VAST Activities: Olympics

Friday, February 7 was the first day of VAST’s spring semester. We were scheduled to start on Monday, February 3, but snow storms in Poughkeepsie delayed us.

To celebrate the first day, which was the same day as the Opening Ceremony for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, VAST held our own version of the Olympic games. Each classroom worked together as a team to compete for the most points. The teams drew flags to represent themselves, answered trivia questions about the Olympic games, and built towers out of spaghetti and marshmallows.

Answer sheet for Trivia Questions

Each classroom had 10 minutes to build the tallest tower out of spaghetti and marshmallows.

At the end of the day, the 6th graders on Team Awesome Rockets brought home the gold medal for their exceptional teamwork. Check out the final scores below: