This blog is dedicated to sharing the concept that our hands are essential to learning- that we engage the world and its wonders, sensing and creating primarily through the agency of our hands. We abandon our children to education in boredom and intellectual escapism by failing to engage their hands in learning and making.
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
This morning in the Clear Spring School Wood Shop, the 5th and 6th grade students made Pangaea puzzles using the scroll saw. the 7th and 8th grades students continued work on their Geometric Solids, making pyramids and turned cylinders on the lathe. Next Tuesday, they will continue the project, making triangular based pyramids and turned cones. The top photo shows Jessica Turner's Pangaea. Next, the oceans will be cut and made into puzzle parts. The photo at left shows a cylinder being formed on the lathe-- A perfect introduction to this fun tool.
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