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Materials, Textiles, and Fashion
Levels 1 to 4
NZC Achievement Objectives
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Learning Intentions
Integration Ideas
Learning Intentions are from the Ministry of Education
Integration ideas are from the Ministry of Education
Levels 1 to 4
Produce technological solutions in a range of technological areas and contexts.
Level 1
Share ideas about the ways in which familiar technologies affect their lives eg. the use and disposal of plastics
The Arts (Dance): Explain how traditional dances reflect the geographical settings of different cultures eg. in their instruments, costumes, formations, and movements.
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If I hold something cold in my hands, why does it warm up? Where does the heat come from? And when I turn on the heater, where does the heat actually come from? Investigate how heat is produced, which objects make their own heat, and how heat is transferred.
Level
2
Type
Unit
Heating up
Primary Connections
If I hold something cold in my hands, why does it warm up? Where does the heat come from? And when I turn on the heater, where does the heat actually come from? Investigate how heat is produced, which objects make their own heat, and how heat is transferred.
If you're looking to start a new fashion trend then look no further. This lesson plan will help you create some super cool ice earrings. It's a fun activity that's fast and simple to do.
Level
1-4
Type
Activity
Ice Earrings
Science Kids
If you're looking to start a new fashion trend then look no further. This lesson plan will help you create some super cool ice earrings. It's a fun activity that's fast and simple to do.
This book focusses on warm-blooded animals in order to provide a familiar and personalised context in which young children can investigate how animals, including people, maintain their body temperature.
Level
1-2
Type
Activity Book
Keeping Warm: Getting Heat Energy and Keeping It
Ministry of Education NZ
This book focusses on warm-blooded animals in order to provide a familiar and personalised context in which young children can investigate how animals, including people, maintain their body temperature.
Enjoying making plastic while learning about its interesting properties with this great chemistry project and lesson plan for kids..
Level
1-4
Type
Activity
Making Plastic
Science Kids
Enjoying making plastic while learning about its interesting properties with this great chemistry project and lesson plan for kids..
We are living in a material world, and those materials have a range of physical properties that influence their use. Investigate the properties of things we use everyday and apply understanding to investigate how materials keep things warm.
Level
2
Type
Unit
Material world
Primary Connections
We are living in a material world, and those materials have a range of physical properties that influence their use. Investigate the properties of things we use everyday and apply understanding to investigate how materials keep things warm.
In this episode Dr Michelle Dickinson will cover the different types and properties of materials, carry out a hands-on experiment and talk about nanomaterials with Associate Professor Nicola Gaston from The MacDiarmid Institute.
Level
3-4
Type
Video
Materials: BREAKING IT DOWN Episode 4
Nanogirl
In this episode Dr Michelle Dickinson will cover the different types and properties of materials, carry out a hands-on experiment and talk about nanomaterials with Associate Professor Nicola Gaston from The MacDiarmid Institute.
To describe the properties of different materials that objects are made from, using the senses of touch and sight. To select and describe decorations for a hat, based on the properties of materials
Level
1
Type
Activity
Science for families: Sorting objects
Primary Connections
To describe the properties of different materials that objects are made from, using the senses of touch and sight. To select and describe decorations for a hat, based on the properties of materials
A daring crime has been committed in Nanogirl's Lab! Join her as she uses her science and engineering powers to solve the mystery and find out who stole her last cookie!
Level
1-4
Type
Video
Sleuthing Superpower Series
Nanogirl
A daring crime has been committed in Nanogirl's Lab! Join her as she uses her science and engineering powers to solve the mystery and find out who stole her last cookie!
It's party time! Explore the observable properties of materials and how these properties influence the way a material is used. Design and create a party hat that can be worn in the sun or the rain.
Level
1
Type
Unit
That's my hat!
Primary Connections
It's party time! Explore the observable properties of materials and how these properties influence the way a material is used. Design and create a party hat that can be worn in the sun or the rain.
Draft stoppers, or draft excluders, are a great tool for energy saving. They stop cold air getting into buildings (and warm air getting out) by lying in front of the bottom crack of doors and windows.
Level
1-4
Type
Art Activity
Up-cycle a taniwha draft stopper!
Kiwi Conservation Club - Hakuturi Toa
Draft stoppers, or draft excluders, are a great tool for energy saving. They stop cold air getting into buildings (and warm air getting out) by lying in front of the bottom crack of doors and windows.