the very real constraint that I not make too big of a mess in the
thought of outlawing paddles and requiring teams to make
school’s pool.
waterwheels to better draw connections to simple machines.
Next year I plan to more emphatically and intentionally push the
aesthetic side of the boats by tying in with the culture and
tradition of dragon boat races and/or Red Bull’s National Flugtag
event. Along with the lack of aesthetic consideration, we also lost
This project’s shortcoming slisted above does not make it a
failure. Quite the contrary. I know this project is ripe with great
cross-disciplinary possibilities and I look forward to fine-tuning for
years to come. Godspeed ye’ scurvy dogs!
sight of one of my initial goals, the exploration of ecology, waste,
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and pollution. While we were able to repurpose huge chunks of
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styrofoam, we also went through heaps of packing tape and
cellophane wrap. To limit our own contribution to the waste
stream, I plan on more drastically limiting students’ material
choices next year. In some ways, I think this limitation will also
encourage greater creativity. Finally, I plan on implementing more )ѡ