Curated OER
Agriculture Carpentry Skills
A selection of pictures showing students working together to build a house. The sequence follows the formation of floor, walls, trusses and roof. There is not much technical information but it would be useful to illustrate the main...
Curated OER
Materials Engineering: Designing Walls
Students discover how the matierals in the earth can be used to make walls and buildings. They examine the Great Wall of China and its engineering. They complete the unit by creating their own wall from a design they drew.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: I Had Not Minded Walls
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "I Had Not Minded -- Walls --", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Ellie Wen and can access a printable version of this piece.
Careers New Zealand
Career Nz: Plasterer
This site contains information on becoming a plasterer in New Zealand. While some of the information is specific to New Zealand, most of it is uniform to the career.