Who Needs Gingerbread When You Can Use VEGGIES!?

What an amazing way to spend an hour and a half!  Our room was buzzing with excitement when the kids came back from PE.  They had been able to spend some time with their team members (they are now sitting with their team members in class too) discussing strategies and talking with them about their veggie house ideas. 

While they were in Music and PE, we put a plethora of items on their desks.  They were all given a wide variety of vegetables, toothpicks, beans, cream cheese, pretzels, a roof and a pizza circle for the bottom. 

When they were about a half an hour in, I thought there was no way anyone would be able to get a house with a roof made…and then…the tide started to turn.  I was amazed by the talent that was flying from these veggie wielding 4^th graders.  Snowmen, hot tubs, paths, windows, smoke from chimneys, signs, fencing…the list goes on.  A spectacular array of houses were created by every group.  It was also evident that they had learned things from the first two STEM activities we have done.  Yay!