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The Great Barrier Reef comes to life!

Topics Reception/Year 1
This unit is part of Oceans and Seas Pacific Underwater World

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Objectives

Geography

  • Develop contextual knowledge of the location of globally significant places; both terrestrial and marine.
  • Use basic geographical vocabulary to refer to key physical features, including sea, ocean and other geographical vocabulary.

Art and Design

  • Use a range of materials creatively to design and make products.
  • Use painting and sculpture to develop and share their ideas.
  • Develop a wide range of art and design techniques in using colour, pattern, texture, line, shape, form and space.

Lesson Planning

Use colour-wash and 3D sculpture techniques to create a Great Barrier Reef display.

Teaching Outcomes
 To make comparisons between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean and analyse their similarities and differences; To use simple geographical vocabulary.
To understand how to change colour to a different tone; To experiment with different types of sculpture using a variety of media.

Children will:

  • Explore further the habitat of the Great Barrier Reef.
  • Experiment with different types of sculpture.

You Will Need

  • Reference books
  • computers or tablets
  • A3 sugar paper
  • Watercolour paint
  • Pipe cleaners
  • Acrylic or poster paint
  • Wire and pliers (optional)
  • Air-drying clay
  • Rolling pin
  • Plastic modelling tools
  • A camera

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