This was a short week at school - perfect for the Mystery Tube of SCIENCE! The Mystery Tube has four holes, and strings come out of each. When one string is pulled, the others react in unexpected ways. They are all linked somehow - and that is for the students to figure out. They are given a Pringles can and as much string as they want. This is more than a puzzle - it is a way for students to work their way through a problem using scientific thinking skills. They must observe, ask questions, make and test predictions, and compare their results to the model. The first group to solve it did it in about two hours. On the final day, I gave some clues, and almost all groups were able to build their own Mystery Tube, which they promptly took home to amaze family and friends over Thanksgiving Break.
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