Feeding an Alligator Some Cantaloupe
From The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! · 2018
2 minK1st2ndScienceTechnology
Summary
How do you feed an alligator without getting too close? Nick and Sally invent a clever way to deliver a snack from a safe distance — a playful problem-solving and engineering challenge.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
We can build tools to do a job from a safe distance.
- Why couldn't they just hand over the cantaloupe?
- What did they build to solve the problem?
- What would you have invented instead?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: problem, design, build, safe, tool.
Try it: Draw a machine that could hand something to a friend across the room.