Maucks.com has MOVED to TeachWoods.com!

If you are looking for the information on the amazing Maucks.com website you need to go to the new website

TeachWoods.com

or 

TeachWoods.com/safety

Moving to Google Classroom!

Dear Students and Families; Due to recent events, I'll be learning how to communicate via Google Classroom. 

Stay tuned...

And wish me luck: jzartler@pps.net

Food over the spring break pause in PPS meal service

If you were counting on PPS breakfast and lunches here is a link to some alternatives.

If these don't meet you needs, please reach out to me, and I'll lend a hand.

 Link to food resources

Monday March 16 - Friday March 20

Hi Folk,
I'm sorry where not able to have class. If you want to learn more about making things I'm linking to some Youtubers who do good work.

There are many, many folk who make things on the interwebs, but I don't think they all do it well, and some of them don't do it safely.

These are folk who I turn to to learn new skills:

Frank Howarth is a Portland who makes great videos.


Peter Follansbee does amazing work in a very old style.


An Aussie who makes so much cool stuff! 


Anne of All Trades: Anne is an amazing woman. She makes things from wood and metal, and she has a farm full of cute animals!


The Craftsmanship Initiative is about the importance of making things well.

Uri Tuchman: Uri does fun metal work. Brass, and other soft metals can be worked similarly to wood in many ways.

Friday, March 6

Folks, please do a General's job of working with Ms. Gotch, my substitute today.

At the bottom of this post is a copy of the handout you will use to guide your learning while watching some videos produced by Adam Savage, who you may recognize from Myth Busters.

Savage worked as a model maker on famous movies such as Star Wars, and is a famous "maker." Today's videos come from a Youtube Channel called Tested. All the videos below are on this playlist.

You will be viewing six segments of the playlist (1,2,4,5,6,7 of 9). For each segment there is a learning target or thinking activity provided below. You will turn this completed sheet in to the teacher at the end of the lesson for a grade so be thorough and write thoughtful and complete answers.

#1 Tour of Smithsonian Exhibit’s Fabrication Shop (10 min)

#2 The 3D Printing and Modelmaking Shop at Smithsonian Exhibits! (25 min)

#4 The Youngest Modelmaker at Smithsonian Exhibits (10 min)

#5 About Smithsonian Exhibits (12 min)

#6 How Smithsonian Uses Replicas to Tell Stories (7 min)

#7 Smithsonian Exhibits’ Installations Process (8 min)

Name _____________________________________ Date ______________________ Period ____

Viewing Guide: Adam Savages Tested Tour of Smithsonian

You will be viewing six segments of a playlist (1,2,4,5,6,7 of 9). For each segment there is a learning target or thinking activity provided below. You will turn this completed sheet in to the teacher at the end of the lesson for a grade so be thorough and write thoughtful and complete answers.

#1 Tour of Smithsonian Exhibit’s Fabrication Shop (10 min)

Similarities to Our Shop (list many)	Differences from Our Shop (many or few?)

#2 The 3D Printing and Modelmaking Shop at Smithsonian Exhibits! (25 min)

How is this shop different than our shop? 

Do you think you would prefer working in this kind of shop or our kind of shop, why? Do you enjoy technology based making or hand making more, why?

#4 The Youngest Modelmaker at Smithsonian Exhibits (10 min)

What were some key things Willow did to get their dream job?

#5 About Smithsonian Exhibits (12 min)

List two or three challenges and ways those challenges are solved:

#6 How Smithsonian Uses Replicas to Tell Stories (7 min)

1.   Before viewing this section answer the following question: Do you think a replica means as much as an historical object, why?

B ) After viewing this segment explain how and why your thinking has or has not changed?

#7 Smithsonian Exhibits’ Installations Process (8 min)

How is installation a challenge?  Would you like being an installer, why?

Thursday, March 4th 6th Period

Apologies: we've had a minor emergency in my family, and I will not be in until 7th period today.

Everyone is going to be ok, but I can't get to school until after your class.

Your jobs today are:

#1) Finish your plan ....

#2 Create a timeline for what you plan to accomplish each day you have to work on your toy, and connect the rubric for the toy to what you will be doing on that day. For example: co-planarity on the rubric will come on the day you drill the holes for your axels.  This timeline can be general and should have some time built in for unforeseeable emergencies such as this one.

Remember shaping starts with rough sawing, and gets smoother and smoother, and so will likely take several class.

#3 Study Maucks.com/ for how to most safely use machine sanders. 

March 1-2

As glue ups happen, students are reminded to use a flat refernce surface to ensure a flat, long grain edge.

Mr. Zartler has been jointing one edge, and students should be squaring up their blanks using rip and cross cuts on the table saw.

Mr. Zartler demonstrated how to wrap a line (such as for axel holes, around a blank using a square, and a sharp pencil.