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 Theme:
A. Introducing permaculture
B. Living nature
C. Design
D. Growing food
E. Built environment and resource use
F. Social permaculture 		Holistic planning (HP):
Eyes
Hands
Heart
Head 		Age:
3-6
7-12

Theme  Topic  Sub Topic Age HP Details
Air Measuring Weather Based on your weather measurements for a year, work out which plants are likely to grow well in your location.
Air Measuring Weather Work out ways to measure and record different aspects of the weather - the rainfall, wind direction, wind speed, hours of sunlight.
Air Measuring Weather Creative writing exercise "If I were the wind - I would ..."
Air Measuring Weather Discuss the things that the wind carries - both real and symbolic, e.g. scent, ideas, music.
Air Measuring Weather Lead part(s) of celebrations of the seasons (e.g. solstice/ harvest etc.)
Air Measuring Weather Participate in a creative visualisation of rising into the sky and passing through rainbow clouds at sunset. Imagine the blue bubble of the atmosphere surrounding our planet - and what it is like to breathe in that blue colour. Discuss what would it be like to live in a world with a sky (atmosphere) of a different colour, e.g. green, red or yellow ? Close your Eyes and visualise it and then draw or paint the experience.
Air Measuring Weather Rub your hands together and sit with palms facing a friend and see if you can feel the air between you, with Eyes closed. How can you perceive the existence of air? Notice the touch of air - notice it in your nostrils, notice it on your skin.
Air Measuring Weather Recognise different cloud forms and talk about what weather they can bring.
Air Measuring Weather Find out about the effects of wind and wind direction, perhaps through local sayings and phrases.
Air Measuring Weather Hear the saying "there's no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing".

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