Unplugged Activity | Building a Foundation

In sand sculpture, you gotta know that failure

is part of the program here. You gotta expect
it, you gotta plan for it, but if you persist

it's just gonna get nothing but better and more
exciting for you. That's the name of the game

here, just persist and stay with it, and you'll
love it.

This lesson is called "Building a Foundation"

In this lesson, we'll work on
a task that's meant to be really difficult.

You guys will figure out how to make a structure
at least as tall as one of these cups.

And it's gotta be strong enough to 
hold the weight of a book.

Nope. Nope. Uhh...nope.

There might be times that our creation doesn't work out.

Agh! We lost it but let's
recover.

I have the perfect idea! I need more gumdrops though.

There might be times that we get
frustrated and want to give up.

There might be a lot of those moments. (frustrated)
Ugh! I cannot get this! But if we keep on

trying, giving it our best shot over and over
again, then we're sure to get it before long.

Success! Persistence is all about hanging
in there when you really want to give up.

If you want to create something new and different,
there's going to be a lot of failures along

the way. The trick to persistence is choosing
to keep on going and learn from your failures,

instead of quitting because you're frustrated.
Frustration actually just means there's something

wonderful around the corner. (I wonder if this will work this time) So don't quit before you get to it.