STEAM week continues! Senior Infants have been working very hard discovering and experimenting in school. Our S.T.E.M experiment today was inspired by our friend Humpty Dumpty and the children wondered if we could investigate what materials would make a good wall for Humpty to sit on. We decided that a hard boiled egg was a good idea as we expected some falls. Our activity was based on Humpty Dumpty and structures. We know that Humpty Dumpty likes to sit on high walls so we got into groups and built walls as high as we could using a variety of materials; lego, wooden blocks, cubes, connect four rounds, and polydrons. The walls had to stand by themselves with Humpty resting on top. We learned a lot about what makes structures sturdy – we discovered that wide bases were the key to making sure they stayed standing. We also learned Humpty is a very resilient character and he got straight back up on another wall when he fell down. He has a few cracks but is very happy!
