Recently I stumbled across something called the Marshmallow Challenge and today I thought I'd give it a go with some of my Grade 2 students. Basically, the idea of the Challenge is to create a freestanding structure made from 20 pieces of uncooked spaghetti, 1 metre of string, 1 metre of tape and a single uncooked marshmallow. The team that creates the tallest structure (measured from its base to the top of the marshmallow) is declared the winner. I'd read online that young students typically perform better at the Marshmallow Challenge than business graduates, so I was keen to observe my Grade 2s in action to see how they fared.
Unfortunately, the results today were less than impressive. Only 2 of the 4 teams managed to create a freestanding structure by the end of the 18-minute time limit, and of those, only one was able to remain standing once the marshmallow was added. Most disappointingly, one of the teams gave up after five minutes and spent the rest of their time pretending to smoke spaghetti cigars. Such a waste of creative potential!
In other news, it started snowing again tonight. I'm so pleased because I wasn't really ready to say goodbye to Winter just yet. Everything looks so pretty and sparkly outside right now.
I attempted to take some photos of the snowfall but unfortunately they all turned out looking rather dingy. Even so, I thought I'd attach this one because it gives a good representation of just how far we have to walk to get to work each day. At the bottom of the photo is part of our front fence, and the lit doorway that you can see is the main entrance to the school. I'd say it's about a 50-60 metre walk.
- Amanda
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