Lego Challenge

What could you make from 20 pieces of Lego? That was the challenge for the children. Each child received a bag with 20 assorted Lego pieces. No two bags were the same and the challenge was to create something from only those pieces. Children who had hoped to make a car or a house had to reconsider when they took their pieces out of their bags. They all rose to the challenge, though, and created something unique to describe to their classmates.

Here are some of the students hard at work…

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And here are some of the finished products…

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Releasing the Butterflies

For ten days we watched our caterpillars grow and grow. We watched them each make a chrysalis and then we waited ten more days. Finally we watched them emerge–as butterflies! Today we let the butterflies go in the schoolyard. A few lucky students had a butterfly land near them.

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