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Buildings |
Biomimicry |
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Watch how birds build their nests. |
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Buildings |
Biomimicry |
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Observe how buildings are built in harmony with the natural landscape and climate (lower buildings in a high valley, pointed roofs where it snows a lot, green roofs, etc.). |
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Buildings |
Biomimicry |
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Copy a design from nature into something they build (biomimicry). |
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Buildings |
Biomimicry |
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Talk about something amazing which an animal does, such as 'How does a bird make a nest with it's beak!?!' and try to copy their shelter (e.g. foxes den, wood mouse nest). |
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Buildings |
Insulation and draught-proofing |
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Experience sitting in two different buildings in winter - a well insulated building and an uninsulated one. Discuss the differences. |
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Buildings |
Insulation and draught-proofing |
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Go out camping and find out ways of keeping yourself warm. |
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Buildings |
Insulation and draught-proofing |
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Compare the insulation capacity of different building materials, e.g. comparing bracken with hay in a den. |
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Buildings |
Insulation and draught-proofing |
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Notice and discuss the insulation of different materials which you wear, i.e. clothes. |
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Buildings |
Insulation and draught-proofing |
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Make a draught excluder (e.g. a big sausage that goes on the floor in front of a door). |
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Buildings |
Insulation and draught-proofing |
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Learn that hot air rises and cool air sinks. |
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Buildings |
Insulation and draught-proofing |
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Consider different methods of warming and cooling a building. |
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Air |
Weather |
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Be outdoors playing in all weathers (including the wind and rain). |
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Air |
Weather |
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Feel the wind on the skin. |
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Air |
Weather |
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Play with shadows and see how they change over a day. |
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Air |
Weather |
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Feel where the wind is coming from (e.g. lick a finger and hold it up) try this on different days and in different places. |
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Air |
Weather |
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Observe different shapes shifting and changing in the clouds. |
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Air |
Weather |
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Work out ways to measure and record different aspects of the weather - the rainfall, wind direction, wind speed, hours of sunlight. |
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Air |
Weather |
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Make a wind dance. |
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Air |
Weather |
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See how far away you can feel someone blowing towards you. |
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Air |
Weather |
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Play with wind (e.g. pinwheels, kites, play sailboats, flags, musical instruments). |
