One of the projects that the Eldest is working on is way beyond anything that I ever did in 4th grade. He had to read five books, take a test on them, do a thinking map for each book, complete a bibliography for each, create a project that shows off his topic (which was space) and make a presentation on it which for him also will be including a powerpoint slide show. I never had to do anything like this until I was in high school.
I have never seen a 10 year old yet that had any sort of time management skills. I've had to stand over him for the past two months with a whip in order for him to get this thing finished. It didn't help that he chose to make such a huge (1/40th scale) and involved creative project either. But, it's finally finished! We just have to get it safely to the classroom tomorrow morning.
Here's the final product:
In retrospect, we should have gone without an opening cargo bay, but this is what he wanted. It does open and they do have tiny little one inch hinges holding them on. He applied a thick coat of Modge Podge to it last night to seal it and harden it a little bit more. I'm very proud of him with this project. Not many 10 year olds could tackle a paper mache project of this size and have it turn out this well. I think it turned out great, but I'm just a wee bit biased!
