Engineering/Home ec continued from Day 3-designed and sewed waterproof seat cushion covers for next time we need to sit on a wet bumpy log while out trail riding. Carissa and Katie did the sewing.
Repentance/do it right the first time- kids learned how it is much easier to sew it correctly the first time than it is to unpick your sewing mistakes with a seam ripper, then have to redo it all, especially with heavy upholstery thread. But everything is fixable.
History- after a discussion during sewing project above about how we were actually doing an assembly line making it faster and easier to complete the project. Watched an episode of the documentary: The Men Who Built America on Henry Ford.
Animal Science- Dog grooming, clipping and cleaning.
Chemistry- learning we have at least 3 chemicals on hand, other than bleach, that kill Corona Virus among other things.
Shop class & Math - Brittney made a much needed saddle pad rack for the horse trailer. She had to use actual algebra to calculate the length of rope needed, with knot, measurements. Plus had to add in fractions for the pipe diameter. Paper was required. She calculated perfectly, that A in Algebra 2 is paying off in the real world.
Mechanical Engineering/mechanics- Scott and Brittney put a new chain on "Shina" the horse pedal cart. Turned out to be quite the mechanical problem but was solved, by thinking outside the "box" and learned how to use a new bike chain tool. FINALLY got to drive Shina! Wow this fix it project has been years in the making!
PE- Good ole fashion country fun, floating an old hubcap down the ditch and through the "tunnels" chasing it down stream along the road and doing it all over again.
Another full day of learning on the farm!
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