San Isidro miracle - Scuola Italiana di Madrid
Madrid has a Saint Patrone, San Isidro.
Isidore was born in Madrid, in about the year 1070, Isidore spent his life as a hired hand in the service of the wealthy Madrilenian landowner Juan de Vargas
It was said that he stood two meters (6.5 feet) tall.
Isidore married Maria, known as Santa María de la Cabeza in Spain. Isidro and Maria had one son. On one occasion, their son fell into a deep well and, at the prayers of his parents, the water of the well is said to have risen miraculously to the level of the ground, bringing the child with it.
In our classes 4 B and C, in Madrid, we tried to imagine this situation to solve.
There is a well with a baby falled into water. He can't climb up, he can't hang at the rope. The well is too narrow for adults.
One solution is to make the water rise to the level of the ground so that the baby can be saved.
In the video you can watch children telling the story in 3 languages and then experiment the solution they discussed together
Colapesce the boy that saved Sicily
legend by Italo Calvino
COLAPESCE WAS ONE OF THE LEGEND THAT ITALIAN SCHOOL USED TO WORK WITH PROBLEM SOLVING:
Colapesce - la leggenda e altre soluzioni - Terzo Circolo Bagheria - classi quarte c-d
COLAPESCE- la leggenda e altre soluzioni (classi quarte c-d Terzo Circolo
Bagheria).pdf
1^A - 1^B activities
BEFORE teachers read the folk tale of Colapesce and explained the activity
After pupils explain their solutions
II A class from School Elena Doamna, Tecuci, Romania- Adriana Lefter
Lars Polar Bear and Husky Pup
The Lars and the husky puppy story show the life of a polar bear at the North Pole. While searching for food, he moved to an igloo that was guarded by husky dogs and followed Lars by running him. Lars stopped and after a while he hears a puppy crying, he was of a husky chicken that lost his family. Being very cold the two ways are looking for a solution to shelter.
The students found that the best solution would be to build an ice Igloo, being the most common shelter in that area. Students used sugar cubes, recyclable materials, marshmalow and other materials.
Rosie Revere, little engineer
de A .Beaty
Rosie Revere was a withdrawn little girl, silent, even strange, who made up all sorts of crazy devices: helium pants, python chase hat, hot dog food.
One summer, Aunt Rose, an aviation engineer, comes to visit them at home. The two had a very close relationship and, in a discussion, she tells the girl that she has an unfulfilled wish: although she had worked with airplanes all her life, she had not been able to fly.
Rosie begins to think about what aircraft her aunts can build. Night and day he thinks, masters and, in the end, builds his aircraft: the cheese-copter.
Students have to guess and design the aircraft that they believe was invented by Rosie: airplanes, helicopters, missiles.
Clasa a II a B, Prof. Arghire Oana
Rosie Revere, little engineer
By A. Beaty
Students built Lego and recyclable airplanes, recyclable rockets, lego and cube helicopters for Aunt Rose. Then I presented them with the solution found by Rosie - the cheesecopter.
Rosie Revere.pptx
RAPUNZEL
By the Grimm Brothers
A man lived with his wife in a house next door to a witch's house.
The wife longed to eat the lettuces in the witch̕ s beautiful garden.
One day, the husband decided to steal some of the lettuces for his wife. The witch caught him and asked for the baby the wife was to give birth to in exchange for the salad.
The little girl was born, the witch took her and named her Rapunzel.
When Rapunzel grew up, the witch locked her away in a tower in the middle of the forest. The girl had very large golden hair.
The witch visited her and to get to the tower she asked Rapunzel to let her hair down so she could climb on it.
One day, a handsome prince found the tower in the forest. He watched the witch come to the tower and climb Rapunzel's hair.
When the witch had gone, the prince climbed Rapunzel's hair.
The two saw each other and decided to stay together.
The witch confuses their plans, but in the end Rapunzel and the prince found themselves and lived happily ever after in his kingdom.
The students were then challenged to imagine that the prince would ask them to help rescue Rapunzel from the tower before the witch discovered their plan to leave together. After each student has thought of some ways Rapunzel can get away, teams of 3 students chose one they were going to build. They planned their materials and design, then built the escape route based on the plan and had the chance to test them out: parachutes, rope ladders, wool, shoelaces, thin cable zip lines, paper roll slides, pulleys, Lego planes.
Rapunzel, problem solving activities.pdf
3rd A grade, School Elena Doamna, Tecuci, ROMANIA
teacher VALERICA MITITELU
plan STEAM JACK SI VREJUL DE FASOLE.docx
JACK AND THE BEANSTALK BY JOSEPH JACOBS
The well known story of JACK AND THE BEANSTALK was the starting point of our actitivity. The story tells us that Jack went to the fair to sell the cow because he and his mother were very poor. On his way, Jack meets a person who asks him to take some magic beans for the cow. He agrees but his mother is very upset. She throws the beans out and during the night a enormous beanstalk is growing up to the sky. The boy decided to climb the beanstalk and there he finds himself in the castle of an unfriendly giant. He goes into the castle and steals a singing harp and a hen that lays golden eggs. The giant chases Jack and follow him.
In the story, the giant chases him and follows him down he beanstalk. Jack's mother chops down the beanstalk before the giant reaches the ground. Jack and his mother live happily ever after.
Children have this challenge: the giant , having learnt from past mistakes has lined the beanstak with wires so that the boy is not able to go home. Jack need another plan for escape. Use your imagination to find solution in order to help Jack.
Solutions: A parachute, wings made of feathers of the hens from the giant 's yard, a huge kite made of leaves/ clothes , A long ladder made of strings...
https://kizoa.app/Movie-Video-Slideshow-Maker/d322688567k1654514o2l1/Soft_Skills-_our_story
Here you can find the solution of us from Hungary:
folk-tale-Romania.docx
The legend of Colapesce
classes 2^A-2^B
la leggenda di Colapisci.odp
Colapesce___miriam.pdf
https://screencast-o-matic.com/content/#/video/cYhYYtkmp9
The children rewote a different ending to help Colapesce keep Sicily afloat
https://it.padlet.com/lipmar22/9hssz5jntep3mfqh
The legend of Colapesce
Classi 3^ A-B-C-D-E
LA LEGGENDA DI COLAPESCE.pdf