Mitre Box Kit
PROJECT – CLASS SET
Description
Provide learners with a project that requires them to work with angles and practice spatial reasoning the same way a finish carpenter would when installing trim around windows and doors. Learners will use tape measures, hand saws and miter boxes to cut and glue fiberboard trim on a cardboard box. Students will be challenged to visualize the orientation of each angle and direction of cuts to accurately mount trim pieces on the box.
Featured Trade: Carpentry, Plumbing
Contributors: Colton Garner, Warren Anderson, Brody Forster, Kiri Stolz
Concepts: Angles (90, 45, 22.5), measurement (Imperial or Metric), complementary angles, transformations, fractions, decimals
Grade(s): Grades 5-10
Suggested Curricular Alignments
Grade 5-8 Math – Shape and Space – Measurement
Grade 5-8 Math – Shape and Space – 2D and 3D Shapes
Grade 5-8 Math – Shape and Space – Transformations
Tools Included
- Fiberboard trim 150’ (2)
- Mitre box
- Clamps (36)
- Tape measures (12)
- Carpentry pencils (24)
- Hand saw (12)
- Glue gun (6) *
- Glue sticks (50)*
- Safety glasses (30)*
- Gloves 12pk (2)*
*not pictured
