: "assembly line" approaches teach very little.

: Most learning comes from solving problems. If you have an assembly line,
: there are fewer problems to solve and lessons to learn per person.

: When you are done, you will have many kaayks but no one will have the skill
: to build a kayak.

As usual George, you miss the point. The idea was to free up and limit necessary resources. If the scouts work in teams moving along with their boats, they will indeed learn all the steps. As one group moves off the forms, the next group reuses them. Building, setting up, and housing 17 sets of forms would be an enormous waste of time and material. There are also the inherent lessons to be learned in team work, communication and the logistical planning skills necessary to carry out such a large project.

Bill