I won't comment on whether George missed the point or not, but his point is valid if the project were done as a true assembly line. On an assembly line one person or team performs the same function time after time and would not develop the multiplle skills needed to complete a boat on his/their own. "If the scouts work in teams moving along with their boats," the project would not be an assembly line. A semantic issue but nevertheless valid. Tom

: 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