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Topic: Orono Middle School Projects
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R.Glueck
Member Posts: 115
From: Winterport, Maine, USA
Registered: Jul 2004
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posted 11-25-2007 09:45 PM
   
In reference to the 1/48th Orion Model, these are some of the aerospace projects my sixth grade students have done over the past 16 years. All labor was done by kids, including the scale drawings. Advice and guidance was under the guidance of myself and a second teacher who worked as my partner.1902 Wright Glider on Cadillac Mtn., Acadia Nat. Park- 
Gemini capsule-  
Shuttle Flight Deck- 
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R.Glueck
Member Posts: 115
From: Winterport, Maine, USA
Registered: Jul 2004
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posted 11-25-2007 09:51 PM
A few more images-Apollo EVA Suits- 
1896 Chanute glider-  1878 Ritchel airship-  Me and two projects as NASA Glenn R.C.-  After 30 years of teaching sixth graders, I'm ready for a break. Anybody have any ideas about careers for a teacher in search of a new direction? |
tegwilym
Member Posts: 2331
From: Sturgeon Bay, WI
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 11-26-2007 01:57 AM
Can I take your class? I just look old for a 6th grader, but I assure you that I'm in the 5th grade right now. I'll be there in September for your class!  (Looks like your kids had fun) Tom
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cddfspace
Member Posts: 609
From: Morris County, NJ, USA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 11-26-2007 01:35 PM
Awesome! runnig projects like this, I think it is a fair bet that you will have a future astronaut on your hands!Hats off to you! Dennis |
R.Glueck
Member Posts: 115
From: Winterport, Maine, USA
Registered: Jul 2004
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posted 11-26-2007 09:33 PM
Thank you, guys. It takes a Hell of a lot of work to pull some of these off, and I was blessed with a teaching partner who was like a brother to me for a good number of these. Several projects, I pulled off on my own, and the scrounging, salvage, and math, I took on the lions share. We have produced several high school girls and boys who have gone on to become engineers, so perhaps it has done some good. Several things brought the large scale projects to a close. 1) My teaching partner made a major change in his domestic living situation and eventually moved away; 2) While I kept on with the projects for several years, somewhere in the process I began to learn I wasn't super-human; 3) No Child Left Unscathed, a really stupid program, conceived of by stupid people, made it impossible to do the types of things that inspire children and teachers to reach further than they ever thought possible.
In every project, kids had to draw scale plans, build a scale model, and work cooperatively on the large project. It became too much for one teacher to accomplish. Today, I limit myself to the plans and scale models. I have designed a WACO CG4a cargo glider which is built almost entirely of 8 ply poster board. The kids lay out the templates, and construct it for test flight, while learning the function of the plane parts. Last school year, an after school group built a 3 meter long model of a "Zeppelin", based loosely on the "Hindenburg". It hangs in the school library. In 2003, a model of the Wright 1903 Flyer we built went to the ISS and remained on orbit for a year and a half. I have a couple of kids who want to construct a scaled version of the "Orion" stack for the school this Spring. I hope I can make the time to allow them the opportunity. | |
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