Term 2 Week 7- Thursday 3.6.21
Introduction – Inventors (Measuring length) Prompt: Invent a ramp to make your car travel further. -Introduce the new inventors centre. Explain that over the next 2 of weeks year 1 have the challenge of inventing a car that travels the furthest possible and a car ramp that they can use to help their car travel a long distance. -To be successful students must invent their very own car using Lego, mobile and Duplo. They must think of a way to invent their car to travel the furthest possible until it comes to a stop. TPS- the difference between long and tall? Discuss responses and watch the video below to check if they were correct. https://www.teachstarter.com/au/blog/teaching-measurement-the-best-informal-measurement-activities/ -Discuss how the language of length. Long is from side to side- one side to the other side. Tall is up and down- from the floor to the sky. -TPS- Do you think the size, or the weight of the car will help your car go / travel further? Explain your thinking to your partner. Record responses on the board. Explain to students that it is their challenge to prove if weight or size helps their car travel further by experimenting with different sizes, materials and weights when making their car. Display- Different Lego and Duplo students can use to make their cars/ vehicles. Model- how to make a car and add wheels to it and make it secure. TPS- How can you measure the length or distance your car has travelled using materials we have in our class. Record responses. E.g. paper clips, pop sticks, unifix cubes, tens, blocks etc. Watch- Introduction to Nonstandard Measurement for Kids: Using Paper Clips to Measure https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8o7n-A0SC0 Watch - Experiment with Car Ramp- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs2qPatwDNE Model – how to choose a material to use when measuring the length travelled by your car.
Reflection- Present and discuss findings and challenges they had in inventing the car and ramp with year 1.
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