Every group made progress today!!! It was awesome (don’t worry, there was frustration as well). Below is a brief outline of some of the amazing things our group did today:
Group A is about 60% done with their wall. They flipped their wall around so they could attach the students their header (already did so on their footer). Their wall, fingers crossed, will be done on Tuesday.
Group B did some heavy mathematical lifting. They figured out, because their wall is slanted (one part of the wall is 8 feet tall, another 10 feet tall), they needed to cut each side of the wall at an angle. They elicited the help of our amazing math teacher to figure out at what angle to cut. After much mental mathematical manipulations, they concluded to cut at a 10 degree angle. Well 10 degrees they did. They are now in the midst of connecting their top plate, getting all ready in that regard so they can start to assemble their studs.
Group C finished all their boards and are half way done with securing half of their studs (that is a long way of saying about 25% of the way done). Great work group!
Group D finished connecting their headers and footers, yes! They brought everything outside and are starting to work on connecting their boards together. The biggest growth this group displayed was that of working together. Nearly all group members for the entirety of class were involved and participating…which is very good to have happen!
Keep it up groups!
Cutting everything at a 10 degree angle
The markings…not very clearly done, but still there; which showcase our 10 degree angle.
just need to connect the last set of studs and we will have one wall done!
yes, we used the circular saw to cut our initial 10 degree cut.
