Loopstastic Mess Vacuum Test/How the Cookie Crumbled
From Lyla in the Loop · 2024
24 minPre-KK1st2ndTechnologySocial-Emotional Learning
Summary
Loopstastic Mess Vacuum Test: Lyla engineers a contraption to clean up a huge mess and runs it through a series of tests, tweaking her design each round. How the Cookie Crumbled: she retraces what went wrong with a batch of cookies and learns that investigating failure is how you build success.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Failing is part of the process — the key is to learn from it.
- What did Lyla change between each test of her vacuum? Why not change everything at once?
- What clues helped her figure out why the cookies went wrong?
- Has something you made ever not worked the first time? What did you do next?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: test, design, improve, iterate, failure, clue.
Try it: Build a tower of blocks. When it falls, change just ONE thing and try again. What did you learn each time?