Week of November 18th

We began our journey from Mesopotamia to Ancient Egypt this week.  We explored the insides and outsides of the pyramids on the computer, then the students worked in small groups to build their own pyramids out of sugar cubes.  The students were given a box of over 400 sugar cubes and were asked to work together to build a pyramid.  They needed to decide how many to use for their base, since getting more sugar cubes wasn't an option.  They also could decide whether they wanted to build tombs, secret passages, or some other feature. There are some that are open, others that were pillaged, and others that were complete and untouched by tomb robbers.  The students then sifted sand on top of them to make them look more realistic.  It was a great project! Here are the pictures of the Serpents and Stingrays working together on their pyramids. 

 

 

And here are our finished projects: