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Duct Tape Wallets
Did you know that astronauts on Apollo 17 used duct tape to repair a broken fender on their Lunar Roving Vehicle (or moonbuggy?) Duct tape can be used for so many things. The sky is the limit. Over the next two days, students in 4th and 5th grade will be dropping by to make duct tape wallets to hold their library cards. Students will use challenge cards and a video to follow the steps to making a wallet. When the wallet is complete and time permits, students will write in a journal about their experience. What was most difficult? What did they like the most? What would they do differently if they were to make another one? Lastly, students will draw an item that they believe could be designed using duct tape. The best part, the students will have a wallet to take home with them. Please check out this website for more information: https://ducttapewalletstation.weebly.com
Gay-Milliken, L. (2018). Duct Tape Wallet. [photograph]. CC BY-NC
Learning
Objectives
4.7 The student will estimate and measure length, and describe the result in both metric and U.S. Customary units.
4.7 The student will write cohesively for a variety of purposes;
Focus on one aspect of a topic.
Write two or more related paragraphs on the same topic.
Use transition words for sentence variety.
Utilize elements of style, including word choice and sentence variation.
5.8 The student will edit writing for correct grammar, capitalization, spelling, punctuation, sentence structure, and paragraphing.
VDOE. (2010). English Standards of Learning for Virginia Public Schools. Retrieved April 8, 2018, from http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/ standards_docs/ english/2010/stds_english4.pdf
VDOE. (2009). Mathematics Standards of Learning for Virginia Public Schools. Retrieved April 8, 2018, from http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/ standards_docs/mathematics/2009/stds_math4.pdf
Article
Klein, Z. (2015). How Minecraft and Duct Tape Wallets Prepare Our Kids for Jobs that Don't Exist Yet. Retrieved from https://www.edsurge.com/news/2015-05-26-how-minecraft-and-duct-tape-wallets-prepare-our-kids-for-jobs-that-don-t-exist-yet
Video
SophiesWorldVideo. (2012, May 21). How to Make a Duct Tape Wallet|Sophie’s World [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_
continue=3&v=rkzkRz8e0AQ
Challenge
Gay-Milliken, L. (2018, March 18). Duct Tape Wallet Challenge Cards. Retrieved from https://www.canva.com/design/DACxhJtOdr0/iP_KK0o9McDMF2zGHHn60g/
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1. Put the challenge cards in order. Once you think the cards are in the correct order, go to step #2.
2. Watch the video about how to make a duct tape wallet. Were your cards in order? If not, put them in the correct order.
3. Using the materials provided, follow the challenge cards and the video to make your duct tape wallet.
4. Write in your journal about the experience you had making the wallet. What was easy? What was hard? What would you do differently next time?
5. In your journal, sketch an idea for something else you think you could make from duct tape.
Steps
Materials
and Budget
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Rolls of Duct Tape: 5 variety packs @ $23.41 = 117.05
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8 pairs of Duct Tape Scissors @ $10.97 = 87.76
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16 pack rulers @ $8.88 = 8.88
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24 pack of Journal Books: 13 @ 15.49 = 201.37
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9 x 9 Duct Tape Fabric prepared in advance by parent volunteers
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iPads and/or laptops: School Issued
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20 Challenge Cards: printed and laminated using school supplies