Today was our 4th class working outside on our Art Installation project. We continued our tasks of collecting large rocks, cutting discs of wood, digging, and breaking up the mound of dirt in what will be the center of the spiral formation. The largest group today seemed to be the digging group, who are responsible for clearing the land in the widest part of the installation, in order to create the stairs that will travel down the hill. Some methods that students were using to do this were:
- breaking up mounds of dirt and grass with a shovel or rake.
- shoveling loose dirt into buckets that are deposited into the center of the spiral.
- edging the sides of the formation with a small spade.
Aquipped with 4 new shovels, we had a few more diggers than previous days and were able to clear a good portion of the land today. The only problem was that the buckets of dirt were filling up quickly and needed to be emptied often. And they were heavy! But we came up with a few SMArt solutions to transport the dirt more efficiently.
We decided to use several of the orange buckets at a time, as well as a large tarp. We also thought of using the wheelbarrow to empty large amounts of dirt at one time with little effort. Which do you think was the best method?
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