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Summer Vacation Series-Episode Five Labor Day At the Beach




Escalate the traditional Jacob’s Ladder block to a new level …

all the way to the top floor!


Jacob is still traveling along on a whirlwind Summer Vacation.  His fifth stop is a relaxing day at the beach. Splashing and wading in the water or cleaning sand out of every crease and crevice of your . . . car's interior. A day at the beach can be a great way to spend another warm summer day.




1. Skulptura Projects GmbH made the tallest sandcastle on June 5, 2019 in Binz, Germany. It measured 57 feet and 11 inches tall. (Guinness World Records)

2. Most sand on earth is quartz, a silica (SiO2) based mineral. (National Park Service)

3. Sand is the second-largest resource extracted and traded by volume. (United Nations Environment Programme)

4. Sand dunes act as storm barriers and re-nourishes beaches during periods of extreme waves, high tides, and storms. (Florida State Park)



Famous Beaches:


1. Fraser Island is the world’s largest sand island. (NASA Earth Observatory)

2. Revere Beach in Massachusetts was the first public beach in the United States. (Massachusetts.gov)

3. The first paved road connecting the city to the beach opened in 1910 in Jacksonville. (Visit Jacksonville)

4. Shell Beach in Australia is made up of trillions of tiny shells. (Shark Bay)



Closer to Home:


1. Grayton Beach State Park in Florida was named the #1 beach in America in 2020 by Dr. Beach. (Dr. Beach)

2. St. George Island State Park is home to miles of undeveloped beaches. (Florida State Park)

3. Panama City Beach is home to 100 public beach access points. (Visit Panama City Beach)

4. Destin’s sand comes from a process involving the Apalachicola River and the Appalachian Mountains. When the ice caps began melting 20,000 years ago at the end of the last Ice Age, rivers carried the water to the ocean. The water carried quartz particles from the Appalachian mountains to the Gulf of Mexico and near Destin. The quartz sands formed a new shoreline as the sea levels rose. (Destin Chamber)




General Directions (to make 1 block):

 

Nine-Patch Units – with a variety of different colors and prints use nine 2.5” squares and stitch them together in rows of 3 to form a nine-patch unit that finishes at 6.5” x 6.5”.


Make 5



Half Square Triangle Units – Using a background color and a main color, cut 2 – 7” squares of each to make 4 matching HSTs. Square them up to 6.5” (see Basic Beginnings for easy HST directions).


Make 4


Arrange the units as block above.






Our Favorite Beach Layout requires 20 Escalated Jacob Blocks and a 3" border.


Summer is nearing an end. Where will Jacob go for his last Summer Vacation adventure?



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