Students make constructive use of all kinds of junk. (Editor)

This article is Part III of a series on high school plastics programs. (Editor)

New system of adhesives and veneers expands range of joinery methods students can use in woodworking and cabinetry. (Editor)

Tells how Warren Junior High School industrial arts classes, with the help of a National Defense Education Act (NDEA) grant designed, built, and debugged a solar energy collector system. (HD)

Describes a high school project in which the students construct a single-seater airplane from a kit. (MLH)

To update a traditional construction shop program, students at Passaic Valley High School, New Jersey, developed a mock-up model of a solar-heated A-frame vacation house using prefab construction. The article describes the project and illustrates it with photographs of the model and a drawing of the solar collector. (MF)

The design, construction, and operation of two university air supported buildings were treated as student projects, and were aimed at the development of planning, organizational, and constructional skills in the participating undergraduate students. (Author)

In the world of project execution, "design/build" is the convention. With its emphasis on the benefits of early involvement (integration of design, engineering execution, design-build, procurement, and construction decisions), it has become the dominant mode (Rothman, 2004). In this project, students explore the design/build principle of…

A view of construction from the window of a first-grade classroom was the catalyst for a multi-grade, multidisciplinary curriculum project at St. Patrick's Episcopal Day School in Washington, DC. This article provides background information on the school and the project, and details the students' work. The project description includes how the…

The Lucia Mar (California) school system turned to a high school industrial arts class when no money could be found to construct a needed administration building. The project provided a new building, at half the cost of conventional construction, and valuable job training for many secondary students. (Author/WD)

This packet contains 25 single-page plans for agricultural mechanics projects. Each plan consists of a one-page set of drawings of the object to be made with a list of needed materials, a cut list, and step-by-step construction procedures on the back of the page. Plans for the following wood projects are included: bluebird house, lawn seat, dog…