Medieval Times Kick-off

Today was a blast!  We began with hink pinks for our morning Jumpstart.  I am hearing a lot of "this is hard" which I love!  We continue to work on building that growth mindset and changing our tone to one of enthusiasm at the challenge!  Next I introduced our new Medieval Times projects and we got in the spirit with some middle ages activities!  First students created their own helmets with aluminum foil, which took a day's share of problem solving.  There was definitely some creative design thinking at work!  Then we mounted our horses to compete in a jousting tournament.  We had some pretty impressive lance wielders!  Lastly, students created their own catapults and we worked in some math with measuring our launches!  Wrapping up the day, students did online investigations of castles, got to choose their knightly names, and began their Chess sketchbooks which will serve as the first phase of our project.  This week might be hard to top!

Our tournament champion!