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Soil and stone |
Stones |
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Compare the growth of plants grown in the open, with plants grown near large rocks acting as heat stores (all other factors e.g. soil depth, should be kept equal). |
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Soil and stone |
Stones |
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Identify common rocks in the region. |
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Soil and stone |
Stones |
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Put rocks in a garden to catch and store heat energy in places where it is needed. |
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Soil and stone |
Stones |
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Hear a story of how rocks were made and are still moving very slowly. |
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Soil and stone |
Stones |
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Give thanks to stones and all the different things they give to us, e.g. warmth, buildings, walls, soil, a place for minibeasts to live. |
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Soil and stone |
Stones |
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Learn the main ways which rocks are formed (if children interested can use names igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic) and how that relates to forming soils, thus our food. |
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Soil and stone |
Stones |
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Explore which types of soil and stone resources are in the region and how that impacts on the different plants and animals that can live there. |
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Design |
Surveying the landscape and people |
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Experience different microclimates in different weather, notice the differences with all your senses. |
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Design |
Surveying the landscape and people |
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Observe and recognise well designed systems in the human environment (e.g. school kitchen, permaculture garden/farm, city squares that have multiple functions etc.). |
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Design |
Surveying the landscape and people |
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Use all the senses to make observations (e.g skin for microclimates) |
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Design |
Surveying the landscape and people |
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Observe the feelings and needs of yourself and others. |
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Design |
Surveying the landscape and people |
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See and read maps made by others |
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Design |
Surveying the landscape and people |
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See a map being created |
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Design |
Surveying the landscape and people |
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Identify various patterns in many different places and in different scales e.g. branching/spirals |
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Design |
Surveying the landscape and people |
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Learn about the history of the place and indigenous/traditional knowledge in the area |
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Design |
Surveying the landscape and people |
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Make maps and diagrams about information gathered |
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Design |
Surveying the landscape and people |
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Make a map with overlays of the different microclimates in a garden - sun/shades, wet/dry, wind/shelter. |
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Design |
Surveying the landscape and people |
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Interview, or create a questionnaire/survey to give out to, children, friends or other people about their needs and wishes for the design. |
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Design |
Surveying the landscape and people |
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List all the different resources which you have that could be relevant, e.g. using headings of paste (plants, animals, structures, tools and events). |
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Design |
Surveying the landscape and people |
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Appreciate the designs in nature that help natural systems to work well. |
