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Air |
Microclimates |
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Experience different microclimates (e.g. under trees vs in a field, the north vs south facing side of a wall). |
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Air |
Microclimates |
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Draw microclimates/sectors on a map of a site they visit, walking around together discussing where it is warmer/ wetter/ windier/ sunnier etc. |
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The animal, fungus and bacteria kingdoms |
Mushrooms |
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See and touch different shapes/sizes/species of mushrooms with an adult. |
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The animal, fungus and bacteria kingdoms |
Mushrooms |
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Collect mushrooms and use them for cooking (in cooperation with adults). |
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The animal, fungus and bacteria kingdoms |
Mushrooms |
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Listen to a story about trees talking to each in a forest through the tiny thread like web of fungi that interconnect the roots of the trees throughout the entire forest. Imagine being a tree in the forest - standing in the tree yoga position for example with the other children to make a forest. What messages do you send to each other? |
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The animal, fungus and bacteria kingdoms |
Mushrooms |
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Learn that there are many species of mushrooms, and that some are edible and others poisonous. |
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Buildings |
Natural building materials |
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Feel different textures and warmth of natural building materials with bare feet or hands (e.g. straw bale). |
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Buildings |
Natural building materials |
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Build with natural building materials - wood, moss, straw, clay. |
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Buildings |
Natural building materials |
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Use tools such as spades, hammers, saws, as appropriate to their age. |
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Buildings |
Natural building materials |
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Celebrate what you have built with friends. |
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Buildings |
Natural building materials |
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Be grateful for nature and the materials it provides by thanking all of the different natural elements that helped to build your house (if you see wood, thank trees, stones thank the earth) - draw symbols of each of these elements and make a collage to hang in the entrance. |
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Buildings |
Natural building materials |
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Learn basic tool safety rules, e.g. when carrying a tool always walk (not run), hold it in a safe way, the names of the different parts of the tool (e.g. handle, blade). |
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Buildings |
Natural building materials |
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Learn vocabulary for natural building materials, such as moss, straw, clay. |
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Buildings |
Natural building materials |
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Choose a simple building plan and then try building it (for example with wooden blocks). |
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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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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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Experiment with using thermal mass (e.g. a water storage or rock inside a polytunnel) and see how when inserted in case help keep the temperatures moderate (cooler in afternoon and warmer in the night). |
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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 |
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? |
