Making a mountain range

Topics Year 2/3
This unit is part of Mountains, Rivers and Coasts Mountains - what are they?

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Objectives

Design and Technology

To select from and use a wider range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks.
To select from and use a wider range of materials and components, including construction materials, textiles and ingredients, according to their functional properties and aesthetic qualities.
To apply their understanding of how to strengthen, stiffen and reinforce more complex structures.

Geography

To describe and understand key aspects of physical geography, including mountains and volcanoes.

Lesson Planning

Recreate an area of either the Andes or the Alps mountain ranges in a 3D model.

Teaching Outcomes:

To select materials to create a 3D mountain range and to begin to consider how best to strengthen the structure.
To demonstrate an understanding of the key aspects and details of mountain ranges when creating and describing a model mountain range.

Children will:

Choose an area of either the Andes or the Alps mountain ranges to recreate in a 3D model.
Plan how best to build the model, and which resources would best suit the task.
Consider key features that need to be included in their model, including snowline and vegetation.

Planning

Provided Resources

How to build a mountain

Unit Resources

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