Unit 18 - Connecting
ourselves to the world -
Years 3 to 6 Unit 20 - Local Traffic – an
environmental issue - Year 5 Unit 23 - Investigating
coasts - Year 5/6 Unit 24 - Passport to the
world - Years 1 to 6
Ask the children to record
their use of water in the home on a spreadsheet. Discuss
with the children the patterns of water consumption and
how reducing consumption might improve the environment.
A prepared spreadsheet could be used or the
children/class could design their own.
Spreadsheet program i.e. Excel,
Number Magic, Textease Spreadsheet.
Visit the local high
street area and ask the children to look at, and collect
data about, traffic issues eg volume of traffic, parking
problems, varying needs of different high street users.
Use spreadsheets and graphing software to record data in
a datafile and produce graphs.
Spreadsheet program ie
Excel, Number Magic, Textease Spreadsheet.
Divide the class into
groups and allocate a range of roles to each e.g. a
shopkeeper, a young parent, a delivery driver. Debate
the issue of traffic on the high street. Each group
prepares a presentation of its views on the high street.
Vote for best plan for the high street.
Use an online mapping
service, in addition to paper based maps and atlases, to
locate Llandudno (or area being studied) and their
school. Identify similarities and differences in
locations.
Children plan the best
route to Llandudno (or the contrasting locality being
studied) and then compare with directions given by an
online mapping service.
In the contrasting
locality being studied ask the children, in small
groups, to complete a traffic survey at a busy and a
quiet time. Ask the children to enter their data in a
spreadsheet and create graphs to show their findings.
Spreadsheet program ie
Excel, Number Magic, Textease Spreadsheet.