Discovery: Choose Your Own Project
By Anna and Ashleigh
This past year all the Discovery projects have been guided, making cardboard arcade games, building cardboard roller coasters, and planning fundraisers. But now… they finally get to choose their own topic to do something about.
During the month of April 5S has been choosing a problem they care about to help fix, for example one group is solving the problem of unorganized desks, while another group is solving the problem of pollution and another is exploring the idea, if fidgets help learning. Most people like our new discovery projects but some would like to get more materials available to use.
Though the 5th graders have freedom they still have to use their time to help others.
Some people may not like our new Discovery time because we have to use it to help others and not research something we want to know more about, but most people enjoy the freedom.
Choosing their own project gives the kids a freedom that they don’t get most of the time. Most of the time all of the kids are very focused on their projects and they use their time wisely, so shouldn’t they get opportunities like this all of the time? Or not?
I do discovery to and in 4th grade you got to search up the things you wanted to but in 5th its different but i like it and i agree with fidgets either you should have them or not. i liked what you posted
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