At the end of the day, you have a big stack of logs to get back to the village. Tell why you chose the method you picked. Tell how you could find the psi of the load of wood if the size of the pile is one meter by two meters by one meter high and it weighs 250 kilograms. Put yourself on the graph to show your psi. Students will summarize in journals and make a presentation to interested family members regarding what they learned about snowshoes.
Students collect natural and recycled material useful for making survival snowshoes.
They then construct a pair of snowshoes from the materials. Include traditionally made snowshoes if desired for comparison. Have elders and peers judge effectiveness. Students with teacher complete the KWL chart that was started at the beginning of the unit. State how to choose snowshoes for different uses, and how to care for them.