Snowflake Challenge!

6 Maple Winners!

Stella!!!!!!

Snowstorm Stella is approaching, and we’re in full snowflake alert mode in the art room today.  All art students are taking a break from business as usual and competing in a SNOWFLAKE CHALLENGE!

Slow and steady wins the race….

Kids are being given a variety of paper choices and are challenged to each create a snowflake using whatever method they want.  Snowflakes can be 2D or 3D, and can be any shape or size.  After 20 minutes of research and development, kids are marching two by two up to the second floor and dropping their snowflakes off the stairwell.  Each head to head match yields a winner- the kid whose snowflake takes the longest to hit the ground.

Giulia tries a 3D design

 

STEAM and Snowflakes

Today the two go hand in hand.  STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) in the classroom is a big part of the ever evolving art curriculum, and today we are sneaking a little engineering into the festivities.  Talk of drag, weight and surface area can be heard as kids are designing their flakes.  They’re testing their theories, and re-evaluating as they go.  Some ideas get scrapped, some get modified.  Some are big, and some are small (some are the size of a quarter!).  Whatever shape or size, though, we’re all having a (snow) ball!!

 

4 thoughts on “Snowflake Challenge!

  1. Such a great STEAM lesson we did with our 6th graders!!!! I am glad we took advantage of the “blizzard energy” to transform this into a teachable (and memorable!) moment for our students. Enjoy your snow day and stay safe, my smART partner!!! 🙂

  2. It was fun to do the snowflake challenge I think we all enjoy throwing the snowflakes up in the air.Thank you Mrs.Chriss😄.

  3. I loved doing the snowflake challenge. Thanks to Mrs. Shemansky and Mrs. Christopher for making this challenge. I lost, but it was a great activity.

  4. Doing the snowflake challenge must’ve been fun what students told me because they can make their own diy and they had fun. Well kids love having a competition so they must’ve had a lot of fun with both things.

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