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Science · Pre-K

Improve a Shelter or Structure

Olly's toy bunny needs a shelter from rain, wind and hot sun. Children decide what a good shelter must do, test shelters with a gentle 'rain' from a watering can and a 'wind' from a fan, compare two designs fairly and improve the one that failed by choosing a better material, using what they learned about waterproof materials.

  • 3 lessons
  • About 40 minutes
  • Shelter check: 4 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, match pairs and put in order
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What learners will discover

  • Say what a shelter must do to protect from rain, wind or hot sun.
  • Test a shelter with water or wind and tell what the result shows.
  • Compare two shelter designs and improve one by changing a material, then test again.

Lessons

  1. What must a shelter do? 3 steps2 practiceabout 12 min
  2. Test it 3 steps1 practiceabout 14 min
  3. Compare and improve 4 steps2 practiceabout 14 min
  4. Shelter check 4 questions at the end

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