Save Fred!

To finish off a busy and very successful first week back, the students were given a fun collaborative group task to solve. Their mission: Save Fred! Fred is a worm who went sailing in a boat. Unfortunately Fred was not wearing his life jacket when it suddenly upturned in rough seas. Fred ended up on top of his upturned boat with his life jacket underneath. The students had to work collaboratively in their groups to help Fred get his life jacket on. However, they could not touch Fred, the boat or his life jacket with their hands. They were given 4 paperclips to use instead to save Fred. This activity involved lots of cooperation and teamwork, and I am pleased to say that 2 groups were able to save Fred!