Lesson Five – Umbrellas
This curriculum topic teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to identify and model how to design and test a waterproof umbrella using a range of different materials to make each of the parts.
The class can select and explain the meaning of different vocabulary words that can be used to make different things to keep them dry when playing or walking outside in the rain.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to identify and model how to design and test a waterproof umbrella using a range of different materials to make each of the parts
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify vocabulary words that can be used to describe different types of umbrellas and a template to select and record the design for an umbrella that is suitable to be used in the rain.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to design and test a waterproof umbrella using a range of different materials.
This lesson is part of a curriculum topic scheme of work to get the children to investigate and test some of the properties of different materials that can be used for clothing to provide protection from the rain. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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