Happy 150th Birthday WV from Blenko Glass

http://www.wvgazette.com/News/201306200026

Here is an article from the West Virginia Gazette of fans lining up for the 150th birthday of WV glass piece. They only made 150 of them and they went fast.

Students can relate this to the history of WV. This would be a great introduction article for an 8th grade WV history class.


Here is the 150th WV birthday vase.

Have you every heard..."Why do I have to learn this?"

I found this TED talks video. (It is a little lenghty.) However, it links the sciences with the arts. I know so many kids who have asked me..."Why do I have to learn this?" Here it is!

Mae Jemison was the first African-American astronaut in space. She is also a dancer, art collector and doctor. She links them quite well. I love it! So all you science people and artistic people need to watch. She is an excellent speaker and very intelligent.

Seems Easy Enough (Recycling Too)

I did a video earlier on recycling glass. This is the making of some ceramic pieces and finishing them off. They use saw dust and use it to fire the ceramic pieces.

This also can relate to the trip last year on timber. If the people from last year remember, we visited a company called Hammer Pellet Fuel. They used sawdust to make pellets for fires. This is another use. This video is an excellent way to recycle and link the past two trips together.

Eye Glasses

Kind of a lengthy video. But an excellent source using glass for different reasons besides dinnerware.
Students should be able to use this video to talk about the different uses for glass. I thought that it was a very informative video. Very interesting to us who have to wear eye glasses.

21 Steps to Blow Glass

How-To Glass Blowing

This website shows excellent steps in blowing glass. I am going to use this in my lesson plans to teach the students on the art of glass and the history it holds in the heatrs of every West Virginian. My students will use these pictures as a study guide to remember the steps.

Trust me...it's hot!!

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