During our first week back, Year 5/6 explored Growth Mindsets and the learning zones within this concept. We talked about the difference between a fixed and a growth mindset, matching behaviours and attitudes to each of the types.
For example:
Trying to solve a problem but giving up when it became tricky would be an example of a fixed mindset. Whereas, someone who tried to find another way of solving the problem and persevered, even if it took a long time, would show a growth mindset.
The class were asked to investigate which type of mindset they had by completing the Igloo Challenge.
Each team had to use a box of sugar cubes to create an igloo- the difficulty was that they were not allowed to use glue and there had to be space in the center like the picture below.
The teams worked for 20 minutes... their frustration grew when it was time to make the roof.
Here are some pictures which were taken during the challenge.
After 20 minutes, the time was up. I was so impressed by each team's resilience, communication skills and problem solving when something didn't work out the way they planned.
I let the class know that this challenge was virtually impossible because of the instability of the sugar cubes without something holding it in place (like snow does on a real igloo).
The class felt that they had been "set up" but said they understood how the task had made them demonstrate the importance of a growth mindset.
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