East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1962-12-06

EAST CLEVELAND LEADER
what living arrangements would
have to be made for human
beings staying there for an ex-
tended time.
Go In Body
All the fourth, fifth, and
sixth grade classes of Superior
School went to the space fair
in a body. From their reports,
many of which we have seen.
they didn't miss much. One boy
from Superior volunteered to
serve as demonstration helper
for a lecturer at one of the sci
entific talks, and he got spec
ial thrill out of being a part
of the program.
Notebooks Of pamphlets,
newspaper clippings, and
themes on subjects connected
with the exhibition have been
prepared by many of the Su-
perior children. These will
serve to remind them Of the
things they saw there, and will
help to keep the various strange
names like Mastiff, Echo, Tel
star, Agena. X-15 and many
others straight in their minds.
/ All in all, the National Aero
nautics and Space Administra-
tion fair was one Of the biggest
and best events to come to our
city in some years. If they do
travel over the country with it.,
as they are thinking of doing,
we will have the satisfaction
of having been the first city
to see it. And the children of
this area, and their elders, too,
will remember it for a long
time.
Meanwhile, Back on Earth
A project involving geo.
graphy and touching on the field
of social studies as well, has
been under way recently in the
two fourth grade rooms OF Miss
Grace Conaway and Miss Anita
Eastburn at Mayfair School. 1t
has involved, among other
things, the construction of
papier mache globes represent
ing the Earth, showing on them
the oceans, the continents, and
some of the artificial marks
such as the Equator.
Using instructions furnished
by the geography book itself,
the children fashioned globes
by laying wet paper on inflated
balloons and allowing it to hard
en-. Then they painted the sur
face blue (for the preponderant
ocean surface), and pasted pa
per continents on it of the right
size, shape and position. The
areas of the continents were
then colored with crayon to
show high, low, wet, and dry
regions.
Some Surprises
One of the surprising things
that the children first noticed
was how much ocean there
was-three fourths of the total
Earth's surface Furthermore,
they got the round "feel" of
the globe, something that a
flat map in a textbook cannot
give them.
For instance, if they were
to fly from New York to Tokyo
by way Of Alaska, they would
think from a flat map that
they were going far out of
their way; but their globe tells
them a different (and much |
truer) story.
Delicacy and accuracy of
work was necessary when deal
ing with a balloon, to start
with, in the construction of
their globes; and from then on
each step in their project re-
1uired them to use great care
to get their worlds made just
right.
Furthermore, by walking
with their globes around a light
representing the sun, and by
twirling their Earths as they
lid so, they could see how day,
night, and the seasons of the
year are produced. This infor-
nation is told to them by their
textbook, but it meant so much
more to them when they could
see it happen.
New Floors
Some of the classroom floors
at Calendoria School are being
'e-made this fall, with the old
noisy wood torn out and replac-
I'd by concrete and tile flooring.
During this alteration, which
S proceeding one room at a
lime, the class affected picks
Up and moves to another room