Activity:
· In a session before you play the game review the vocabulary used to describe different materials
· Play pass the parcel-each layer will be made up from a different material
· When the music stops the student who has the parcel has to feel and describe the next layer of material eg. Colour, uses, texture, if waterproof, natural, manmade, what it would be used for
· After the students can make up their own pass the parcel game, suggesting what they could use for the wrapping
http://www.primaryscience.ie/media/pdfs/col/pass_the_parcel_activity.pdf
The above website has instructions for this activity.
· In a session before you play the game review the vocabulary used to describe different materials
· Play pass the parcel-each layer will be made up from a different material
· When the music stops the student who has the parcel has to feel and describe the next layer of material eg. Colour, uses, texture, if waterproof, natural, manmade, what it would be used for
· After the students can make up their own pass the parcel game, suggesting what they could use for the wrapping
http://www.primaryscience.ie/media/pdfs/col/pass_the_parcel_activity.pdf
The above website has instructions for this activity.