Save Fred!
Team 1
Team 2
Team 3
Team 4
Team 5
Team 6
Fred has been spending his summer boating on the great lakes. But he’s not too bright (after all, the brains of worms are pretty small.) He’s never learned how to swim and he never wears his life preserver. The worst has happened! His boat has capsized and he’s stuck! Fortunately, his life preserver is in the boat, but unfortunately he does not know how to reach it without falling off and drowning.
Problem:
How can you and your partner save Fred using only paper clips? You may not touch Fred, the boat, or the life preserver directly with your hands.
Materials:
- Gummy Worm
- Gummy life preserver
- 1 Plastic Cup
- Paper Clips
Procedures:
1. Work with your partner(s) and "Save Fred".
2. Follow the rules.
§ Fred, the boat, the life preserver can be touched only with the paper clips. NO HANDS.
3. Develop data
§ Each team needs to take notes about how you saved Fred. This would include methods that didn’t work.
4. Homework:
§ Analyze and conclude this exercise.
· This means that your team must discuss in a wiki about the difficulty of the task, what other strategies you and your team
worked on before you succeeded, and what you think the critical steps were for solving this problem.
This activity was slightly modified for my purposes of introducing wikis to a class of fourth graders. I also use it for beginning of the year team building among classmates. The original version I received dealt more with scientific discovery. I believe that the following source is the original creator of the activity: Lab-Aids Incorporated. SEPUP Mega-Modules: Science & Life Issues: My Body and Me. http://www.lab-aids.com/catalog.php?item=SALI-MM1-1032 .
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