The next day, back at the class after the tour of Apè gama, we selected a collection of natural materials that were a miniature scale of what we had seen in real life. The models that the students came up with were INCREDIBLE.
Read MoreWe explore a village in the city to understand ecological ways of living through traditional, vernacular ways of life.
Read MoreMapping big and making a playful, colorful three dimensional model of our dream city!
Read MoreThe City is our classroom on this double decker adventure.
Read More‘Do you see the humps on the road?’ ‘How many garbage trucks are parked across the playground?’ ‘Did anyone notice the staircases leading to all the houses? How many are there?’
We accepted any answer.
Read MoreWe had students come to the white-board to draw the class table, the cupboard, the computers, the trees outside, even a car in a ‘bird’s eye view’.
Read MoreWe stacked the boxes back up and it looked pretty great! It was well over 7 feet tall and the kids impressed themselves with the scale of their own work.
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