Today in STEM we finished the ASK step of the engineering design process.  We started the PLAN step.  We picked the materials we will use in our first wall design.  We then picked the amount we will use of each material.  We are allowed 3 scoops of material and 5 T of water.  Then we looked at the wall movie again to get ideas for our build.  We also examined the types of rocks we will use for the build.  Then they designed the wall they will build on Monday.  Here are some of their plan sheets.

"We decided we will do two scoops of clay and one scoop of sand to make it look like real mortar."Alberto
"We decided to do clay, clay and sand so it would look and feel like real mortar."Laura
"We are going to design our wall zig zagged so there will be mortar between each rock."Emma
"We are going to make our rocks fit like a puzzle in our wall."Laura