Creative Kiddos

For the past two weeks, my class has been getting ready for our upcoming Streets of Learning. The fourth grade's theme is Invention Convention, and we have been working hard to learn about inventors and inventions. Students in my class have researched an inventor of their choice and made a poster about that person, and they are creating weather instruments in science. This week, my class began collaborating in groups to create a student desk for the 21st century. I was super excited to see how creative every group was in their desk designs. They worked together to brainstorm a list of ideas and features to include in their desk. They then drew their desk and wrote a descriptive paragraph about their desk. Each group presented their desk inventions to the class. The desk inventions included features such as reclining chairs, built-in laptops, lighting options, and iPods to download podcasts of each lesson! And who said today's kids have no imagination?