Playing in the Mud?

While not exactly "play" or mud, making cob at Nana Cardoon's was an absolute giddy joy. Just look at their faces...

Richard guided the Swallows as they mixed soil, clay, sand and water by dancing (really.. we did the twist) to create a building material similar to adobe. With plans to create a cob bench in our school garden, we needed to have some experience with the material.

We shared our experience with our Owl buddies (Level 3, Chris) and then worked with our buddies and the cob to try and create invertebrate inspired bench models. It was messy and tricky, but we learned a lot about working as partners and the limitations of the material. Last week buddies took a step back and drew plans for their bench design. The designs are inventive and indicate applied understanding about the material.

Tomorrow we will meet with the Owls again to create 3-d models of these plans. Our goal is to propose one of these benches for the FGCS garden to be built during the VBC. We will keep you posted.