Instead of handing a student a book and just saying do this, my goal was to teach "project-based learning" by handing students guitars and the guitar parts, something they can hold in their hand.
The guitar body was cut out of kiln dried cherry on the CNC Machine (seen in background) |
For the students that don't get picked as top design, If he or she wants to pay for the construction of their design to be built that is also acceptable. The funding for this project comes from fund-raising. Parts are also salvaged from old beat up guitars as well. This project is a big project and could not have been finished as smoothly with out the help of Jason Sosa, the instructor of Construction I.
The career paths that designing and building guitars relate to are varied, careers like: Industrial Design, Graphic Design, Mechanical Engineering, Marketing, Construction, Electrical Engineering, etc...
Dylan even presented this project during this years state Skills USA competition in Class Project Display. However, WE did not win... :( |