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| Date |
Class Activity |
| March 31, 2003 |
First classroom presentation: A Brief History of Railroading in the U.S.
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| April 1, 2003 |
Sugar beet seeds are planted
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| April 2, 2003 |
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| April 3, 2003 |
Railroading Vocabulary: Part Two
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| April 14, 2003 |
Santa Maria Valley Railroad
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| April 21, 2003 |
First day that the Train Layout (HO) is in the classroom: ground covering is applied.
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| April 23, 2003 |
- Santa Maria Valley history
- Ground texturing continues
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| April 25, 2003 |
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| April 28, 2003 |
- How to Read a Railroad Switch (PDF student worksheet, 46Kb). [You'll need the Adobe Acrobat Reader for PDF files. It's free.]
- First shot at running a locomotive on the HO layout
- Work on the divider scenery continues
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| April 30, 2003 |
- Operations practice continues
- Work on layout buildings: facades and painting
- Work on background divider
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| May 2, 2003 |
- Realia "show and tell" (from the Foster collection). Students label the items as we discuss them in preparation for the Open House and for their vocabulary and reports.
- Hand signals [PDF, 24kb] on the railroad.
- Painting and divider work continues.
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| May 5, 2003 |
Layout work and operations practice continues
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| May 7, 2003 |
Layout work and operations practice continues
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May 9, 2003
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| May 13, 2003 |
Amtrak trip from Guadalupe to Santa Barbara, including a visit to "Art from Scrap".
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| May 15, 2003 |
- Dress rehearsal with visits from other classrooms (daytime).
- AASRR Open House for parents and guests (evening). Students presented their: Final Reports, Short Stories, the Railroad Realia, and the HO Layout of the SMVRR circa 1950s.
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