Last Friday we had 3 challenges based on the books 'Iggy the Architect', 'Rosie Revere Engineer', and 'Jack and the Beanstalk'.

The first challenge was the marshmallow challenge. Build the tallest structure with 20 pieces of spaghetti, tape, string, and a marshmallow. The winner of this challenge was the 3rd grade girls. They built a structure of 22 inches tall. The boys in the 4th, 5th, 6th grade group built the second tallest structure at 18 inches tall.

The second challenge was to redesign Rosie's heli-o-cheese-copter to slow down its speed upon landing. They had a heli-o-cheese-copter template, small paperclip, scissors, tape, hole punch, and scrap paper. The winner of this challenge was the 5th and 6th grade girls.

The third challenge was to build the tallest 'beanstalk' using 20 pipe cleaners. This was an individual challenge. The winner of this challenge was Blake, with a beanstalk standing 15 inches tall! Maycie had the tallest in her groups, at 12 3/4 inches.

We will not be having High Flyers this week due to Spring break. We will begin our last unit next week. This unit will be over the book 'The Giver'.

Have a great Spring Break!!!