On Friday we celebrated a job well done on the religion unit test and homecoming with a fun history lesson outside the book. We discussed the importance of different inventions throughout history such as the telephone, automobile, and light bulb.
Then, the students themselves became the inventors! They had to create contraptions to keep an egg safe from a fall. The only materials available to each group were 10 plastic straws, 10 rubber bands, and a small amount of tape.
The picture shows one of the surviving eggs (named Roger) and an invention that managed to keep another egg from breaking.
I think our world history students in the morning really enjoyed the activity. The afternoon classes had fun too – they attended the homecoming pep assembly!
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