When my group taught a sixth grade class, we focused on their social studies curriculum and taught a lesson on invention and innovation. As a team, we has three sections. Jessica M. and I taught about the assembly line and had an activity in which the student created their own production plan. We gave each team unassembled pens and some paper to insert a logo. We gave them time to come up with a plan, then gave them one minute to put their plan into action, then some more time to fix their plan, and finally three minutes to make as many pens as possible.
It was fun, but I could also see that the students were making connections to real life applications. One student used the term "assembly line" before we did and another student brought up Henry Ford before we did. The students made it clear that the content we were teaching was not new to them, but the activity was well received although they were familiar with the material, the practice was worthwhile.
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