How to make bricks.

How to make bricks...

• You need a suitable place. It has to be plain, dry and clean.

• There must be a source of water .• You will need clay, mud, rice chaff, saw dust,

manure• You will need some horses and workers. • You will need logs to set the fire.

You need a place like this.

Tools

• You will need:• A wheelbarrow.• Shovels• Buckets• Molds.

Activity.

• 1-Name the tools you need to make bricks.• 2-Name the materials you need to make

bricks.

Activity. Order the procedure.

Have the horses mix the mixture.Collect clay, mud, manure, rice chaff and saw dust.Put some mixture into the wheelbarrow and then fill

the molds.Spread the bricks on the ground, let them get the

sun.Prepare the mixture.Pile the bricks to be fired.Have them fire for several hours.They are ready to use or be sold.

Be careful with snakes.

Preparation

• A mixture is prepared with mud, water, saw dust, manure, rice chaff and clay.

• Horses are used to mix the mixture.• Once the mixture is prepared it is put into a

wheelbarrow, poured into molds and cut. • You have two regular bricks per mold.

What can yo see in the picture?

The mixture is put into molds.

The bricks are put on the ground to be dried.

Let the bricks get the sun.

Then pile them

Prepare the bricks to be fired.

After some hours of being fired, they are ready to use.

Do you know another way of making bricks?

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• Credits: Many thanks to students from Escuela Técnica Catalina Harriague de Castaños (Salto-Uruguay)for sharing their pictures and knowledge to enrich this presentation.

• Author: Gabriela Barboza.• 2015.