We completed a lesson on Small Wares which included completion of a graphic organizer, visual demonstration of use of hand tools, textbook pictures of tools we did not have, and a hard copy was given to kids with fill in spaces for them to define and draw a picture of tools and place in their binders. The culmination of this lesson was the most fun part. The kids had a blast and told me we should do this more often.
The kids were split into their assigned groups and had to use the hard copy of the hand tools list and locate as many tools as they could find in the storage area of the lab. They had 15 minutes to locate as many tools as they could.
This activity allowed them to have fun while learning where the tools were kept. All the storage areas were numbered and they had to put the number of each area on the relevant tool. On the day this assignment was completed we had a quiz first then ended the day with the Scavenger hunt. I saved the most exciting activity for last as we learned in NTI. This was a lesson I taught went well.
It's amazing how we can use the lessons learned at NTI to create our own version of that lesson. I never thought of myself as creative (still don't) but at least I can use the lessons learned as a "template" and change them up a bit to suite my needs. I am so thankful for all the many things that I learned from NTI and it appears that others are to.
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