Opening Project (art, carpentry, math)
Lesson Activity 1- Build a house or school
Make arrangements with your school to have the students and you go to Eli Whitney Museum to make carry houses and/or schools. These will help the students visualize the mishaps that will occur in the home and school in the adventure. To make this project may take about two (2) hours each. There is a cost involved. Call Eli Whitney for all the information.
Objective:
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Students will make a house or school out of wood.
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Students will identify how hinges work and how to attach them.
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Students will design the interior of their buildings making the best use of the space.
Materials:
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Plywood, 2 hinges, nails, twine, dowels, drill, hammer, wood glue, scraps of material, color markers, etc.
Procedure:
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1.Take four (4) pieces of plywood about 21"x 4" (2 for the sides of one box and 2 for the sides of the other box) and take two (2) pieces of plywood about 21" x 12" x 1/4" (1 for the back of each of the boxes and take four pieces of plywood about 12" x 4" (2 for the tops and bottoms of each box) and two flat boards about 3" wide x 11 1/2" long (to separate upstairs from downstairs in each box).
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2.Use small 1-1 1/2 inch nails to hammer all this together to make two (2) 3-sided boxes.
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3.Get the two hinges and connect them to the joining sides of two boxes. Make sure they are positioned to close the two (2) boxes facing each other. You will need screws to attach these. This all will be provided at Eli Whitney Museum. A small hole made with the drill will be needed to get the screw through the hinge and into the wood.
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4.Use the dowels, spare wood pieces, wood glue, and other craft materials to make the furniture in your houses or schools.
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5.Two holes should be drilled half way down the side of each box opposite the side where the hinges are. These will be for the handles to carry your finished project. The teacher should read this adventure story to the students or record it. Copies should also be made so the students can follow along and fill in the necessary information to make themselves a part of the adventure.