1.   Explain to your counselor the precautions that must be followed for the safe use and operation of a potter’s tools, equipment, and other materials.
 

2.   Explain the properties and ingredients of a good clay body for the following:

a.  Making sculpture
 
b.  Throwing on the wheel 

3.   Make two drawings of pottery forms, each on an 8 1/2 by 11 inch sheet of paper. One must be a historical pottery type. The other must be of your own design.

 
4.   Explain the meaning of the following pottery terms: bat, wedging, throwing, leather hard, bone dry, greenware, bisque, terra-cotta, grog, slip, score, earthenware, stoneware, porcelain, pyrometric cone, and glaze.
 

5.   Do the following. Each piece is to be painted, glazed, or otherwise decorated by you:

a. Make a slab pot, a coil pot, and a pinch pot. 
b. Make a human or animal figurine or decorative sculpture.
c. Throw a functional form on a potter's wheel. 
d. Help to fire a kiln.

6.   Tell how three different kinds of potter’s wheels work.
 

7.   Visit the kiln yard at a local college or other crafts school. Learn how the different kinds of kilns work, including the low-fire electric, high-fire gas or propane, wood or salt/soda, and raku.
 

8.   Explain the scope of the ceramic industry in the United States. Tell some things made other than craft pottery.