Living Above The Sharks - Day 1 - Week 1 (Mark Day School)

Tinkering School 2019 launched today with 24 eager students. We set group agreements, talked about the goals for the week, practiced good technique with the drill, chop saw and clamps… and that was just the first half of the day!

After lunch we revealed the week's provocation:

What if we lived over a shark-filled ocean? Our two main builds are a house with a zip-line system, and a heli-pad and island with a way to get between them.

Students sketched their ideas…

…and then shared them in a “gallery walk” where they identified common features

The students spent the afternoon finalizing designs, cutting wood for islands and pilings and discussing how to make a house that sits high in the sky stable enough to support a zip line!

Click through the gallery below for a few more photos from our day. We will also be posting many, many more photos from throughout the week on our Flickr page.