Students in 7th and 8th Grade GT classes started the year with an engineering challenge. Their task was to create a geodesic dome out of toothpicks and jelly beans that would withhold the maximum amount of weight. The challenge started with one encyclopedia and was won by a team that developed a dome that held from A-JK World Book editions. In the process students evaluated how their thinking progressed and saw how closely their process aligned to the Engineering Design Process that will use throughout the year to structure several projects.
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