Suggested Activities - Year 2
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KLA's
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Possible
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SOSE, HPE, Science
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Unit: 'Beside the Seaside' - (a) a
series of digital photos of a walk at the seaside with features observed,
put on posters in the room with printed captions underneath. (b)
a short recount of the walk. (c) a list of
different things seen on the day typed up and posted on the wall. (d)
using appropriate software, computer drawings of the seaside and animals
that live in the sea, which may be added to a class slide show.
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Science
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Unit: Visitors to Our Back Yard -
(a) access
to software/electronic resources for pictures and basic information about
insects. (b) digital
photos of insects in the school yard or brought from home and used for
making small posters or a slide show on computer. (c)
using a paint program
with stamps, students draw their back yard and the insects there. (d)
access to a collection of animated clip art to create a class web page on
min-beasts, with each students typing small piece of text.
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Science, HPE, Technology
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Unit: Toying with Toys - (a) digital
photos of children's toys taken during a 'bring a toy' day. (b) class
published wall charts about the things that make toys appealing and fun to
play with, including higher order thinking of what benefits they might get
from toys. (c) redesign a toy - short writing
piece with digital photo - what feature(s) does a toy have/could a toy
have added to make it better?
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Science, SOSE, HPE
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Unit: Growing with the Garden - (a) a
list of plants typed out that will be grown in the garden and on display
on a poster for classroom visitors (b) a
computer drawn map by the class on how the garden will be laid out. (c)
a class web page with progress reports and updated photos for the school
web site which shows parents the growth of the plants (d)
a list of healthy foods or a small book of short recipes which incorporate
the things grown in the garden. (e) a class
concept map on healthy eating and types of foods - why they are good for
you.
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SOSE, HPE
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Unit: People Helpers - (a) people
in the community that help others - a published poster of each with large
words and clip art. (b) me as a helper - a
teacher supported, short typed piece of what type of a helper they would
prefer to be and why (c) teacher facilitated
class email with a community helper to learn of what their days are like.
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Science, Technology, English
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Unit: The Cow Jumped Over the Moon -
(a) animals that live on earth - why they can't live
on the moon - a class published multimedia report with computer drawings
of animals. (b) gravity on the moon - how
high could people (and therefore a cow) cow jump compared to earth? - a
published chart with clip art and simple lines as a picture graph. (c)
a class published retrieval chart with all the things we would need to be
able to live on the moon (each student typing some words) (d) my
moon - what would make a good moon? - short writing piece as a page for
wall display.
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