Adding keel and gunnels

The high school juniors and seniors worked on the boat today, beginning to add the keel and gunnels. So it is beginning to look like a real boat. The 5th and 6th grade students are interested in helping with it. The juniors and seniors will be pulled off the project for a time to allow the making of a "table" of periodic elements, the start of a school collection of samples of various elements. The table of elements made in the wood shop will house the samples in an arrangement matching the typical periodic table. It is kind of challenging to figure out how to make such a thing, but the enthusiasm of teachers for these kinds of projects is infectious. The students get swept into the whirlwind of learning. We also made a coffin today for Wellington, the ball python. He lived in a cage on the Clear Spring School campus for 8 years and succumbed to low temperatures due to the loss of power during the ice storm. He was a gentle snake and will be missed by all.