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International Monster
This monster is one representation of the work of kids from 5 different nations, and 10 different states.
Each class selects a Monster part such as body, head, ears, tail, horns, etc. Then, each class writes a description of that part and sends it to the project web. When all of the descriptions are in, each class builds a single monster using the descriptions from everyone.
In this photo, the body came from Japan, hair from Taiwan, ears from Michigan,belt from Nebraska, knees from England, nose from Pakistan and so forth.
When all of the descriptions are in, each class builds a single MONSTER using the descriptions from the table below. Students discover that designing and building a monster together is a very big job. It is a major lesson in working together and learning to compromise in a group decision process. For example, the kid responsible for the head has to plan with the kids doing the eyes, nose, neck, mouth, ears and hair. So kids must collaborate to construct their class MONSTER . The result is satisfying proof that a team of kids can accomplish anything!!
Other activities include a wiki, monster videos, writing, teacher sharing, and a whole project vote at the end on the most appropriate monster name.
All of the monster will be appearing on the project site:
www.smithclass.org/proj/Monsters/index.htm
International Monster
This monster is one representation of the work of kids from 5 different nations, and 10 different states.
Each class selects a Monster part such as body, head, ears, tail, horns, etc. Then, each class writes a description of that part and sends it to the project web. When all of the descriptions are in, each class builds a single monster using the descriptions from everyone.
In this photo, the body came from Japan, hair from Taiwan, ears from Michigan,belt from Nebraska, knees from England, nose from Pakistan and so forth.
When all of the descriptions are in, each class builds a single MONSTER using the descriptions from the table below. Students discover that designing and building a monster together is a very big job. It is a major lesson in working together and learning to compromise in a group decision process. For example, the kid responsible for the head has to plan with the kids doing the eyes, nose, neck, mouth, ears and hair. So kids must collaborate to construct their class MONSTER . The result is satisfying proof that a team of kids can accomplish anything!!
Other activities include a wiki, monster videos, writing, teacher sharing, and a whole project vote at the end on the most appropriate monster name.
All of the monster will be appearing on the project site:
www.smithclass.org/proj/Monsters/index.htm