Today we did four things:
1) Homework review. Most people had read the blog and watched the video, and Neshaya won the draw for the homework prize. Congratulations, Neshaya!
2) Worked on defining what a team is, does, sounds like, and does not do. We then tried to use what we learned in a teamwork exercise. The exercise was to get the gummy worm through the gummy ring and into the plastic cup using nothing but paperclips. The idea was to work in teams of two and find the best way to solve the problem.
3) Built several of the mission models for this year's competition. Congratulations to Alyssa, Lais, Hannah, Nick, and Neshaya.
4) Programmed the Shark Transport mission. Congratulations Tara, Macy, Lily, and Olivia!
Homework for Monday:
Pick an animal and think about how it interacts with humans. Hopefully you did this last week. What's new for this week is to talk to an expert about how those interactions might be improved. For example, dogs' natural instinct is protect their owners and their property, which is part of the reason some people own them. Their instinct, unfortunately, leads them to attack mail carriers, or to run into the road to bark at cars and get run over. Is there a way their interactions with mail carriers and cars could be improved? The secret word for next week, by the way, is Molly, which is the most common female dog name in the English language.
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