All Modules 15-Engineers and Architects- Module 3 | Page 12

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Share with your students that you will be observing different tubes where water go
through and that have a function

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Use real materials such as: plastic tubes, water, containers

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Give time so that your students can explore the material

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Introduce the tools for thought and the intentionality of its use

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Connect this activity with real experiences such as: when we go to the bathroom and we
wash our hands; ¿where does the water come from?

Tool for Thought: Keys for thought, what makes you say that

5. The Tallest Building in the World
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Show the students different photos of buildings in Florida

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If possible, go to some area of the school where you can observe buildings

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Show the children the image (of the tallest building in the world - Burj Khalifa, Dubai)
covered with post-it notes

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Introduce the routine for thought and the objectives (remember that the objective of this
routine is not to guess but to create connections, etc.)

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Let the children little by little start describing what the observe

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Participate in the activity, modeling questions and giving other contributions (e.g. share
your points of view as if you were one more student)

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Give your students different materials (e.g. blocks, boxes, etc) so that they can build
their own building

Tool for Thought: Approach

6. What is Missing?
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As in previous activities, review what you have been building together regarding the
month’s topic