Start Thinking About Machines and Technology
Our next unit is on machines and technology. Please think about the following in advance to help support the unit.
1. If anyone knows someone who belongs to the Association of Engineers in BC and could help me to gain contact with the organization, please let me know. Also, if anyone knows someone who works in electronics, technology, or anything to do with making machines of any kind, please let me know if they might be interested in coming in. Please consider if the person is able to talk with young children and is a good speaker, too. Thank you for your help!
2. If you have any packaging that comes into your home or things you might be looking to get rid of that are on the list below, please save it somewhere, as I will be asking for it at a later date for building projects:
- long tubes (cardboard, plastic, gift wrap, paper towel)
- lego, knex, blocks, marbles, any building supply
- milk jugs, cleaned out completely
- broom handles
- wood dowels of any kind
- bamboo sticks/skewers
- clothes pins
- circular cardboard pieces
- shoe boxes
- straws
- wood sticks (popsicle sticks)
3. In addition, we are short on the following types of supplies, and it would be helpful to have more in the classroom:
- rulers (using metric and inches)
- white erasers
- scissors (standard sharp scissors that actually cut, as the small kid scissors don’t do well when building — there are packs of three at Michael’s for $4.99)
Thank you for thinking about this now as we get into some exciting building and making projects. What we can do sometimes depends on what I can gather and find!