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Make a cave

Topics Year 4/5
This unit is part of Stone Age to Iron Age Britain Ice Age Art

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Objectives

Design and Technology

  • Apply understanding of how to strengthen, stiffen and reinforce more complex structures.

Art

  • Develop techniques, including control and use of materials.

Maths

  • Identify 3-D shapes, know angles are measured in degrees: estimate and compare acute, obtuse and reflex angles, and measure them in degrees

Lesson Planning

Learn about the caves in which Ice Age art has been preserved. Make your own geodesic cave and explore a variety of techniques for making it more realistic.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To be able to make a geodesic dome.
  • To turn a geodesic dome into a cave..
  • To understand the geometry of the geodesic dome.

Children will:

  • Make a geodesic dome.
  • Make choices on appropriate materials to use to make cave walls.
  • Try out different methods of making joins and attaching paper onto the dome.

You Will Need

  • Newspaper
  • Sticky tape
  • Cardboard
  • Sugar paper
  • Glue
  • Sand
  • Clay
  • Paint

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