Attached above are three artifacts of students in action or planning, as well as my lesson plan for etching.

All three artifacts tie back to my content in metal-smithing. In the first photo there is a student using a saw to saw plexi-glass, this student and I worked together often in this process to get the saw in perfect tightness, because it kept breaking.

The second photo shows planning from a student. When she was coming up with her original metal three layer object she was really stuck so I introduced her to an artist named Thomas Man. Thomas Man is a metal-smith artist who makes work that is layered and really trinket looking, one of his ideas is this layered little robot that comes in a set that is earrings, that is where she got her idea. With her plan also I encouraged her to draw things to size and draw where all connections will be so when it comes to creating it will e easier.

The third photo was actually from the soapstone carving project. Many students had a hard time with this project. in this photo the student is using a rawhide mallet instead of a heaver hammer. From my experience with working with rawhide this type of hammer is really for finishing metal or moving it without causing a texture on it. I had told the student if she wants to break a piece of the stone off we need a different hammer because the weight will cause a greater force.  She did not want a different hammer because "the other hammers are too loud". She still was able to break some of the stone off with the rawhide mallet, it just took a little longer.

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As for my developmental level in this standard I feel like I am proficient. I can connect areas of art/art history in many things that the students are working on. I am still growing however. I know the basics of clay but I need to work/ explore the things I don't know such as the throwing wheel, or the mixing of different glazes.I can answer most questions but when it comes to pottery my knowledge is limited.