Solve It Your Way

I’m excited to share Franki Sibberson’s latest project with you. SOLVE IT YOUR WAY! is an innovative project to encourage creative problem solving and collaborate with others around the globe.

I shared this month’s question with them while we waited in the car for Andy to run into the store. When we got home, my kids started gathering every single ball from around our house. “Dad, can we use your bowling ball?” they called from the basement.

“What are they doing now?” Andy asked.

“Solve it your way!” I laughed. I love the way a small, tiny question can send them on an adventure.

Andy went to the basement to monitor their collection a bit. Their conversation floated up the stairs. They were talking about mass and force. They were thinking about hills and trying to figure out how to measure the distance traveled in a fair way. “Maybe we need a catapult,” Sam said.

“It’s rolling, not flying,” Hannah said, squashing the catapult, but not his ideas.

You can share your thinking and the way you “solved” the problem in a blog post and then LINK-UP at Solve it Your Way! As more people share their thinking, we will be able to revise and connect and take critical thinking to a new level! Take some time to cruise around the site, checking out the pages for more information. You can also learn more by reading Franki’s blog post about this new project. Finally, if you are a Twitter user, please follow @solveityourway to keep up-to-date!