Cycling for student futures

I have a number of science 10 students who need to do course selections that will direct their whole futures in just a few months. They say that they do not need math or science 10 because they are going to do trades. The fastest mental math people I know are construction workers and plumbers.

When asked if they have ever done anything like trades before, they say no. So they are deciding the futures having never built anything, never held a wrench or a hammer. They need a project to help them legitimately pass my sci 10 class, but more importantly help them discover things about themselves to better inform their upcoming decisions.

Thanks to Anglophone East giving us a $500 sustainability grant and Desjardin giving us a $2800 grant, we were able to purchase two bikes. Thank you for 4 other local bike shops for submitting proposals. Explore Velo had the best proposal. The bikes arrived and over the holidays, I spent days disassembling perfectly good and tuned up bikes right down to the frame.

Starting next week, these same students will get to practice using a wrench and reading directions, and research youtube videos to assemble the bikes. Fingers crossed.