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Arcology Progress

October 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment

Yippee! One sixth grade class has begun their pages on our Wiki, documenting the model arcologies they have been building. We have had a hard time scheduling the computer lab, so we have just been building and building and photographing along.  I hope you enjoy it as it grows!

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A Wiki for the Arcology Project

September 29th, 2008 · 4 Comments

I am setting up a Wiki for my sixth grade classes to document their work building model arcologies. We look at the work of visionary architect Paolo Soleri, the inventor of the arcology, and talk about how we might structure a community so that cars are unnecessary. Students self-select groups of two, three or four [...]

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Collaboration with social studies in 4th grade map project

September 15th, 2008 · No Comments

Last week we made our Fourth Grade Red Clay Maps of Georgia! We have done this project for many years, and it is big but it runs pretty smoothly. Students work with thier Social Studies teacher to label and cut out a paper pattern of the state of Georgia. Then they come to my art [...]

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