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Buildings |
Natural building materials |
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Build something e.g. a shelter, chicken tractor, raised bed and create a scale drawing of it. |
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Buildings |
Natural building materials |
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Find out about different methods to warm and cool buildings, and compare them - What resources do they use? How much do they cost? What are the environmental effects of using them? |
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Buildings |
Natural building materials |
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Make models using different geometry (e.g. reciprocal-frame roof, geodesic dome etc.) |
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Buildings |
Natural building materials |
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Make a scale-drawing (and learn how to read them). |
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Buildings |
Natural building materials |
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Learn about local building materials which are used in local constructions, and research the benefits of the different materials. |
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Buildings |
Shelter |
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Experience sleeping in a shelter made by themselves from local natural materials and compare it with living indoors. |
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Buildings |
Shelter |
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Use ropes and strings to tie knots to build something (such as a shelter). |
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Buildings |
Shelter |
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Find out traditional ways peoples in different places showed gratitude for warmth and shelter; what kinds of blessings did they have? Create a blessing ceremony for a fairy home or a real home based on things that you learn about those traditions. |
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Buildings |
Shelter |
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Learn that people in different parts of the world design their homes and buildings to best suit the materials they have and their climate. |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
Using the power of water, air and sun |
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Play with a toy/wheel that turns in the wind or water. |
