Monumental designs (1)
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Find three natural things and three things made by people at home or outside. Draw them in two groups.
For example, natural: a leaf, a stone, a flower. Made by people: a cup, a chair, a bag.
2
With a grown-up, watch an ice cube melt in a bowl. How long does it take? What is left?
The ice melts into water. The time depends on how warm it is.
3
Choose something in your bag. Describe it with your senses: colour, feel, sound. Say what it is made of.
Any correct description, for example: my ruler is clear, hard and smooth, and it is made of plastic.
4
Ask a grown-up where the water at home comes from. Tell your friend.
In most places the water comes from the Nile.
5
Find water as a solid, a liquid and a gas in your kitchen. A grown-up helps with the gas.
Solid: ice in the freezer. Liquid: water from the tap. Gas: steam from a pot, seen from a safe distance.