Clowning Around

As you work with your teams for this event, please focus on the following:

• Collaborating

• Writing and Sketching out a Plan with Labels

• Reading a Rubric to Determine the Areas of Focus

Specific to Clowning Around:

Area and Perimeter

• Perimeter Video 

• Area Video

• Students should be comfortable with determining area and perimeter of a given object as well as creating something within the criteria of a given area or perimeter.

• Students should work on skills that will help them design and build according to a given task. These skills include creating drawings of their prototypes, working with an assortment of materials, and identifying what materials will serve best for a purpose. 

An example may be: design a shelter that will fit in a 1x1x1 meter box that will protect a barnyard animal during a cold

winter. Materials available may include 100 straws, 4 sheets chart paper, 6 foam sheets, 1 meter of tape, 1 meter x 1

meter piece of aluminum foil, and 100 cotton balls. Students will be given 10 minutes to plan and 30 minutes to

construct.

• Students will be judged on whether or not they built within size constraints and whether or not tasks were accomplished (for the example above, a constraint could be temperature change or withstanding wind).