HAL Happenings
May 2016
All Good Things...
Congratulations!
WordMaster Contest Winners
4th Grade:
Matthew T. **Team Winner
Dustin H.
Ava C.
Kiara A.
5th Grade:
Tristan T. **Team Winner
Xander L.
Oasis O.
Olivia W.
Teresa L.
Gavan R.
David O.
Daniel C.
Kaitlin M.
David W.
Jackson M.
Felix. R.
Bella A.
Caroline B.
Jayden E.
6th Grade:
Bennett S. **Team Winner
Grace T.
Kevin L.
Daniel T.
Noah R.
Christian L.
Kate L.
Ava M.
Maddie S.
Sydnee W.
Caitlyn K.
Keara C.
Sammy Q.
Katelyn F.
Nessa L.
Alex G.
Noetic Math Contest
Honor Roll:
4th
Tristan B. **Team Winner
Ben H. **Team Winner
Matthew T.
Dustin H.
5th
David O. **Team Winner
Oasis O. **Team Winner
Gavan R.
Daniel C.
Ben M.
Avary R.
6th:
Kevin L. **Team Winner
Seth P.
Bennett S.
Grace T.
Noah R.
Sammy Q.
Nadjia L.
Honorable Mention:
4th:
Cade Z.
Jackie P.
Jacob C.
Alex S.
Kiara A.
Maxwell R.
Evan G.
Jackson D.
5th
Tristan T.
Jayden E.
Xander L.
Caroline B.
Annabelle B.
Kaitlin M.
Will E.
Olivia W.
David W.
Jackson M.
6th
Christian L.
Daniel T.
Maddie S.
Kate L.
4th Quarter Happenings
End of the Year!
Because students were taking so many tests both in their classroom and during HAL(NeSA, MAP, and Wordmaster and Noetic); HAL time became a time to challenge their minds in a different way with various logic puzzles and brain teasers.
Students also participated in several different STEM Engineering Challenges. Students had to work in teams to and use the engineering / design process to complete a building challenge given a set of rules and materials. One challenge was to make an army man launcher. Using the materials given students had to construct a device that would launch their army man the farthest.
Another challenge was to design a paper airplane that would glide at least 10 feet and hold the most "cargo." Using a website to help decide which type of paper airplane to create, students then added "cargo" in the form of different coins. Then we tested to see how far our planes would fly when we added the coins.
Also, students were challenge to create the tallest tower possible using 100 tiny plastic cups. Students had a lot of laughs and some frustration as they tested out different designs for their towers.
Students learned how to work together and communicate effectively to accomplish a task. They had to design and plan how they would construct their launcher and airplanes and then work together to make their plan happen. Students had a lot of fun and laughs constructing and often times having to re-work their designs to complete the challenge.
I look forward to doing more challenges with the students next year!