Challenge

Design a new species of flowers for the garden show, then perform a skit about the new species.

Time: 7 minutes total

• 5 minutes to make 2 new species of flowers and plan your skit
• 2 minutes to perform your skit

The Challenge

It’s SPRING and time for the yearly garden show. You’ve discovered 2 new species of flowers and the garden show is where you’ll introduce them to the world. With the materials supplied make 2 new types of flowers, give them fancy names and prepare a skit showing how you’ll show off your new discovery.

Materials

• 10 pieces of colored paper
• 8 mailing labels
• 4 pipe cleaners
• 2 pieces of foil paper
• 4 sticks from the yard
• 4 paper clips

Included but not part of your performance: Scissors and 1 set of markers

Scoring: 100 points possible

• Up to 20 points (10 point each flower) for the creativity of your newly discovered flowers
• Up to 20 points for the creativity of the names you’ve given the flowers
• Up to 20 points for the creativity of your performance
• Up to 20 points for how you’ve presented the flowers during the performance
• Up to 20 points for how well you worked together

Do Ahead of Time

Collect the following materials:

• 10 pieces of colored paper
• 8 mailing labels
• 4 pipe cleaners
• 2 pieces of foil paper
• 4 sticks from the yard
• 4 paper clips
• Scissors
• 1 set of markers

Set-up

Have all the materials ready on a table

Debrief:

After you have finished the challenge discuss the following:

• How did you come up with the flower’s fancy names? Was it hard?
• When you were designing your flowers, did you make them look like different?
• What materials could you have used differently?
• Was your performance creative? What would make it even more creative?
• What could you do differently next time?

Follow Up:

• Using the same materials, repeat the challenge after the debriefed. This gives them the opportunity to apply any corrections discussed during the debrief time.
• Do the challenge again using different materials.