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Activity
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Making
a Viking house |
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Place:
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The
outdoor-classroom, in a wood, near the school |
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Age of
the pupils: |
6th
grade. Pupils are 11 years old. |
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Subjects involved:
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Social science
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Mathematics
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Arts and handicrafts
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Physical Education
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Language |
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Teaching method:
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Outdoor learning. All preparations take place in
different subjects in the schools’ classroom.
Reading about the Vikings in Social science, looking
at pictures and so on. Pupils produce and then learn
how to use a technical drawing in Mathematics.
To realise the theoretical work, the pupils and
their teacher walk to the outdoor-classroom in their
local environment. Here they build a Viking
dwelling, by using their technical drawings, rulers,
timber, ropes and tarpaulin. Physical Education,
Arts and handicrafts are the subjects used here. The
pupils are going to use their own, or a foreign
language when they write a story about their
experiences the next day at school. |
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Learning
aims:
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Collaboration.
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Learn to use
tools and
equipment.
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Learn about the Vikings.
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Learn to use the right clothes for a
whole day out
in nature.
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Use mathematics in practise.
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Use material from the wood to
build a Viking house.
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Eat lunch out in nature.
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Behave in a safe fashion. |
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Equipment:
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The
pupils have to bring with:
* Warm
clothes
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Food
and something to drink for
lunch
The
teacher/school need to bring with:
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Ropes,
axes, saws
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Technical drawing
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First aid equipment |
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Security:
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Pupils have to do exactly what they are told by the
teacher.
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They must keep together in a group.
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They must use the equipment in a safe way.
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They must look after the wood.
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They must all collect rubbish afterwards.
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