Wednesday Workshop Projects

On Wednesdays after school, students come to the STEAM room for an hour to work on their own projects. The majority of the students do things together on Minecraft, some students make movies using the iPads, others want to use different materials to make things.

When the children arrived at Wednesday Workshop today, I had a stack of boards sitting outside my classroom door. Most of them walked past the wood and didn't pay much attention. The group, who would rather not use computers and iPads to make things, saw the wood and wanted to use it.

"Dr. Stelck, can we use some of this wood?"

"What do you want to do?"

"I don't know yet."

"I have a suggestion. I was watching crafts on YouTube last night and saw this great idea (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G5f_LpdLh0&t=1367s starts at 21:39). Do you guys watch crafts on YouTube?"

All three replied, "YES!"

"Here, let me get my phone and show you."

The girls watch the video and all agree that they would like to do something similar. After their discussion, the girls said, "We would like to make a T inside a circle. We want to paint the board purple and use white string."

"Sounds good. Please get some safety glasses, a pencil, and a ruler. Meet me outside."

I grabbed the reciprocating saw and my own safety equipment and headed out the door.


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