5th Grade teaching Pre-K

A significant sign of understanding a concept is being able to teach the concept, just as our 5th grade class was doing with our pre-k class, who were wildly intrigued!

The 5th grade children were asked to do a design thinking project called "Could You Live Underwater?" 

The students had to build a prototype of an airtight capsule that would allow them to live underwater. They focused on researching, designing and building prototypes and testing them in tubs of water to see if they were water-tight.  They described to the pre-k what they made and shared what worked and did not work. 

 

They did science experiments to understand the properties of water and spent a lot of time talking about what the challenges of living underwater would be and collaborating on ways to solve those problems and what that might look like.

Did it sink or float? What was it supposed to do? Was it watertight or did it leak? 5th graders shared beautifully with the pre-k kids what they would do differently next time and exhibited fantastic leadership skills. It's not always about being successful the first time; in fact, sometimes the greatest discoveries are made through mistakes. Keep asking questions! Keep observing what works and doesn't work and ask more questions!

Thank you 5th graders. That was awesome!