocks, they are not that strong.
Christina - Cups, They do nothing.They just always fall down.
If you could have chosen any other materials to build your structure, what would they be?
Christina - Rocks.
Gulianna M. - Big woods.
Mahmoud - Rocks.
What can we build with those materials?
Gulianna M. -Towers and houses.
Christina - Buildings and castles.
Mahmoud - Big couches.
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