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November 7, 2019, at 6:30

PDEC

Destination Imagination, Inc. is a leading educational nonprofit dedicated to teaching students the skills needed to succeed in school, their careers and beyond. They develop project-based learning programs that blend STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education with the arts and social entrepreneurship.

If you want your child to participate in Destination Imagination, please fill out this form.

Destination Imagination is a progam where teams will participate in project-based challenges that are designed to build confidence and develop extraordinary creativity, critical thinking, communication, and teamwork skills. There is a Regional competition to showcase the challenge solution on Feb 15th, 2020. See the DI website for more details.

Interested parents/students can attend the first meeting on Wednesday, 16th October at 3pm in the school library to get more information.

First graders have decided on our topic for research this fall. We are surveying the school to see if there are any books students want to read that are not currently available in the library.

While deciding on a topic we discovered an issue that concerns the first graders and we have written a speech, videoed the speech, and sent it to the student council to see if they can help us.

We have been learning new ways to think creatively. One way to come up with new ideas or ways to improve an idea or product is to use a technique called SCAMPER.

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Elaborate

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Students looked at different types of pretzels to evaluate which ways they have been SCAMPERed.

In second grade we have been analyzing products that have been SCAMPERed from their original state.

One way to come up with new ideas or ways to improve an idea or product is to use a technique called SCAMPER.

Substitute

Combine

Adapt

Magnify/Minify

Put to Another Use

Elaborate

Reverse/Rearrange

Third graders just started learning about the Power of Flight. We are evaluating the power of forces like drag, lift, and thrust on objects in the air.

This week students evaluated the importance of Bernoulli's principle to the modern invention of airplanes.

In 1738, an Italian physicist named Daniel Bernoulli discovered that water and air move faster over curved surfaces than they do over flat ones. He also discovered that as the air or water moved faster, the pressure exerted by the fluid decreased. This critical discovery, known as Bernoulli's principle, paved the way for modern airplanes.

After reviewing the SCAMPER technique fourth-grade students were presented with a problem.

Currently, your pumpkin patch is not making a profit and may need to lay off workers if sales do not increase. In an effort to help raise revenue, you need to form design teams to create new SCAMPERed pumpkin ideas. Teams will use their knowledge of SCAMPER to imagine, plan, and sketch a new original design using at least 3 SCAMPER techniques that will help the company sell more product and make more money.

Students created a new product and are currently designing a commercial to sell their products.

Fifth Graders have been thinking about the answers to these questions:

• How do challenges affect our growth?

• What impacts our mindset?

• In what ways can the idea of YET impact our current mindset and growth?

Students have identified personal strengths and weaknesses and are using this information to set goals.

Fifth graders are ready to present their goal for the year. They have designed a slideshow and practiced good presentation skills. Ask them to share their presentation with you!

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Email: angela.harris@gcisd.net
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Location: 6600 Glen Hope Circle North, Colleyville, TX, USA
Phone: 817-251-5720
Twitter: @MrsHarris96