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Re: How to keep new students entertained?

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also, nice sig-pic, I remember the scene it was from, however i can't recall the name of the movie it was from! (D'OH!)
Thanks, that's my buddy Gune from Titan A.E.

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Marhsmallow tooth-pick towers are a good starter on these. Very simple and cheap. The idea is to promote small group collaborative effort. 4 is an ideal number of students and they have to find consensus without the "vote" option.
There are lots of other cheap mini-challenges like this and I can send you a link to some of my favorites.
For a bunch of cool science-y statistics and experience on the marshmallow towers, check out this TED video from Tom Wujec (an Autodesk guy, it so happens); he's a fantastic speaker.

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