Spur Middle School GT meetings will be held on MONDAY's from 3:45 to 4:30 in Mrs. Miller's classroom. If your child has been indentified as GT, they will need to attend these meetings.
Meeting #1 - The Marshmallow Challenge
Our first GT meeting was held on Monday, October 28th and the GT members participated in "The Marshmallow Challenge." I have attached a link below that describes the purpose of this activity. This is the second year that I have used this activity as the "opening" to our GT year and it was interesting to see how the students used their previous knowledge to help them with this challenge! All of the teams did a great job and worked together well. I have inserted pictures of the students while they were building their structures and pictures of the teams with their completed structures. Our tallest structure measured 21 inches!
For the next meeting, students are asked to bring their ideas! We will be discussing plans for the rest of the year and I want imput from the students (and parents)!
For the next meeting, students are asked to bring their ideas! We will be discussing plans for the rest of the year and I want imput from the students (and parents)!
CLICK below to learn more about "The Marshmallow Challenge"
http://embed.ted.com/talks/tom_wujec_build_a_tower.html
http://embed.ted.com/talks/tom_wujec_build_a_tower.html