Welcome to the adventure...

I am starting this blog with the idea that it will be a way to share what we are doing within an experimental science class that explores scientific inquiry though art glass.  We have finished the first week and so far most of the students have complied with the safety requirements and are on their way to learning glazing skills.  All students have completed the basic steps of learning the tools that we will be using and how to use the cutters, runners and grozers to score glass, run the score, and groze off the sharp points.  They have learned some basic vocab and have put together their science notebooks.  Because we will be using art glass to learn about science, the notebooks are a critical part of the daily routine within the class.  We finished the week by adding a periodic table of elements to our science notebooks and indicating which of the elements we have encountered so far in our studies on glass.  I will try to photograph the notebooks so that we have a chronicle of our progress.  This course relies heavily on earth science, biology, and chemistry.  We will be exploring mosaics, stained glass, and hot glass work with kilns.