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Project Ideas
eco club
Project 1: Eco club member
Complete 5 of the following to become a bronze member, 10 to become a silver member and all 15 to become a gold member. Print, colour and display the eco-club certificates.
1.Make an eco brick. 2.Check for and stop any drafts around the home. 3.Switch off all the electrics not in use around the house. 4.Repair or patch an item of clothing, sew on a badge or make a draft excluder from old sheets. 5.Make a junk model. 6.Email your MP to ask for more urgency in addressing the climate crisis. 7.Plant a flower, some herbs or vegetables in your garden. 8.Carry out a survey of all the nature in your garden. 9.Bake some bread or make a meal. 10.Sort out old clothes and toys into a bag for charity.
11.Calculate your carbon footprint and plan how to reduce your emissions. 12.Make an eco poster to encourage people to look after the environment. 13.Write an eco poem or story. 14.Read the lorax and look for the eco messages in it. 15. Make a collage of things you find outdoors like leaves and sticks.
History
Project 1: Christopher Columbus. Provide children with these questions then get them to watch this video and find the answers: https://youtu.be/gCIWX0EIef8. 1.When was he born? 2.Where was he born? 3.What was his job? 4.How old was Columbus when he first went to sea? 5.Who was Columbus inspired by? 6.What did Toscanelli tell Columbus to do differently? 7.The King and Queen of which country helped Columbus with his expedition? 8.What were his 3 ships called? 9.How long did Columbus sail for before finding land? 10.Which new land had he discovered? 11.What did Columbus do to the people he met in the new land? 12.How many times did he make his voyage to the new land in total?
Geography
Project 1: World map. Draw a huge world map (rough outline of continents will suffice). Watch videos about the world like this one https://youtu.be/Uh332gXQYI4 and invite children to draw landmarks, animals, plants and foods in the right places on the map.
ALL subjects
Project 1: Celebrity learning. Use materials from well-known household names to open discussion and exploration of subjects. For example, Carol Vorderman for maths. You may watch education videos from her then maybe look at other things she has done like Countdown. Tim Berners-Lee for ICT. A discussion about the invention of the world wide web may lead to talking about search engines and maybe setting up a favourites bar.