Prototype Convention

On Friday, the sixth grade students staged their annual Prototype Convention.  The Convention fosters the four C's of current educational thinking: collaboration, communication, creativity, and critical thinking.  Students think of a product, outline their material needs, determine the cost per product and then, create the product.  In addition, students communicate their ideas about the product with the teachers and then produce a video or power point presentation to market their products.  Frequently, students collaborate as teams.  It is remarkable how many interesting products the students created and how well they marketed their items.