Construction Kids

By: Allison

Construction Kids this year taught the 5th graders about building. For example, we learned to use a hammer and we built something like a pinball machine but with a marble. It was easier than what I thought it would be to make it. The materials we needed were: Wood, Nails, Marker, Marble, and a Hammer. All we really needed to do is mark the path on where we wanted the marble to go, then place the wood down, place a nail over it, and hammer the nail down until we thought it was hammered enough.

We needed to be really careful on how we hammered. For example, when we wanted a nail high we had to hold it and hammer lightly. We used a 14 ounce hammer. Also, when we were done with placing and hammering the nails we made sure to check the bottom of the marble pinball machine for any nails sticking out. If we saw any we hammered it so that if we used the machine we wouldn’t scratch ourselves.

We also got to use sandpaper to rub against the wood so that there wasn’t any extra wood. We also got to practice before we started putting nails into the wood. We hammered nails into styrofoam.