Can Mrs. Koch's Class Save Sam?

Poor Sam is a worm that has found himself in a rather unfortunate situation. His boat has capsized and his
life jacket is trapped underneath it! Poor Sam can't swim! His oar, his only means of movement, has fallen
into the rocky waters as well! He now sits perched on top of his capsized boat and he needs our help!

This was an engineering, problem solving, and teamwork activity that required the students to only use the provided paperclips to successfully put Sam (the worm) back in his boat with his life jacket on (a gummy lifesaver) and the oar on top. The kids came up with some great strategies and truly had to work together as a team to problem solve.