Finishing fabrication of Delta Darts

I personally believe that today's instruction went much better than yesterday's. As was suggested, Brock and I made a demo version of the Delta Dart partially assembled on the cardboard and tracing paper. We then had students gather around the demo while we demonstrated the process and steps to finish fabrication. The questions that were asked today were somewhat repetitive but nothing near the amount we had yesterday. One of the things that I learned today, however, was that lesson plans can come in very handy. We didn't have a full lesson plan for today since we hadn't planned on taking two days to fabricate the Delta Darts. We had drafted a mini lesson plan in which we outlined what we wanted to accomplish for the day. The difficulty came in knowing approximately how much time we should spend on each task. We ended up spending too much time on finishing gluing and waiting until each student was ready for the "next big step" before proceeding. As a teacher it is important for me to know when I can move forward and know that most of the students are not only ready for the next step but that those who aren't quite there yet will be able to catch up. All in all, today's instruction went very well. I am looking forward to watching the students fly their Delta Darts on Monday.