This week our students were finally able to see what Nepalese farmers really do to solve their tomato challenge. They created a gravity ropeway that uses the weight of the produce and the incline of the mountain to bring the tomatoes to market without having to use any external energy at all! Check out this video to see it in action!
After watching these videos, the students had the opportunity to engineer with the many STEAMy toys here in the library, or to create art at an art table. The adults in the room talked to students individually about their successes in this challenge using Hartford's Transferable Skills Critical Thinking & Problem Solving rubric. It was so great to be able to reflect on student learning with the students one-on-one!
While they waited, the students showed off their engineering and artistic brains!
Taking the time to reflect with students about their thinking and their designs is an incredibly insightful learning tool. We can't wait to share all this information with the classroom teachers!
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