Showing posts with label materials. Show all posts
Showing posts with label materials. Show all posts

24 April 2008

Cave Painting (or drawing on the white chalk with a blackboard)

During our Unit of Inquiry on Materials, we started reading the book, 'Stig of the Dump' by Clive King. Stig is a caveman who lives at the bottom of an old quarry close to Barney's grandmother's house. Barney finds Stig one day when he falls through the roof of Stig's den. They become friends, even though they cannot talk to each other.

Since the quarry is no longer in use, people throw all their rubbish away down there; Stig is good at finding new ways in which to use old things.

On the same day that they cut down an enormous tree (getting warm once in the process) and then use it to start a fire (getting warm for the second time) Stig picks up a piece of charred wood and uses it to draw an amazing hunting scene on the chalk wall of the den.

Then we had a go at using charcoal and chalks to make our own hunting scene. We dusted the paper with charcoal powder and smudged it to give it a greyish background. Then we used charcoal and chalk to make our scene.



"I like yours because I like the girl riding the horse," said Danah.

25 January 2008

What is it like?

The planets
These are the planets in the solar system. They are made of plastic.
It is a jigsaw. You would think that the last piece is the easiest to put in, but actually it is the most difficult.



What is it like?
It is shiny and opaque.

My Radio
I brought this radio and it is made out of plastic and metal; it really works. The radio is plastic and the aerial is metal.



What is it like?
It is smooth and reflective.

My Grandma's Musical Box
This is a musical box that belonged to my grandma. If you wind it up, then it plays music. It is made of different coloured wood to make a picture on the top.



What is it like?
It is shiny and smooth.

My Heart Bag
This is a paper heart bag and I made it. I just had to fold two pieces of paper in half and cut out a heart shape and then I had to cut a strip of paper and stick it to the sides of the heart. Then I had to stick the lid on.



What is it like?
It is flexible and translucent.