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Carpentry: merit badge
In this carpentry learning exercise, students fill out short answer questions using their workbook about carpentry in order to get a merit badge. Students complete 6 questions total.
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Tools: Science Stations
Students explore technology by completing engineering activities in class. In this simple tools lesson, students utilize three science stations to perform tasks using a nutcracker, bottle openers, hammers and other tools. Students review...
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Rx for Tired Classrooms: Vocational Ed to the Rescue
Secondary carpenters apply their skills to improve display spaces in classrooms at their campus. Includes a contract between workers and teachers who sign on for improvements in the their rooms. Concurrent exploration of building and...
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Production Work Sample
Eleventh graders practice reading a basic blueprint for a closet. Using the blueprint, they identify the parts, measure and cut the wood and square a wall. They review safety procedures and use hand tools to attach a track to a cement...
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Estimating Concrete Volume
Students identify rectangular volume calculations, and calculate using formula, concrete table, and calculator.
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Move It! With Simple Machines
Students explore engineering by participating in a mechanical class activity. In this simple machines lesson, students identify many simple machines that allow them to perform tasks easily each day. Students collaborate in small groups...
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Technical Writing Assignment
High schoolers demonstrate, in writing, the proper technique to measure, square, and cut a piece of stock to length using a circular saw.
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Shingle Application
Students study shingles and the process of shingling a roof. They demonstrate how to lay shingles and determine the amount of materials needed to shingle a roof of a given size.
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Install Bridging
Pupils measure layout, and cut and install floor bridging to trade standards (100% accuracy) following all safety rules and regulations.
The British Museum
The British Museum: Carpenter's Workshop
Contains a wealth of information regarding the use of carpentry in ancient Egypt. By clicking on the tools in the relief at the top of the page, one can learn about the use of the adze, saw, and bow drill by Egyptian carpenters.
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Ancient Egypt: Bed Frame
Contains a brief overview of the materials and tools used in the construction of an ancient Egyptian bed frame.
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Merriam Webster: Visual Dictionary Online: Screwdriver
Labeled diagram of a screwdriver.
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Merriam Webster: Visual Dictionary Online: Ball Peen Hammer
Illustration of a ball-peen hammer.