Chinese abacus project, made by kids at Laurelhurst School, Portland, Oregon Who invented the abacus? People in China started to use an abacus to help them with math problems maybe [...]
Kids with challenges ride special bikes in this bike race project (Wheels to Succeed) A Central Asia project As you can see from reading the Alpamysh, horse racing was a [...]
Sheep's wool to make felt What you need to make felt: raw wool from a sheep. Any color is fine. liquid dish soap bowl of hot water running water (a [...]
Homemade tie dyed shirt You'll need plain white cotton cloth, either just pieces of cloth or white T-shirts (but make sure they are 100 percent cotton!), and dye - the [...]
Batik project: an example of batik cloth Make your own batik cloth You'll need plain white cotton cloth, either just pieces of cloth or white T-shirts (but make sure they [...]
Mandala from Dunhuang Caves, 900s AD - make your own mandala project What is a mandala? The Indian word "mandala" means a circle. Buddhists all over East Asia made mandalas [...]
Chinese Garden, Portland, Oregon Many cities around the world have beautiful Chinese gardens. You can go visit these modern gardens to see what the gardens of Ming Dynasty China might [...]
A copper bracelet To understand what bronze is, you need to check out some copper, some tin, and some bronze. You can get copper wire out of any broken electrical [...]
Learn to speak a little like a person from Africa - try to learn how to make Xhosa clicks yourself - can you do it? How to make the click sounds in [...]
African salt caravan To have a chance to think about what these economic trades would have meant to African people, imagine you are one of these people (if you're in [...]
