Supporting Structures

Explore and model some of the different ways of adding strength and support to a model of a garden scarecrow so that it can withstand weather elements

Scarecrow Materials

Select and record a range of different materials that can match success criteria when building a model of a garden scarecrow

Dull and Shiny

Identify, compare and test the properties and functions of a range of materials that could be used to build each part of a garden scarecrow model

What Materials

Investigate and describe some of the different materials that could be used to build each of the parts for a garden scarecrow model to scare away visiting birds

City Signs

Practise and refine skills in formatting and editing text in word processed documents to make different signs suitable for a range of locations in a city

Sign Changes

Investigate how to retrieve and edit the text that has been used for a range of different town and city location signs produced on word processed documents

Sign Designs

Explain and model how to use a range of keyboard skills to create signs that can be displayed in different locations that can be found around a town or city

Correcting Signs

Identify and illustrate how to use a computer keyboard to practise correcting the spelling of some of the words that have been used on different signs that might be seen in a city

Road Signs

Explain and model how to use the shift key on a computer keyboard to type different punctuation marks for use in a range of road signs that can be found around a city

Street Signs

Practise typing capital letters using a computer keyboard to produce some example signs that might be seen in a particular location in a city