Some Important Dates

KNOW THESE DATES!

Toy Project (Including Self-Evaluation) 

due

in class Thursday / Friday 19 / 20 March 

(before break)

Spring Art Show 

Thursday - Friday May 14th - 15th

Thursday and Friday 30 / 31 January

Here are two examples of self-evaluations; one is very good; the other is not so well done.

Today in class you can be workin on your designs; 
you can be helping to cut 4/4 lumber into 16"-30" lengths;
You can be studying tool operations;
You can take tools tests or do tool demonstrations

Remember that your design to be complete must include:
at least two scale views of your project (a plan and an elevation)
Your name; date; and period.
Project Title
A calculation fo the board footage requreied to complete your project
You must have, and keep, and follow a plan to receive full credit on your project

Tuesday & Wednesday January 28 & 29

Today in class we reviewed the final.

We also went over calculating board footage for a project. The key fact to remember that the 1.5bf allowance for the toy project is based on the wood that is started with (e.g. the rough board in the lumber rack). The basic rule of thumb is that by the time the wood is 4-square and ready to glue up it is 25% smaller than than it started.




Therefore if you figure out how much wood will be in your glue up, your block can only be 1.125 bf (to have no additional cost to you).

WELCOME TO 2ND SEMESTER!

2nd Semester

PROJECTS 
This semester will include
1) The Toy Project that you have already begun
2) Making a cutting board.
3) A choice project such as a box depending on time and interest.

REMINDER: All students must submit a piece to the Spring Art Show; you do NOT have to offer this piece for sale. (If you offer it for sale you may either donate the proceeds to the Woods program or receive 50% of the sales price and 50% will go to the Woods program.)


MACHINES
You are to become Independent on 
1) Machine Sanders (Belt / Disc & Spindle)
2) Table Saw
3) Router & Router Table

REMEMBER: You MAY use machines you are not yet independent on under the supervision of the teacher.

You will have the opportunity, but are not required to learn the use of the
4) Drum Sander
5) Jointer

New topics of academics and skills this semester will include:

Tool Sharpening & 
Wood Identification.

Tuesday January 21

Today we worked on test preperation.

Students were able to ask Mr. Zartler to help them with topics they had had trouble with, and the class worked in smaller groups and as a whole class on reviewing topics.

Mr. Zartler will be out on Wednesday, so he will not be available for Flex time until Thursday and Friday.

January 15-17

This week was about 

Completing:

Hanger / Holder Projects
Self-evaluations of projects
Finals Test Study Materials

The final will include safer operations of:
Drill Press;
Band saw;
Planner;
Miter Saw;

and focus on knowledge covered in the notes review.

Friday / Monday January 10 / 13

Students had time to work on the various tasks for the end of the year.

1st Priority: Finishing Hanger or Holder
2nd: Completing the Self-evaluation activity including showing your project to Mr. Zartler for assessment
3rd: Making Test Preperation tools such as notecards
4th: Studying for the final exam (remember, studying is most effective when you "do something" with the information you are trying to learn. Doing something means translating, applying, comparing, etc.
5th: Working on a design for your children's toy. Students will receive 1 ½ board foot (216 in^3) of wood at no cost to them.

Wednesday / Thursday January 8 / 9

Mr. Zartler has to attend a district training on Wednesday.

As we discussed last class, today you will prep for your final exam. Today you should focus on creating actual study tools. Just saying (and even just doing) "looking at my notes" is not a particularly effective study strategy.

As a class brainstorm effective study strategies; move beyond “study my notes”. 

What you are looking for here, is things or activities that force you to "do something" with your knowledge. Translate it into diagrams or into words; paraphrase it; use it in a different situation; etc.

Think about flash cards; paraphrasing notes to yourself and others; asking one another “what if?” questions e.g. “What if you start the band saw with the blade touching the wood?” “What happens if you don’t ‘woodpecker’ when drilling a large hole? 

Is there a flash card app or website work best for you, why?

As class progresses, students are to create study aids to help one another study. These aids can and should include sample test questions. “What are the first three steps in making a scale drawing?” “What machine do you use first, second, and third to mill lumber that is four-square?”

The final exam will cover all the information we’ve studied about wood and woodworking this semester including safer operations of the drill press; miter saw; band saw; and planer. The final exam will include both factual knowledge questions; questions that requiring labeling or annotating, as well as questions about sequence and order (these are often the source of mistakes on tests).

Students should consider the items that were included in the fall notebook check: Wood Moves; Grain Diagram; Clamping Diagram; 3-D Visualization Notes; Saws Chart; Examples of Side Elevation; Front Elevation; Plan; Short Grain Failure notes; Board feet calculation; Lamination Chart; Toy Plan;

As well as the topics of: how to apply shellac.

As the class progresses, students should be testing one anothers’ knowledge using the tactics and tools described above.

Students may use the tests available on Maucks.com/ safety to figure out which questions about safer operations are most likely to be problematic. Students can then make flash cards.

Monday / Tuesday January 6 / 7

Classes focused on reorienting to the projects at hand including:

Finishing hangers and self-evaluation of hangers

Preparing for Final Exams

Creating Working plans for the Children's Toy Project

(More details to follow)

Happy New Year

Happy New Year

This is currently a place holder entry.

Mr. Zartler returned to Grant on Monday 6 January, and will add information for the period he was out here.