Building houses with STEM skills and frosting
Published 10:00 am Friday, January 27, 2023
Nigel W. is pleased with his construction so far. Now for the gumdrop decorations. (Photo submitted by Isabel Collins)
Isabella B. puts the finishing touches on her decorated gingerbread house. (Photo submitted by Isabel Collins)
Tyla T. uses her fingers to paste the frosting onto her gingerbread house. In back, Kamden S. seems to be enjoying one of the treats, and Kameron E. continues working on his project. (Photo submitted by Isabel Collins)
Jahrell B. presents his gingerbread house. In back are Isabella B., at work on her building, and Camille White, the music teacher. (Photo submitted by Isabel Collins)
Kameron E., who has evidently tasted the frosting, picks out gumdrops to decorate his gingerbread house. (Photo submitted by Isabel Collins)
Caliyah W. got frosting on her lips during the task of making a gingerbread house. Wonder how that happened? (Photo submitted by Isabel Collins)
Mariah C. focuses on constructing her gingerbread house. (Photo submitted by Isabel Collins)
Tyla T. obviously enjoys the frosting used as mortar for her gingerbread house. (Photo submitted by Isabel Collins)
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Isabel Collins’ second grade Samuel P. Morton Elementary School class built gingerbread houses for its last day of classes before winter break. To do so, her students had to use the skills they had learned thus far in science, technology, engineering and math.
A Franklin City Public Schools news release stated that the children used a thick vanilla frosting to bind the graham crackers to make floors, walls and roofs. Gumdrops and marshmallows decorated the candy houses.
At times the construction could be a sticky, tasty mess, but no one seemed to mind.
