Brown Bag Lunchtime Activities
Session One: Building Bridges
Students worked in groups to create a bridge using only newspapers and masking tape. The bridges, which had to meet certain height and load-bearing requirements, needed to be constructed within 15 minutes. Each group had a qualifying entry!
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Session Two: Brain Teasers
Students worked individually or in small groups to complete a list of "Silly Nillies". Try some on your own...if you dare!
*Silly Nillies must complete each definition using two rhyming words with the same number of syllables.
An escaped gander is a ____________________________________.
A chocolate bar with nuts and caramel is a _________________________________.
*taken from Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom CD-Rom, Free Spirit Publishing, (C) 2001