Small Craft Build underway

We are off and running,

We have three small craft projeects within Merfs' CAT gorup.
The:
Pippie.
4.0 M Dory.
2.5 M Dinghy.

Each of these projects have google docs as places for student collaborative discussion and recording.
They are:
PIPPIE
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YuSbYSbsIk5tfbCV6TUu2YBlEz7Yzt62Dpqznj-Rc3M/mobilebasic?hl=en_GB
4.0 M DORY
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1v91D3ousa1b3MVQe5N856ge-oXSnN5_8xAcOSh1ykA8/mobilebasic?pli=1&hl=en_GB
2.5 M DINGHY
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LF6nCvCVnZm6n29SFphdiM-tVo7Fb5drhWneJ2vQnlw/mobilebasic?hl=en_GB

The need for students' to discover analyse and communicate information in order to build their small craft has brought into play the capabilities learned in their Boatbuilding course to date.
AutoCAD and Lofting skills are being used daily to enable transfer of knowledge from one literacy (design/theoretical) into practical literacy (building).

We have discussed and changed some design and build processes through student growing understanding.
An example might be allowing students' to discover and decide where the frames to their boats are positioned in relation to the station lines e.g. fwd or aft of the lines.
Another example is the Pippie deisgn where we decided to rearrange the building jig to allow some secure holding for the transom bow. Changing the lap method along the garboard to topsides join is also a velopment that is testing student resolve and critical development.

The following stuff is from a classroom discussion and session around embedding into blogger.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-7I00cZUE0&feature=player_detailpage






http://www.alexcphoto.com/project/Theboat/transom4.jpg


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