Reply by Nomad62

Kudo’s for stepping up to educate our youth on woodworking; it may lead to a career in wood, wrought iron, steel machining, pottery, so many options. And from there, my recommendation is to state that there is way too much to cram into a half hour, and that the finer aspects can be learned in a dedicated classrom. To get them to said classroom, I would recommend the above suggestion of wood properties as well as a finished product of visual beauty sitting side-by-side to a 2×4; this would give 2 clearly differing outcomes for 2 different purposes in woodworking, hopefully opening their imagination to the thousands of opportunities between them. Best of luck!

-- Power tools put us ahead of the monkeys