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Activity
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Exciting stones |
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Place:
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In an area close to a river, where you can easily
find different stones, with a variety of shapes.
This is something which will make the project a
whole lot easier to carry through. |
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Age of
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5th grade. The pupils are 10 years old. |
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Subjects involved:
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Nature studies
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Social science
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History
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Arts and handicrafts
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Language |
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Teaching method:
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Outdoor learning. All preparations take place in
one of the school's classrooms. Starts with a brief
presentation of different types of stones, then
continues with a presentation of five different,
well known landmarks (The Pyramids, The Tower of
Pisa, Stonehenge, The Great Wall and Coliseum).
It's a good idea to use pictures to illustrate both
the different types of stones, and the buildings.
The pupils are divided into 10 different groups,
which will build models of the buildings. (There
will be two versions of each building, since there
are ten groups and only five buildings.) The
building will take place outside, in an area nearby
the school. While the pupils are building the
teachers light a fire in a self-made oven, made by
stones. Each group will get the opportunity to heat
a sandwich in the oven. When the work is completed,
each group will present their work of art, to the
others |
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Learning
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teamwork
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learn about the different buildings
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learn about different type of stones
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learn about how cooking can be done
without modern equipment
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understanding how incredible difficult it must have
been to build these buildings
in a full scale |
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Equipment:
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warm clothes (2 pares of gloves)
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matches and logs for the fireplace
* sandwich with cheese (wrapped in aluminium foil)
* lots of stones
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Security:
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The pupils must follow the teachers instructions,
during work around the fireplace,
and the river.
* Leave the place nice and clean.
* Individuals must not leave the group without
permission. |
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