coop fun

Here is group 1 at the Johnson's sand box recreating the Erie canal!!



They had to figure out how to make a lock system for their tiny boat and pull team to go through.



Here is group two's effort.




There was some difficulty once the water was added.





Can you see the little yellow boat?






Group 2's lock worked fairly well.







Oh well, the Erie canal wasn't built in a day, but I think they had fun trying!
Anna, Laura, Ryan and Julie

The other project we did today was to simulate a factory assembly line. Our factory was K and A's Pillow Factory. I interviewed them to see which jobs they were best suited to, told them their quota and set them up in the assembly line.

MacKenzie was the head of the line and she traced he pattern onto the fabric. As the foreman of the line, I must say they all did fine jobs!

Next, Margaret cut out the fabric. She was very efficient but almost had the carpal tunnel after 8 pillows!

Laura came next and had to have "on the job training" of how to pin the material together!!:)

She was a quick learner and did a great job.

Anna sewed the pillow together and Julie took out the pins and ironed it well.

Next, Noah turned the pillow right side out and Ryan stuffed it!

The final step was Olivia, who sewed up by hand the hole!

Here is our first pillow ever from K and A's Pillow Factory!

That was easy!!!

They make their quota (8 pillows in 30 minutes) and were paid nicely in ice cream!!

We are also doing a 4 week project on Lewis and Clark and I think this group is excited about it - we are going to do a DVD of various scenes from their expedition and have a narrator (MacKenzie) tell her daughter (Julie) about it from the daughter of William Clark's perspective.