Tools of the Trade

The thing that impressed me most from the trip to Blenko glass factory was the art created by such primitive tools.

Click here and here to see videos of the tools in action!

All to help create these beauties on my mantle! 

Please comment below which career you would like to have one day, and find a picture of one TOOL that trade needs. 

What does commemorate mean?

Today's task will be to discover what the word commemorate means and how it is connected to glass.

You will be able to use the clues from context and links provided in this blog post, but NOT the dictionary or dictionary.com. 

Answer these questions in a comment below. Don't forget to "sign" your comment with your first name. 

1. What does commemorate mean? 

2. Why do you believe glass is often used to commemorate a special event? 

3. Use commemorate/commemorative in a sentence that shows you know the meaning of the word. 

I first thought of this word on our state's 150th birthday. Read this article to see how Blenko commemorated this special day. 

Next, click on these commemorative pieces on eBay that people are selling. Read to see how much they are and what they are commemorating. 

Blenko Inquiry

Hi students!

I have exciting news! I will be touring Blenko Glass Factory in Milton, WV in June after school is out. I need your help! I will have the opportunity to ask questions, and I WONDER what you are WONDERING about glass and it's history in our area.

Check out the website to the factory I'll be touring. Click on the pages across the top of the webpage to access photos, videos, and more!

Read this blog post from my classmate about the history of the factory.

Post two questions you would ask based on the information you learned in your research of Blenko. Your questions need to be specific and show me that you now have BK (background knowledge) about the topic.

Marble Mystery

View the video:
 
Hobbies Now and Then from Mandy Flora on Vimeo.

Then comment with your responses below.

Glass Town: Ceredo

Who:  

What: 

Home to three glass factories: 

Ceredo Glass Works who made bottles and flasks. (1860-1861) 

Click here for an article about the Pike's Peak flask.

Sinclair Glass who made auto lenses, novelties, and giftware. (1938-1966) 

Pilgrim Glass Corporation who made tableware, cameo glass, art glass, and novelties. (1948-2001)

Click here for an article about Pilgrim Glass.
Click here for a video about Cameo glass, made by Pilgrim Glass Corporation.

When: 

Glass factories were in operation from 1860-2001.

Where:

Ceredo is a small town on the Ohio River. 

Wonder Tic-Tac-Toe

What is very fragile, see-through and comes in all the colors of the rainbow? 

Head on over to wonderopolis to see! Once you watch the video (as many times as needed) comment on this blog post with a paragraph using three words from this chart. Choose three words that create a tic-tac-toe. 

Chemist	Compound	Delicate
Furnace	COLOR	Experimentation
Molten	Fragile	Cullet

Glass Blowing Explored

Many of you were confused when we studied Jamestown glass as to what glassblowing was. I added two videos to help clear up this confusion. 

Watch this video, then comment with three things it makes you wonder.

Glass Blowing Explored from Ken G. Stewart on Vimeo.

  I WONDER if any of your WONDERINGS from the first video could be answered with this video?

Instructional Glass Blowing - Glass Blowing 101 from Michael L. Mann on Vimeo.