It's okay to play with your food—just this once! Scholars design and create meshes and chutes to sort pasta by size and shape. They test their designs and make improvements as necessary.

Concepts

engineering design, sorting, technology resources

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Instructional Ideas

• Have a contest to see which group can sort pasta the fastest and most accurately
  

Classroom Considerations

• Project requires a variety of materials; see list in resources
• Requires some prior preparation
  

Pros

• Provides very detailed instructions for the activity
  
• Includes separate guidance questions for younger learners versus older learners and adults
  

Cons

• None