Rahway Academy
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RAHWAY ACADEMYOur take on “Project STEAM”
8th grade Art Cycle students, spend approximately 5 weeks designing, and building their own guitars.
Our students learn how sound reaches our ears and how guitars make sound. They then watch a short video that explains how real acoustic guitars are
made.Students then learn how to safely use hot glue guns
and x-acto knives, and cardboard that has been recycled from what our school throws away on a daily basis, they then construct a functioning acoustic guitar of
their own design!Please enjoy some of the pictures from my class!
Jenn Swisstack(Art Teacher)
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Students learn how to Use cutting tools..
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And VIOLA! We Create guitars
Our guitars take many shapes and designs….
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..there’s even double guitars…
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The best part about this project was that out of the entire 8th grade class of about 275 students, each guitar was like a
fingerprint, each one was unique to that student!