Monday, February 4, 2013

The Marshmallow Challenge

Or...How to REALLY encourage Habits of Mind including Thinking Flexibly, Persistence, Using Humour, etc!!

We challenged our abilities to work cooperatively with people we don't usually work with - Miss H chose the cooperative groups this time.  We're reflecting on the challenges this provided and how easy / hard it is to work with people whose learning styles, etc may be very different to our own.  (This will also tie in with Multiple Intelligences learning as well as Habits of Mind).

















19 comments:

  1. I found it hard to cooperate with people I had never worked with before and it was also hard to use the spagetti sticks

    Deighkotah :)

    ReplyDelete
  2. I found the marshmallow challenge really hard because I worked with fellows that I have never worked with before It was the hardest challenge I have tryed.....

    chyna

    ReplyDelete
  3. I found the Marshmallow Challenge really hard because it was hard trying to get my team to listen to my ideas.

    Sahville

    ReplyDelete
  4. I found the marshmallow challenge really difculte becaues it was hard trying to to make it stand and when every body was dicussing and yea

    ReplyDelete
  5. The marshmallow challeng was really hard to do and the most hard bit was to make it stand and the sad bit was I didn't get to eat the marshmallow

    By Fabian .B.

    ReplyDelete
  6. We found the Marsh mallow challenge really really challenging because the spaghetti kepts on falling down but not staying up. It was long but when we try and stand it up it keeps on falling down and then the spaghetti was beginning to break into peices.


    By Tom, Toru and Logan.

    ReplyDelete
  7. First I thought this challenge was going to be easy but when we started it was really complicated because we had a time limit and we had a amount of accessory we could use. But I thought it was a good experience working with other people that I haven't really worked with because I got to know them a bit more.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Sometimes, we don't realise how much learning can happen and how much we can gain from working with many different people. Your comment shows that you are becoming a skilled reflective learner Timothy.

      Delete
  8. WOW!! What a challenge we had.
    A metre string, a metre tape, 20 strands of sphagetti and one marshmallow and 18 minutes to build the most highest tower in the world. As you can see Jasmine's group had won the marshmallow callenge all because of teamwork. It was a challenging, the whole class were trying to make thier tower stand.

    It was AWESOME!!!
    Jaxs, Giddie and Domino's

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. It's great to always see the support and praise you give the others in the class team. This is what makes you such valuable role models in our learning environment and the school in general. Proud of you!

      Delete
  9. My group found it a little hard.At the end of it we started to work as a team,Then at the time it was finished it couldnt stand up

    -Tre-D

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. What else did you learn from the process Tre-D? What would you do next time?

      Delete
  10. It was a challenge trying to do everyone's idea and it fails?.Also I think it was a good challenge to do and I hope we will do it again soon?.My team would have done better if we had enough time

    Deighkotah :)

    ReplyDelete
  11. I think the marshmallow challenge was fun and I would like to do It again and working with other people was fun. by madison

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. You worked really well with everyone Madison. I've noticed that this is a real strength of yours! Keep sharing your ideas and supporting others - you are an awesome, caring team member.

      Delete
  12. i love the photos becaues the photo is a so detailed

    ReplyDelete
  13. We had fun doing the marshmallow challenge.It was hard but it least we tried.It was the bestest challenge ever:].





    Melody,Peau,Jasmine,Pisila

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. What made it the best challenge girls? What was different in this challenge from, say, the string challenge last year? (Do you remember that one - the one where you got tied up in knots trying to untangle each other with the string round your wrists). :-)

      Delete