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Mini Tipi Workshop: Engineering Focus

Mini Tipi Workshop: Engineering Focus

FOCUS: Indigenous Ways of Knowing / Engineering / Mathematics / Design / Art 


In the engineering focus, participants will be working on the setting up of the tipi. May include design based on duration (Colouring/painting is done post-workshop) or other aspects of engineering that affect strenght and airflow. Includes history, geography, social studies, symbology and some language use.


Grade/unit: All ages and grades. Bernouli's principle demo available. 


School supplies needed: markers or paints/brushes/water. Canvas painting/design is done separately in class post this workshop.


Provided materials: prepared tipi canvases, other tipi kit supplies.  Outcome: an unpainted tipi set up.


DURATION: 1 to 1.5 hour / class


COST: $200.00 presenter + presenter travel outside of Calgary

            $150.00 / class for multiple sessions in one location on one day

            $20 / kit / youth (Indigenous youth in attendance are free.)

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