In the grade 4/5 class and the grade 5 class here at columbia that I teach in for Judy S and Kent P we have been working on a unit in Science on the Human Body.

For the last 3 weeks we have been working on a Game Board where the students in groups of 2 have been given a body system to research and then design a game board for that system.

We set criteria as a class for this project, with some teacher direction.

The target student in Judy's class and Kent's class have been enthusiastic.

Judy's student picked a partner that was not the best choice - so they have not completed this project using the criteria that was set out.

In hindsight I wish I had picked his partner for him.

Kent's student has had more success!  Yippee.

I chose his partner for him.  Talked to his partner before hand, to check to