Welcome to our firstFifth Grade Community

Partner Project

Goals:

• Partner with one or two other students in your class and get to know each other.

• Practice how to be a thoughtful, creative and respectful partner.

• Complete the project.• Record your thinking in your science

notebook.• Share what your team worked on with the rest

of the grade.

Partner Project #1

• Discuss, plan, design, record and build a

Popsicle stick Bridge!

Materials/Resources

Popsicle sticks < = 150 sticks•White glue•Science Notebooks•One computer per group (if available)•Graph paper, pens, pencils, rulers•Your creativity and perseverance

Procedure:research bridges tonight!

• Day 1: Meet with your team, – talk, share, make drawings and agree on a

plan. Start building.

Day 2: Continue building your bridge, everyone must help!

Day 3: Keep building! Record your steps, observations, and questions.

– Have fun.

Time Frame

• Teams will work together on Wednesday through Friday, 1pm to 2pm.

• Bridges will dry completely over the long weekend and teams will share their designs on Tuesday, September 2nd at 10am.

Rules

• You may only use the supplies/resources listed and made available at school.

• You may only actively work on the bridge at school.

• You may not ask for help outside of your team and teacher.

Successful Project Requirements

• Your bridge has to be at least 1 foot long. • It must stand on its own and span an opening

of at least 8 inches wide.• A Matchbook car must be able to be pushed

across the road portion.• Each team member must keep their own

notebook with a minimum of three entries, one per day. (Homework is ok)

• Each member must help in each phase; discussion, planning, design and building.

Optional Strength Test

• During recess, next week, a teacher will help teams test the strength of their bridge using weights.

• Bridges may break under the pressure and all team members will have to agree to the testing.

• Enjoy, be creative, have fun!