Water, water everywhere! As usual, this is an optional piece of homework that the children can do over the course of the term. The ideas are meant to appeal to different learning styles from factual to artistic and the children can use their imaginations and be as creative as they want in the way they present the homework. Write a poem Make a comic Write a story Pretend that you are an Write a leaflet that helps poelple about water strip of the with a water explorer. You have just understand the importance of saving – it could be water cycle theme, maybe a discovered the source of a water. about a river, with a water river monster new river? Write a letter the sea a flood droplet as your that comes to home to your family about Or about the hman right to clean water or the water main character life? Use your your discovery. Where is the Or we use at imagination source? What is the source Water pollution – home. spring or lake? What will you name the river? Find out some Use a 2 litre plastic bottle with the Produce a fact file (this Research, design Create an river facts for top cut off to make a rain gauge. could and make a model informative Mrs Diplock to Keep a record of the amount of be a PowerPoint) one of the a bridge. Bring in poster teaching put in her rainfall over 4 weeks. Produce a world rivers. Include as many your model or a people weekly emails graph or table to show your interesting facts as you can. photo of it and your how to be safe findings. design. around rivers. Create a collage Draw or paint a picture of a river Create a rain maker using Work with a friend Play the water using recycled scene. You could use water colours small pebbles or seeds. to make a 3D game (I have materials of or try a different style of painting Could you landscape model of attached it to the something to decorate a river theme? a river. It must class webpage) do with a river include at least 4 Can you make e.g. a waterfall, features found on your own board river creature the river. game with a or river scene water them?
Water, water everywhere! As usual, this is an optional piece of homework that the children can do over the course of the term. Write a poem about water – it could be about a river, the sea a flood or the water we use at home. Make a comic strip of the water cycle with a water droplet as your main character Write a story with a water theme, maybe a river monster that comes to life? Use your imagination Pretend that you are an explorer. You have just discovered the source of a new river? Write a letter home to your family about your discovery. Where is the source? What is the source – spring or lake? What will you name the river? Write a leaflet that helps poelple understand the importance of saving water. Or about the hman right to clean water Or Water pollution Find out some river facts for Mrs Diplock to put in her weekly emails Use a 2 litre plastic bottle with the top cut off to make a rain gauge. Keep a record of the amount of rainfall over 4 weeks. Produce a graph or table to show your findings. Produce a fact file (this could be a PowerPoint) one of the world rivers. Include as many interesting facts as you can. Research, design and make a model a bridge. Bring in your model or a photo of it and your design. Create an informative poster teaching people how to be safe around rivers. Create a collage using recycled materials of something to do with a river e.g. a waterfall, river creature or river scene Draw or paint a picture of a river scene. You could use water colours or try a different style of painting Create a rain maker using small pebbles or seeds. Could you decorate a river theme? Work with a friend to make a 3D landscape model of a river. It must include at least 4 features found on the river. Play the water game (I have attached it to the class webpage) Can you make your own board game with a water them? The ideas are meant to appeal to different learning styles from factual to artistic and the children can use their imaginations and be as creative as they want in the way they present the homework.
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