The students have finished and presented their immigrant projects. They did a nice job researching their topics and presenting their information.
We are working on famous Ohio inventors and creating inventions now. The students nominated one of five Ohio inventors for the Ohio Inventor Wall of Fame. I will post pictures of those after they present.
To go along with the inventor unit, we have learned a great deal about toys and their history. We learned about different Frisbee designs and tested some of those out. We looked at the history of jumping rope and watched a video of the King's Firecrackers in celebration. Today we tested several toys after reading Leo Cockroach, Toy Tester. The students graphed the results of a safety and fun rating after playing with the toys. We will now begin our own design process. The students will brainstorm several problems and try to develop solutions for these problems. We will become inventors!