Lesson Two – Seashore Materials

This art and design teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to investigate, describe and compare the appearance and texture of some of the different materials that can be found at the seashore.
The class can practise selecting and sorting materials into groups to match specific vocabulary words for their properties such as hard and soft and shiny and dull.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to investigate, describe and compare the appearance and texture of some of the different materials that can be found at the seashore
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and define different vocabulary words that can be used to describe different materials found at the seashore and a set of cards to practise grouping objects to match different material properties for vocabulary words.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore and describe the appearance and texture of different materials that can be found at the seashore.
This lesson is part of an art and design scheme of work to get the children to combine and shape a selection of different natural and art materials to produce artwork reflecting ideas and themes about the sea. 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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