Room 18's Cardboard Challenge

When we saw the video of Caine's arcade, we are going to start bringing in boxes and making our own games. - Alexandra
On Thursday we're going to be able to make our own arcade games, and I'm also thinking of bringing a crane that I might make. - Dylan
The Caine's Arcade got $200 000 because there was one person who got there, tried out the games, and wrote about his arcade, and everybody in the Facebook looked at it. The ones who looked at it told other people, and other people, and other people. - Gal
Today we watched a video about a kid who builds this little arcade, and he has a whole bunch of games. It started off when he won this basketball net and then he kept building and building. - Jenna
In the video, when he was in the car, his face was just straight. But when they pulled up and saw all the people at his arcade, he had a big smile on his face. - Logan

We are beginning the process of creating a cardboard math arcade in Room 18 (parents/guardians: please see today's note in your child's agenda about the supplies we are trying to collect). What is this, you ask? Well... I could tell you, but the videos below do a much better job of explaining what it is, and where the inspiration came from. I strongly encourage you to watch them - I guarantee you'll be glad you did!

This first video is the amazing story of a boy named Caine, the cardboard arcade he created, and the incredible chain of events that took place when one person, by chance, stumbled onto his creation, and made a short film about it.



The second video shows what happened after the world begain to see and be inspired by Caine's story, both in his life and in the lives of others.