At various times throughout the last several weeks we have had the opportunity to work with Eddie Merma and Palo Coleman as part of our artist residency.  The focus of this years residency was building and design.  With Eddie we helped in the construction of a play hive that will eventually be placed on the Mad River Path.  With Palo we used bamboo to help create a balancing bridge and climbing structure.  Children enjoyed being part of the building process and the opportunity to explore using tools, and they especially seemed to enjoy playing on and in the new creations!  This was a perfect segue into our first Project Lead the Way science unit which is Structure and Function:  Exploring Design.