Wacky Windmills L1
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Wacky Windmills Design and Technology Year 1/2 Lesson 1 of 6 Learning Objective Resources Slides The Brill Windmill Story Book To explore what windmills are and how they are used. Worksheet 1A/1B/1C Brill Windmill Cards Windmill Song Lyrics (for FSD? activity only) Teaching Input • Show children small parts of windmills. Bricks, wood, windows and lattice. Ask them to guess what these are and what they belong to? • Explain that the above materials are found on windmills. Reveal what a windmill looks like and ask your class if they know what it is. • What do windmills do? Have you seen one before? • Explain to children that windmills are structures that convert the winds speed into power. They were used in the past to mill grains and pump water. • Show images of different types of windmills and discuss their parts, features and the materials used. Main Activity Lower ability: Middle ability: Higher ability: Provide children with the Brill Provide children with the Brill Provide children with the Brill Windmill story book for them to Windmill story book for them to Windmill story book for them to fold, fold, one between two. Children to fold, one between two. Children to one between two. Children to follow follow along while the teacher follow along while the teacher along while the teacher read or reads. Explain to children they will reads. Explain to children they will read independently. Explain to be historians today and will create be historians today and will create children they will be historians a picture card for people to a fact card for people to remember today and will create a fact card for remember our old windmills. our old windmills. people to remember our old Provide worksheet 1A. Children Provide worksheet 1B. Children are windmills. are to create a museum picture to create a museum fact card for Provide worksheet 1C. Children are card for the Brill Windmill in the the Brill Windmill in the story. to create a museum fact card for story. They will label the picture by Children will draw a picture and fill the Brill Windmill in the story. cutting out the cards and glueing in the missing gaps in the Children will draw a picture and them in the correct place. sentences. write information about the windmill. Fancy something different…? • Provide children with the Windmill Song Lyrics. This song is to be sung to the tune of ‘Colours of the rainbow’. • Teach children how to sing the song and ask them to practise with a partner. • Sing the song as a whole class. • An alternative activity would be to take your class on a trip to a nearby windmill. These websites show a list of windmills in England. • http://www.windmillworld.com/uk/london.htm • http://www.nationalmillsweekend.co.uk If your school is in or around Central London these windmills might be good options: Wimbledon Windmill, Brixton Windmill, Shirley Windmill and Upminster Windmill. Plenary Assessment Questions • Can children explain what a windmill is and what they Ask children to discuss why windmills aren't are used for? used as much on farms anymore. Why are many windmills not used now? What • Can children describe the features of a windmill? do farmers use now? • Do children know why farmers don’t use the traditional windmills as much now? Copyright © PlanBee Resources Ltd 2015 www.planbee.com .