| Play Structure: Developing a Game Plan (9 a.m. - 11 a.m.) |
From "Warehouse Warriors"
episode WHW-104 |
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The Teams: Two teams of players from the National Indoor Football League The Project: Kids' Play Structure The Timeframe: 8 hours (9 a.m. - 5 p.m.) Using teamwork to design and build a winning playset should be no problem for these guys! Before they engage in competition, we meet the teams: Red Team (Ohio Valley Greyhounds) Baron "Birdie" Dockery
William "Bunny" Jefferson
Allan Jackson
Blue Team (Tennessee Thundercats) Tony Scolieri
Daren Rothenburg
Broderick Simpson
First Quarter: Developing a Game Plan (9 a.m. - 11 a.m.) Red Team Activity Journal (9 a.m. - 11 a.m.) - The Red Team begins by developing a game plan. The team decides how best to tackle the challenge and spends extra time designing their play structure. The team decides on a two-story structure with a ground-level sandbox, swing and slide.
- With a plan in place, the Red Team begins measuring and cutting the lumber (figure A) needed for the base and overhead platform of the structure.
- Once the pieces have been cut, the team assembles the base for the play structure and adds floor joists to the overhead platform (figure B).
- The team proceeds to measure and cut lumber for the upright supports.
Blue Team Activity Journal (9 a.m. - 11 a.m.) - To warm up, the Blue Team takes inventory of equipment and supplies before developing a design. The team decides that a five-sided structure that includes a center opening for a rope ladder, climbing wall, slide and swing will best utilize their abilities and supplies.
- With a design in hand, the team starts running the play. They begin by cutting lumber for the upright supports, leaving extra lumber for extended footers.
- Next the team cuts lumber for the base frame (figure C).
- The base is secured to the upright supports to create a frame structure.
- Then the team raises the support frame (figure D) before measuring and cutting wood for the overhead platform.
Want to know more about the products used on Warehouse Warriors? Click here for a complete list of tools, materials and supplies available to our teams.
RESOURCES :
Top Choice Lumber
Available at Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse
Swingsets, Inc. (playsets and accessories)
Swingsets, Inc.
Website: www.swingsetsinc.com
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