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Students explore types of hand tools and power tools used in handicraft. Students create a presentation over types of tools used in handicraft.
High schoolers identify and describe safe use of basic hand tools, compare properties of common materials used in construction and fabrication activities, profile a trade or occupation within construction industry, and describe parts of a technological system.
Students use carpentry tools. For this tools lesson students explore and use the basic tools of carpentry. Students discuss the advantages of using their own tools.
Young scholars determine what hand tools are used by master craftsmen. In this carpentry instructional activity, students collaborate to create presentation for the class. They assess their individual contribution to the group.
Students create three dimensional sculptures of animals using soap stone or wood and examples of sculpturing techniques. Emphasis is placed on the works of artist Chester Armstrong.
Students explore energy by conducing a science experiment in class. In this electricity instructional activity, students identify the parts of an electrical generator and explain how energy is created. Students utilize magnetic materials and copper wires to create an electric generator.
Learners build upon their knowledge of regional agricultural trends to explore the impact that changes in technology had on everyday life, ranging from the use of simple hand tools to the introduction and use of gasoline-powered agricultural tools.
Tenth graders continue with practical work and an introduction of work on fomers. They use hand tools and fret saws. Students continue work after a demonstration on the use of the vacum former. They discuss the precision required in the manufacture of fomers.
Students determine how and why soil needs to be prepared for the fall and winter seasons. In this agriculture lesson, students determine how to use gardening tools safely. They show how to work with compost material and fertilizer to enhance soil for spring planting while learning the associated vocabulary.
Students create a work of art and write a story about "Man with a Hoe Five Years Later." students also photograph their hands with a tool and write about what wonderful tools hands are.