Summary
Elinor and her friends need to get ripe tomatoes safely off a tall plant, so they design and test ways to soften the landing — engineering, kid-style. Then the friends notice that every animal has its own special ability, and that's something to celebrate.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
The kids keep testing new ideas until the tomatoes land safely.
- What ideas did the kids try to catch the tomatoes? Which worked best?
- Why is it OK when your first design doesn't work?
- What special abilities did the animals show off?
- What's something you can do that took practice to learn?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: design, test, improve, cushion, ability.
Try it: Design a soft landing pad for an egg using classroom materials. Sketch it first.
Try it: Tell a partner one thing you're good at and one thing you're still practicing.