50 things to do with Loose Parts: Primary Years
50 curriculum connections for loose parts investigations.
Each one provides a springboard for further learning.
Subject Area: Loose Parts
50 curriculum connections for loose parts investigations.
Each one provides a springboard for further learning.
Subject Area: Loose Parts
A STEM inspired tower building challenge
Year Level: 3 4 5 6
Subject Area: Design and Technology
A STEM inquiry and solution-based challenge for students to build an acorn catapult
Year Level: 2 3 4 5
Subject Area: Design and Technology
Plan and design a talking feather stick in this STEAM inspired team challenge
Year Level: F 1 2 3 4
Subject Area: English, STEM
Lesson 6.
Explore ways to use sticks and twigs to demonstrate principles of balance; a STEM integrated challenge.
Year Level: F, 1, 2
Subject Area: Design and Technology
Lesson 5.
Explore ways to join sticks together and look at properties of knots and fastening. Think about stacking and process of design and engineering solutions.
Year Level: F, 1, 2
Subject Area: Design and Technology
Lesson 7.
Explore ways to use loose parts to demonstrate principles of balance; a STEM integrated challenge.
Year Level: F 1 2
Subject Area: Design and Technology
Wearable cameras engage young children as active researchers in recording their experiences in natural environments
This article explores ‘Sensory Tours’ through the use of wearable cameras with children as a data collection source to engage young children as active researchers in recording their experiences in natural environments. It involved children wearing cameras during free play and subsequent discussions whilst watching the videos they had created. It stimulated discussions providing different perspective and understandings from the children. This method captures children’s unique perspectives of being-in-the-world, depicting what they see, hear, say, touch, and their interactions with others. It is a nonintrusive means of collecting data, providing children with control over what data they collect. Sensory Tours provide a means for children to analyze, reconstruct, and interpret aspects of their experiences in discussions with peers and adults. It also enables us to see how children interact with the natural environment.