3 – Using the Downs as a Learning Resource
Aim – to produce schemes of work that are;
- cross curricular
- linked to the Downs
- making use of the local environment
- tailored to each year group.
Possible activities
- Research favourite tree (additional link)
- Write/ tell a tree’s life story (from tree’s perspective)
- Persuasive writing/speech based on Act of Parliament (1861)
- Produce a map of the Downs
- Pick out important items/landmarks (Roman road)
- A day in the life of a quarryman
- Putting elements from the Downs into chronological order
- Changing landscape and climate
- Art project on Downs illustrating the changes over time
- Forecast for the future (global warming)
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