I knew a unit on Construction would be fun for 3-year-old Teddy (and his grown-up counterpart, 12-year-old Sebastian) but I didn't anticipate how interesting ALL of us would find it! We have a few friends who are in the field of construction management, so we loved talking to them and getting to know a little more about what a construction career is like.
A few miscellaneous links:
This video shows the process and sequence of house construction
This PVC house looks like something Seb would love to build. Maybe we'll try it another time.
Here's one of a zillion videos you can watch showing tiny houses for sale. They are so cute! I knew this was kind of becoming a trend, but I didn't know HOW popular these tiny houses have gotten. Apparently there are whole reality shows about them, etc.
We always like a good implosion/demolition video! There are more demolition resources here, from our Fireworks Unit. The girls did this same demolition activity with blocks again, and they loved it!
This bridge demolition was pretty cool too (done with heavy equipment, not explosives).
Some pictures of the night we had a guest speaker who is an Estimator for a construction company:
Kids listening to our guest speaker (enthralled) :)
He showed us his construction estimating software, and even bought some huge floor plans/blueprints for us to look at! It was awesome.
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