Building the Butterfly House

The Final Test

And a Storybook Ending!

Inspired by the story The Three Little Pigs, the final experiment set out to test cardboard, wood, and brick in strong wind. The children set up the different tests outside and recorded their observations.

They observed that cardboard would blow away in a strong wind, and brick would stay put.

But the clever observers noticed something interesting about wood! When they tested a small wood block, the wood blew away, but it stayed put when they tried a large piece of wood.

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Backed by research, they decided that wood and brick were the best materials to use outside. Using the school van, they took turns going to Cainz Home Center in small groups to purchase the materials needed to build the Butterfly House.

Home Center

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