Vandermont

With respect, honor, and gratitude, thank you, Veterans. 🇺🇸

When 4/5th level kids saw a need at a local farm, they set out to serve that need as just 1️⃣ of their tasks they chose to tackle for the first Quest! (they also have created tallow for beauty products starting from a huge piece of frozen meat, made chicken boxes for their baby chickens they're raising and tending to in the coop, composting all lunch and trash at school they can for the garden boxes, canning jams… amongst tons of other learning!) Figuring out how to make a big pig’s feed trough sturdy enough that she can’t move it was challenging, and they decided on a concrete one. So these young learners had to design and develop mold prototypes, build the wooden/metal mold/frame, and then fill it with concrete. But they first had to figure out how much concrete they needed, mix it, and pour it. Building the frame/mold was challenging because everything must be done in reverse. Calculating how much concrete you need and then how many bags of it to purchase to get what you need is also huge math for these young minds. … and they did it ALL!