I have been excitedly waiting for it to be my turn to set a DT challenge. I have enjoyed seeing your blog posts where lots of DT has been going on from delicious cooking to sewing and woodwork! Well done everyone.
This week your challenge is to make a ‘marble run’! Below are some ideas. Let your imagination run wild, use anything you can find at home.
Perhaps you could time your marble, who can keep their marble moving for the longest time? Or maybe it could be about distance, who can make the longest run? Maybe you could take it outside and swap the marble for a football and try to create a ‘run’ around your garden.
For those of you who think you might like to be a future engineer…why not pit yourself against the design engineers at Dyson to create a marble run that takes exactly one minute! (Also available to download at the bottom)
Post photos or videos on your class padlet…I’ll be scanning through to see what you’ve created. Good luck, Mrs Fisher!
If you enjoy this challenge and want more DT inspiration, there are a set of activities available here:
English Task
This week we will begin to create the plot for our rainforest adventure story. The PowerPoint included gives instructions on each activity along with links to relevant videos for each activity.
Reading Task
This week we will focus on predicting what will happen next. Using your inference skills and the information provided in the extract, predict what will happen next and complete the questions.
Reading Comprehension with a Twist
Maths Tasks
The maths tasks from here on forward will, quite a lot of the time, require you to watch a video and then access a task. Please follow the instructions carefully so that you find the right video to match the task.
Task one
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zjf492p
Follow the link above and work your way through the videos/activities.
Task 2
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
For this task you will need to go to the website in the link above. Then you will need to scroll down to the bottom where it says ‘Week 2’ and click on the +. Then watch the video under lesson 2 – hundredths. I have attached the task above.
Task 3
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
For this task you will need to go to the website in the link above. Then you will need to scroll down to the bottom where it says ‘Week 2’ and click on the +. Then watch the video under lesson 4 – hundredths on a place value grid. I have attached the task above.
Task 4
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
For this task you will need to go to the website in the link above. Then you will need to scroll down to the bottom where it says ‘Week 2’ and click on the +. Then watch the video under lesson 5 – Divide 1 or 2 digits by 100 . I have attached the task above.
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