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An earthy material that is sticky and easily molded when wet and hard when baked
What is Clay?
A highly workable form of clay that is often used for pottery and molding. It can be made from dry clay by mixing it with water.
What is Plastic?
A type of oven that gets to very high temperatures to dry out and bake clay so it becomes a ceramic
What is a Kiln?
What tool do you need to roll out a slab?
What is a Rolling Pin?
Complete this Dr. Seuss sentence: “I do not like green eggs and ____________!”
What is Ham?
A rope-like piece of clay that is rolled out and used in the coil method of pottery making
What is a Coil?
A stage in the drying process of clay when it's stiff enough to handle but still wet enough to shape.
What is Leather Hard?
This is what its called when you put your dried clay into the clay. The act of firing it.
What is Firing?
What happens if your try to shape clay that is dried out?
What is It Cracks?
Seven stars that form a large ladle or spoon-shaped pattern in the sky are known as what?
What is the Big Dipper?
A flat, even piece of clay that can be rolled out to any shape or size
What is a Slab?
When it has lost all the moisture that it possibly can before being fired.
What is Bone Dry?
How hot does the Kiln get?
The act of using a took to add indentations and removing clay from your piece.
What is Carving Away?
What Nickelodeon TV show featured Steve, Blue, Mr. Salt, Mrs. Pepper and Mailbox among other characters?
What is Blue's Clues?
A process that involves kneading, cutting, and slamming clay to prepare it for use in pottery
What is Wedging?
Clay objects when they have been shaped but have not yet been fired
What is Greenware?
A liquid suspension of finely ground minerals that is applied to clay to create a glossy coating. Adds color and a protective coating.
What is Glaze?
Why is wedging important?
What is to Get The Air Bubbles Out?
In 1776, the United States declared its independence from what country?
What is Great Britain?
The process of scratching or roughing up the surface of a piece of clay with a pointed tool and adding water to connect pieces of clay.
What is Slipping and Scoring?
Hard, brittle, and heat-resistant materials made by firing clay in a kiln at very high temperatures
What is Ceramic?
What is the most common type of Kiln? (Gas, Electric, Wood-fired, or Retort)
What is an Electric Kiln?
The act of connecting different pieces of clay together using the slip and scoring technique
What is Attaching?
Where is Miss Wilson from? (State)
What is New Jersey?