Lesson Two – Waterproofing
This curriculum topic teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to identify, describe and test different types of materials that can be used for waterproofing a range of items of clothing including hats for wearing outside.
The class can select and record sets of matching materials that can be used to make a hat 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, describe and test different types of materials that can be used for waterproofing a range of items of clothing including hats for wearing outside
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify vocabulary words that can be used to describe different types of clothing and a template to perform and record test results to show whether a range of different materials are waterproof.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to test different types of materials that can be used for waterproofing.
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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