STEAM Trail/Rian ETIEM - 5th & 6th
Added: 19 Oct 2020
Contributor:
PDST
Resource type:
Activity
Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it. These STEM trail activities encourage pupils to focus on the journey, not just the destination. Pupils will plan routes to their destination point, estimate distances, and use their STEM eyes to identify and record items/directions onto their school ground map. Pupils will also learn about the square metre and consider what's in their square metre.
How it maps to the curriculum
- 5-6
- Mathematics
Strand: Measures
Strand unit: Area
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- calculate area using acres and hectares
- calculate area using square centimetres and square metres
- compare visually square metres and square centimetres
Strand: Shape & Space
Strand unit: 2-D Shapes
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- use 2-D shapes and properties to solve problems
Strand: Measures
Strand unit: Capacity
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- estimate and measure capacity using appropriate metric units
- 5-6
- Visual Arts
Strand: Paint and Colour
Strand unit: Painting
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- discover pattern and rhythm in natural and manufactured objects
- express his/her imaginative life and interpret imaginative themes using colour expressively
- 5-6
- SESE Science
Strand: Materials
Strand unit: Properties and characteristics of materials
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- group materials according to their properties and/or composition
- identify and investigate a widening range of common materials in the immediate environment
Strand: Living Things
Strand unit: Plant and animal life
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- become aware of some of the basic life processes in animals and plants
- construct and use simple keys to identify locally occurring species of plants and animals
- identify the interrelationships and interdependence between plants and animals in local and other habitats
