Today we completed the Straw Tower challenge. Students had 45 minutes to build a tower that would support a tennis ball. It could not be attached to the table and was measured at the point the tennis ball rested. Students had a little more difficult time with this challenge, but I believe they learned MANY valuable lessons!
The most important lesson I shared with them today was that they could have the tallest tower that could hold all the tennis balls in the world, but if they had been ugly to their teammates...hurt their feelings...or made them feel left out, they were not a true "winner". Many teams experience some failure today, as they were unable to create a tower in their time limit. I explained to them that in life, we often learn more from our failures that we do our successes. Challenges, frustration, and catastrophes often motive our future success. ​Congratulations to today's winning teams -- please enjoy the Animoto video below!
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