2nd Grade Vehicles

Our 2nd Graders just completed a very long and challenging Makerspace project! In science, they were studying force and motion.  They conducted experiments with toy cars and ramps and then wrote lab reports to share their findings.  In the Makerspace, we took the ideas of force and motion and challenged our students to make a vehicle that traveled FASTER or FURTHER than the toy cars in their experiments.  After creating their cars, testing them, fixing them, and testing them again, students made a video using the Explain Everything app on the iPad.  This project was difficult for all but it truly taught our students the importance of planning, testing, and trying again.  They learned that THEY WILL FAIL but each failure was just a chance to make their projects even better.  We often saw students working together to make their vehicles work and collaboration proved to be a very important component in their design process.