1. The Pizza Project William J. Oehlkers

2. Picture of Oven

3. Topic Selection Based on personal fulfillment A desire to develop the better pizza Frustration with traditional oven baking Fueled by eating at brick oven pizzerias

4. Immersion Several years of making pizza Experimenting with various recipes And techniques Graduating from pan to brick oven

5. What I Know (K) How to make dough from scratch Advantages of brick oven Limitations of home oven

6. Questions (Q) How can I improve dough making for use in a brick oven? How do I go about making a brick oven? How do I bake the pizza in a brick oven?

7. Sources of Information Traditional Text: The Bread Builders by Wing and Scott Internet: Brick Oven Web Site Video: Earthoven Directions for Building a Brick Oven Catalogs of Brick Oven Building Plans

8. Learning-Content Dough can be improved by using low temp water, little yeast and a long rise (24 hrs.) Survey web for brick oven “kits.” Order kit from Earthoven in California and follow blueprints. Check temp., turn after one minute and watch carefully, remove after 4 minutes

9. Learning – Process Use brick oven web site to ask more questions about building a brick oven Visits more brick oven owners in New England before making decision as to kit and baking procedures

10. Extracting and Recording Read for overview Read for detail (underline, highlight, take notes Create story board

11. Values Traditional Baking and Low Technology Community Collaboration

12. Actions Invitations Pizza Party

13. Evaluation Continue: Use a wide variety of information sources: text, people, internet Change: Consider which sources are likely to bring fastest payoffs Ask more questions before beginning Explore alternatives, e.g. chimney designs