Lesson Planning

Find out different ways to make fire, and devise a safe experiment with magnesium. Learn about the first stone tools and make replicas from potatoes, chocolate or sugar rock.

Teaching Outcomes:

• To find out when fire and stone tools were invented and how they were made and used.
• To plan and undertake science experiments about starting fire and making stone tools.

Children will:

• Know how people made fire and stone tools in prehistory.
• Devise a safe and fair experiment using magnesium to light a fire.
• Devise and undertake a safe and fair experiment using different materials to simulate flint knapping.