This is a list of activities to do with this week's theme... Amphibians!
I've chosen a list format as you can pick and choose what activities you want to do from the list.
Anything with a *** means you can tick it off in the "working from home" book sent home by school.
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I've chosen a list format as you can pick and choose what activities you want to do from the list.
Anything with a *** means you can tick it off in the "working from home" book sent home by school.
If you've found this content useful, please consider buying me a coffee (or a sandwich!) https://ko-fi.com/anwenworsfold
- Find out about Amphibians in General https://www.dkfindout.com/us/animals-and-nature/amphibians/ (where I got the photo above from).
- Read the book "Amphibians" available at https://www.worldbookonline.
com you can either sign up to discover the username and password, or message me. It's not an individual log-in. For a Welsh book, consider Llyfr Natur Iolo gan Iolo Williams. Available for around £14 from shops such as https://cantamil.com/
- *** Make a Database about amphibians. Use J2data and choose Database. They may need to watch the tutorials on how to create one. Alternatively, use Excel, Access, or a plain old pen and paper.
- Make a pond-dipping net https://www.countryfile.com/how-to/outdoor-skills/how-to-make-a-pond-dipping-net/ If you don't have a coathanger, re-use a plastic pot with the bottom cut off.
- Go Pond Dipping (TAKE CARE AROUND WATER!) and Record what you find in the Big Pond Dip Count how many types of creature you find. Make a Pie Chart to show this (Use J2data or Excel)
- Learn about the life cycle of a frog (metamorphosis) and re-create it out of clay
CYMRAEG= http://www.communication4all.co.uk/Welsh/Frog%20Life%20Cycle%20Word%20Mat%20Cymraeg.pdf
https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/wl-l-270-pwerbwynt-cylchred-bywyd-broga
https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/wl-l-270-pwerbwynt-cylchred-bywyd-broga
- *** Look at the Artist Brendan Fahy's work and try to paint your own picture using his signature style of bright, bold colours and sweeping brushstrokes
- Make a magnetic fishing game about pond dipping. Instead of just fish, use frogs, newts and whatever else you find in a pond!
- Build a pond in your garden https://www.rspb.org.uk/get-involved/activities/give-nature-a-home-in-your-garden/garden-activities/createaminipond/
- ***Watch Disney's the Princess and the Frog or read the fairy tale. Make an 8 box cartoon to summarise the story.
- ***Research... Who was Hilde Mangold? Be a TV presenter and film your report about her life and work
- Make Origami frogs- make 3 per player and see who can get the most into a cup! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luG7_nzBHjI
- *** Research - In which culture is the "Three-Toed Frog" lucky?
- Listen to this music by G.P. Telmann. It's called "The Frogs". Does it make you think of frogs? Why/ Why not? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1Zsk55I2Ww
- Make a croaking frog - can you use it as a musical instrument? https://kidscraftroom.com/jar-lid-croaking-frog-craft/
- ***Religion- Christianity & Judaism - Find out about the 10 plagues of Egypt and make a poster about it
- *** Look at how a frog's leg works. Can you re-create a frog's leg using resources around the home? Design an invention which uses your creation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKpJElwama8
- Build a frog/ toad home https://www.rspb.org.uk/get-involved/activities/give-nature-a-home-in-your-garden/garden-activities/makeafrogandtoadabode/
- Watch The Wind in The Willows Live Theatre Production on https://www.willowsmusical.com/ Use as many adjectives as you can to describe the personality of each of the animals. Discuss anthropomorphosis (giving human feelings to non-human creatures). Which animal do you think you'd be?
- *** Make your own classification key https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zxjj6sg/articles/z9cbcwx
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