How High Can You Spring A Box Troll?

Today is October 31st, so we made Box Trolls on springs and measured how high we could get our Box Trolls to "spring up".

First we did a VTS activity looking at various box trolls.

Then we had a mini lesson on springs and accordion style paper springs.
Next students created their own box troll using a box outline, tape, scissors, and a ruler.
After the students made their box troll, they decorated them and measured how high they could "spring up".
Measurements were made by:
1. pushing the box troll down and taking a centimeter measurement.
2. Springing up the box troll and measuring the highest point.
3. subtracting the first spring to the second spring.

This was a fun and creative project that also required measurements.