Taking Learning Outside the Classroom
12/11/2017
Our guest speaker, Josienne Roe, a project manager and engineer, shared with our class her experience working with a team to design and build a building on the North Slope. She explained the challenges, special building materials, and tools needed to build a building on frozen tundra far away from stores and traditional airports. She also took the time to answer our many questions about how all the different parts of buildings come together. Having visitors come into our class is a great way for our students to feel connected to the community and for them to learn about new ideas and topics. Our field trip to Home Depot really allowed the students to explore in depth the subject of tools. We were able to look at all the power tools, see all the different types and sizes of hand tools, explore all the lengths and sizes of bolts and screws and learn the difference in building purpose. This was such a fun and tactile experience. It was true hands-on learning! The students we excited to find something new and interesting on each aisle, to see in real life what we had read in books or pretended in the construction zone. I enjoyed showing them the materials used to make foundations, since we had talked so much about them last week. Our Home Depot guide did a great job allowing us to explore and investigate, as well provide a demonstration of the table saw and proper safety equipment. In the workshop, building their tree ornaments, the students were so focused and engaged with real hammers and nails. They all felt so proud when they were done. Being able to take our learning and investigating out of the classroom, and out of the school, into the community is such a wonderful experience for our explorers. They learn that they are studying real life topics that matter in the world of adults, and they learn that they matter in that world, even as a preschooler. Painting with tools
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