Dear Parents,
On Open
House Night, May 24, 2013, our class will feature an Invention Convention. The students are looking forward to creating
in class and sharing inventions with the class and school community.
The
goal of the project is for each child in class to use his or her creativity and
imagination to invent a solution to a problem.
In science class, we will follow the steps of the design process and
scientific method to transform his or her idea into a prototype that he or she
can share with the school community.
Science
time will be dedicated to working on inventions, so most students will not need
to work on their projects outside of school.
The children will be asked to bring in some of the materials to create
their inventions (aside from common classroom materials like tape, staples,
paper, etc.), and will probably seek your help with gathering the necessary
materials. I have also been gathering
materials that I think may be useful for students when creating a
prototype. I will be encouraging the
students to use simple materials and to think about re-purposing things they
already have around the house. Re-using
materials not only saves money, but also has a smaller impact on the environment
and fosters creativity.
We will
be working as a community of inventors.
Students will help each other with ideas and peer testing. The invention must perform a practical
function to solve an every-day problem.
Most students have already picked an idea and have written about it in
their journals or in letters to me. You
can read some of these writings on the blog
(inventionconvention2013.blogspot.com).
Please
send me an e-mail if you have any questions about this project. Also, please look at our Invention Convention
blog for more ideas.
Sincerely,
Ms.
W
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