We suggest students work in pairs. Homeschool students can work on their own.

Separate Materials for Distribution

Seed A (pompom) is distributed in Step 7 and Seed B (bean) is distributed in Step 14.

Make Sure You Have Space

Make sure students have space to hop up and down in place when doing fluffadoo + seed model tests.

General Trends

Seed A should stay on the fluffadoo the longest. Oftentimes, it can stay attached until the maximum of 15 hops. Seed B should fall off of the fluffadoo almost immediately- usually within 1 or 2 hops.

Troubleshooting

If Seed A is consistently falling off of a student's fluffadoo within a few hops, we suggest checking: (1) the pompom is being placed where multiple cotton balls touch (rather than on top of a single cotton ball) and (2) the student is “hopping gently” and not shaking their fluffadoo too hard while hopping.

Accessibility Accommodations

Instead of hopping in place, students can test their fluffadoo + seed by raising and lowering their arms while seated (mimicking the motion of a hopping fluffadoo).