4th Grade Bridges, Cities, and Olympics

High ability kids love choices and open-ended projects.  They all seemed passionate about their learning and enjoyed sharing their projects with the class.  Here are pictures and some insightful reflections written when the project was complete.

1st Grade Inventors

3rd Grade Inventors

3rd graders excelled in creating their own inventions to make the world a better place.  They demonstrated creative qualities like:  brainstorming, originality of ideas, intrinsic motivation and persistence.  Here are the names of recently created inventions:

Pence 3rd Grade:
Moon Football - Andrew
Light Bulb on a Stick - Ryan
Dog Picker Upper - Erin
Phone Case Smoke Detector - Olivia
CPhone Plane 83 - Dumo
The Frankenbot - Josh and Dillan

Washington 3rd Grade:
Portable Swimming Blocks - Max and Tate
The Pet Feeling Monitor - Sara and Ivy
Sketch-Pro - Emily
Prosthetic Limb Dispenser - Alison
The Duplimatic Generator - Dustin