Cooperation STEM Activity
From the Activity Guide: Duets – Musical Teamwork for Two
What is a Duet?
A duet is a piece of music performed by two people. It doesn’t matter what instruments they’re playing (or voice part they’re singing) – the most important thing is that the music features exactly two people. Duets are like a conversation between two people. You have to pay attention to each other and react and respond to what the other person is doing musically in order to stay together.
Cooperation STEM Activity
For Elementary Age and Older
Sarah and Andy showed us how bringing their different parts and skills together allowed them to create a beautiful piece of music. Now it’s time for you to work as a team to see what you can create.
We love this marshmallow tower challenge to encourage children to explore creativity and cooperation with a basis in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) skills. Adults, watch this interesting TED talk about what we can learn from this challenge about working as a team.
Provide your children with the following supplies and ask them to build the tallest free-standing tower they can. The marshmallow has to be on the very top of the tower, they can use ONLY the supplies given, and they have 15 minutes to make their free-standing structure. Supplies needed:
Provide your children with the following supplies and ask them to build the tallest free-standing tower they can. The marshmallow has to be on the very top of the tower, they can use ONLY the supplies given, and they have 15 minutes to make their free-standing structure. Supplies needed:
- Twenty sticks of spaghetti
- One large marshmallow
- A yard of masking tape
- A yard of yarn