Umbrellas

Last week my budding engineers took on the challenge of using the engineering process to plan, build, test and present umbrellas. They had the choice to either work with a partner or alone. Their umbrella had to have all of the parts of an umbrella and keep either them or a stuffed animal dry in the rain. Let the challenge begin!

Students started with planning. They had to draw out their umbrella and label the parts with the materials they wanted to use. Day 2 they got to explore with materials to start their build.

Day 3-4, students started to test (I sprayed down and around on them with a pray water bottle to simulate rain) and improve their design...

Day 5, students presented their umbrella designs and completed a self-evaluation of their work. Here are 2 of our successful umbrellas:

I even made an umbrella for our class bear! 

I can't wait for our next engineering project!

~Mrs. C