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Morehouse, Pam – Educational Leadership, 1995
The students in a K-1 class at a Washington elementary school built a mock four-seater airplane with some community assistance. They hired a building contractor (promising him red wriggler worms from the class compost bin) to help design the plane, obtained a Boeing certificate for $500 worth of spare parts, and attended an air show as exhibitors.…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Construction (Process), Experiential Learning, Grade 1