A great activity for cooperative learning and problem solving.

1. Cooperative Creation of a
Castle from the Middle Ages
Cooperative Creation of a
Castle from the Middle Ages
A joint project by multiple divisions at
Georges Vanier Elementary.
Students problem solved issues of structural
stability and respected previous classes designs
whilst adding their own features.
Anna Crosland TL
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2. Their initial design was twice as high but
the students decided right away that the
walls would just fall over.

3. Used the seating cubes to add stability.
Tried adding a cross brace.

6. Added vertical and horizontal bars and
left a door space.

8. Decided added stability would allow for
additional height.

10. Added crenellations so it would look
‘more like a castle’

12. Added the drawbridge.

13. A drawbridge needs a moat

14. Next group increased the width of the
moat as it ‘was too easy to swim across’

16. Decided to add height - 4 towers to the
tops of the seating cubes

17. One division researched and designed
pennants, the next coloured them and
added to the towers.

19. A feudal village was added outside the
castle walls.

20. Fourteen divisions contributed. It was a
great activity for problem solving and
cooperative learning.