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Coronavirus Work SESE…………History Geography ScienceHistory Week 1:-Show the children the pictures of these cars. The first one is a very old car and the second one is a very new car.The children can then watch the first 2 minutes and 30 seconds of how to start one of the old cars on youtube if internet is available. the following questions using full sentences in a copy/on a page:What do the cars have in common? (4 things)What is different about the cars? (4 things)Which car do you think would win in a race? Why?What do you think people used to get around before cars?Imagine people used that mode of transport now. How long do you think it’d take you to get to school?How long do you think it’d take you to get to Edenderry?The children can then learn these dates off by heart (They might need help with how to pronounce the years):3500 BC (Before Jesus was born): The wheel was invented3100 BC: The sailing boat is invented1783 (After Jesus was born): The hot air balloon is invented1825: The first railway opens1885 (135 years ago): The first car is invented.Week 2:-See if the children remember the dates they learned last week. (Go back over them)-The children can examine the pictures of these two trains:-Watch this video about steam trains if internet is available the following questions using full sentences:1. What are the similarities (what things are the same) between the two trains?2. What are the differences (what things are different) between the two trains?3. Do you think that trains use steam to move now? 4. What do you think they use instead?5. Where else do you find steam?6. With the help of a parent ONLY, can you see steam in the house somewhere?Week 3:-Having looked at old cars and old trains, the children can draw and design the following with colours and labels:What cars will look like in 100 years What trains will look like in 100 yearsGeography:Week 1 -Task 1: Find as many things in your house as you can that are made of1. plastic2. rubberWrite down a list of these things and keep the sheet for next week’s activity:PlasticRubberWeek 2-Get the children to read the following pieces about how plastic and rubber are made.Most?plastics are made?from chemicals that come from petroleum (oil), natural gas, or coal. These chemicals are heated to a very hot temperature.?Plastics?can be?made?into almost any shape when they are hot. The heat softens the?plastic, which can then be poured into a mold. Plastics don’t break down very well and are causing problems with pollution in the environment.Rubber?is made from a substance called Latex which comes from rubber trees. The latex is a sticky, milky substance that is taken from inside the tree. The latex is then used to create the rubber that we use in day to day items. After reading, the children can answer the following questions using full sentences:What chemicals are plastics made from?Name three things in your bedroom that are made from plastic.What substance is rubber made from?Name 3 things that are made from rubber.From your list of plastic items, could it/they have been made out of any other substance? What substance could it have been made from? Would this help the environment?Week 3Revision of the planets in the solar system. Children need to know these off by heart.ScienceWeek 1 and 2- Jungle animals*Where internet is available get the children to search Jim Corbett National Park in India on google maps. They can go to “Street View” in some areas to see what a jungle looks like.*The children can create 4 fact files of their favourite jungle animals (2 per week). They can research them on google where internet is available.Name of animal:Country it lives in:What colour(s) is it:5 facts about the animal:-----Why is it one of your favourite animals?Draw your jungle animal:Name of animal:Country it lives in:What colour(s) is it:5 facts about the animal:-----Why is it one of your favourite animals?Draw your jungle animal:Name of animal:Country it lives in:What colour(s) is it:5 facts about the animal:-----Why is it one of your favourite animals?Draw your jungle animal:Name of animal:Country it lives in:What colour(s) is it:5 facts about the animal:-----Why is it one of your favourite animals?Draw your jungle animal (Lots of colour):Here are some examples where internet is not available: Tiger Indian elephant Python Orangutan (No, it doesn’t look like Mr. Dunne!) Indian Wolf Indian VultureWeek 3: Comparing jungle animals and farm animals (Make a list):Animals you find on a farm:Animals you find in the jungle:*Extra Activity/Movement Break:Imagine you are an animal in the jungle. What do you see/hear/smell/feel?Create a dance/drama piece showing how you think your animal might move.Act out a jungle animal and get a member of your family to guess what jungle animal it is. ................
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