Unit 2 : Build ItPenny Thompson

Richard Walton

John Wardle

Mary Millburn

CPD sessions

• Twilight one 18/10/07

• Teachers tasks

• Twilight two 13/10/07

Outcomes

Teachers will:

• gain an understanding of the RA3 'Build It' project

• practise using a thinking skills approach to finding out about the local area and how it can be improved

• be introduced to useful websites and resources

Build ItA Technology and Enterprise Challenge

What is the Purpose

To build...

• a building (house, shop, factory, school)

• a means of transport (Car, boat, helicopter)

• a fairground attraction (carousel, slide, swings)

...and use these to build a community.

What kind of community?

• To fit on the large map

• Map is zoned

• You build to fit within

your zones

Techniques

• Cutting, sawing, gluing

• Planning, drawing, colouring

• Electrical circuits

• Mechanisms and gears

Enterprise

• Items may by 'bought' using

vouchers

• Encourage thrift

• Time constraints

TIME – MONEY - MATERIALS

A celebration

• Not a competition

• Adults and children work together

• Build a community

Spaghetti towers

Challenges

• use sweets to join strands of spaghetti together

• try making pyramids and cubes

• which shapes make the strongest structures?

• using limited resources who can make the tallest tower?

The De Bono Thinking Hats

The Red Hat

• feelings and emotions

The Purple Hat

• caution, issues and risks

The Green Hat

• possibilities, ideas, creativity

Teacher’s tasks

Preparation for local area study

• choose an area to study

• sketch out a base map (using multi-map if necessary)

• photograph key landmarks

Internet research

• RA3

• Science Learning Centre YH

• EON