3rd Grade

1st Semester

3rd Grade QUEST 2019 - 2020

Schedule:

Monday: 9:45 - 11:15

Friday: 2:15 - 3:45

This year the 3rd grade QUEST students will be working on an "Innovation" unit. They will be conducting research on different inventors and inventions. They will also develop their own invention to present at the end of the year.

QUEST Teacher: S. Winston

Learning About Engineering and Scientist

September 16th, 2019

Finding the similarities and differences between Scientists, Engineers and Inventors. Also enjoying creatively making ourselves into an Inventor.

September 20, 2019

SCAMPER

Substitute
Combine
Add or Alter
Modify (mini or max)
Put to another use
Eliminate
Rearrange

We are learning about the Brainstorming Process, so we can create and generate many other ideas. This way when we have to produce an idea for an invention, we will have a strategy in place to develop a Great Invention!

Oct. 28th, 2019

Communicate with Clarity

One of today's activities involved the students working in teams of two. Their task was to get their partner (#2) to recreate the pattern partner #1 had created without looking at it. So, talking (their favorite past time), was tested to determine how precisely they communicated so their partner could be successful in recreating the pattern.

Friday, Nov. 1th, 2019

Organizing Notefacts about Henry Ford

Today the GT Kids were categorizing their notefacts and then organizing them into a logical order to begin writing their mini research report.

Monday, Nov. 4th, 2019

Writing Bibliographies

Today's main activity was learning how to write a bibliography using a book and a magazine. The students said that it was easy after we practiced. They also agreed that they had to use the Details Thinking from "The Habits of Mind".

Monday, Nov. 18th, 2019

Writing A Research Paragraph on Henry Ford's Assembly Line

Today consisted of two activities; finishing a research paper and building a tower for a stuff animal (kite was the substitute) to simulate the engineering process. In the pictures that follow you will first see the students working on writing their organized notefacts into a paragraph. No Plagiarism Here!

Monday, Nov. 18th, 2019

Building a Tower with a 15 Minute Time Limit

Today's second activity involved solving a program for animals that need to cross an alligator infested river without getting eaten. The students were to build a tower that could hold the animal and be a minimum of 10 inches tall using only the materials that were given.

Fun activity! The students learned that their ideas will need to be "Tweaked" - a process of the Innovation Process.