Shade and Shelter (D&T)
This project teaches children about the purpose of shelters and their materials. They name and describe shelters and design and make shelter prototypes. Children then design and build a play den as a group and evaluate their completed product.
| Memorable experience |
Investigating shelters |
|---|---|
| Innovate challenge |
Designing and building a play den |
| D&T |
Investigating existing products; Designing and making shelters and dens; Prototypes; Safety rules; Materials |
| Science |
Naming everyday materials; Properties and uses of materials |
| Book | Waterstones | Amazon | Author | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Den Building: Creating imaginative spaces using almost anything | Waterstones | Amazon | Jane Hewitt & Cathy Cross | 9781845909529 |
| The Den Book | Waterstones | Amazon | Jo Schofield and Fiona Danks | 9780711237667 |
| Living Things Need Shelter | Waterstones | Amazon | Karen Aleo | 9781474789950 |
| Materials (Engage Literacy) | Waterstones | Amazon | Anne Giulieri | 9781474729635 |
| Bella's Den | Waterstones | Amazon | Berlie Doherty | 9781781128114 |
| The Den (Oxford Reading Tree) | Waterstones | Amazon | Roderick Hunt and Alex Brychta | 9780198482383 |