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Welcome to Ms Maria's Magic Resources Box. Creativity is the key. Here you can find anything you might looking for: Visual Arts and Design Technology (some would be suitable for Science) teaching resources for any Curriculum and framework # UK # International # IB PYP#IB MYP #IB DP and many more adjustable to your taste and needs.
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Help Sponge Bob!
Design and draw a vehicle for Sponge Bob in isometric. Different lesson' s activities/tasks are designed to build up an understanding of isometric projection and to learn how to draw in isometric.
KS3 lesson allows Y7 pupils to understand different wood joints and to model example wood joints, to work in a team in the 'factory' to cut and assemble the longest & most accurate Dovetail joint. The lesson included a range of different short activities (such as modeling cardboard joints, the quiz 'Who wants to be a Millionaire?' and the 'Dovetail Challenge' competition) to reinforce pupils' understanding and the knowledge of wood joints and its use.
Easy to understand potential risk and plan your field trip safely and hassle-free. Stay safe!
When preparing risk assessment documents for a school field trip, it’s important to ensure that all potential risks are identified, assessed, and mitigated. Here is a general outline of what these documents should include:
Trip Details:
Date and duration of the trip
Destination and itinerary
Purpose of the trip
Number of students and staff attending
Contact Information:
Emergency contact numbers for staff
Contact details for the destination
Local emergency services contact information
Risk Identification:
Transportation risks (e.g., accidents, delays)
Environmental risks (e.g., weather conditions, terrain)
Health risks (e.g., allergies, medical conditions)
Activity-specific risks (e.g., swimming, hiking)
Risk Assessment:
Likelihood of each risk occurring (low, medium, high)
Potential impact of each risk (minor, moderate, severe)
Risk Mitigation Strategies:
Measures to prevent or minimize each risk
Emergency procedures and protocols
Supervision ratios and staff responsibilities
First aid provisions and medical support
Participant Preparation:
Required clothing and equipment
Briefing on safety rules and expectations
Information on behavior and conduct
Consent and Medical Information:
Parental consent forms
Medical information and emergency contacts for each student
Review and Approval:
Signature of the person conducting the assessment
Approval from school administration
Contingency Plans:
Procedures for handling emergencies
Communication plan for informing parents and school authorities
Ensure that all staff involved in the trip are familiar with the risk assessment and that a copy is accessible during the trip. Regularly review and update the document as necessary, especially if there are changes to the itinerary or participants.
Visual Arts or Design Technology mini project: Self-quarantine time is boring, the virus is frightening, now it is a time to have fun and create amusing homemade mask.
This mini project was successfully run in China during Corona virus outbreak, as a part of online learning. You can adapt this simple instructions for your needs.
Your task and aims: Produce an amusing homemade mask by using any materials and media, and by creating a realistic reflection of 2019-nCoV current outbreak through any form of illustration, 2D and 3D effects, covering most details within the pastime. Go, WuHan, we will fight through this together! You can show in your work doctors in protection suits, the hospital equipment and reflection on the effort people have put into the combat with the coronavirus, while the other side can include the virus itself and origins of the virus, the patients’ desires to live.
Present your work: take a photograph and write a description of what it represents and why.
What is the House system. Students can be selected/divided and introduced to Houses , House Captains selection and election, House attributes and House logo design competition.
Instructions are in both languages: English and Chinese.
Whole School ‘LOVE’ Assembly and activities to foster team-work, team spirit and compassion. This is an active school assembly (can be done outside or in the sports hall, etc.).
E-safety & Anti-bullying Whole School Assembly is in both English and Chinese languages. It includes three educational videos (explaining types of bullying, cyberbullying and e-safety, question and answers and finding your happiness activity (with the balloons).
These holistic activities are designed to support students’ emotional and mental well-being, encourage personal growth, and prepare them for future challenges. Each session aims to be engaging and meaningful, fitting into the 15-minute homeroom time effectively. The whole year program includes monthly tasks (from September until end of June) and weekly activities for each task for the whole school across the grades (years), from Grade 1 to Grade 12. This program is suitalbe for any school or curriculum, as it serves well-being, holistic education.
A comprehensive overview of the IB MYP Design Technology (DT) and Science Units of Study across Grades 7, 8, and 9. This overview includes an introduction to the IB MYP program, the assessment criteria, and a fun and simple introduction to the DT and Science departments. You can personalize this with your own staff photos and additional details specific to your school.
Importance of effective lesson planning and differentiation in modern education.
Detailed keynote speaker’s presentation outline for “The Art of Lesson Planning and Differentiation” for the Foreign Teachers Forum in Shanghai, China, on May 25, 2024. This presentation can also be used as a staff Continuing Professional Development (CPD) session.
This can be briefly outlined:
Understanding Lesson Planning (15 minutes)
Definition and Importance:
What is lesson planning?
Why is lesson planning crucial for effective teaching?
Components of a Lesson Plan:
Learning objectives.
Materials and resources.
Activities and procedures.
Assessment and evaluation.
Setting SMART Goals:
Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound objectives.
The Art of Differentiation (20 minutes)
What is Differentiation?
Definition and significance in diverse classrooms.
Key Principles of Differentiation:
Content: What students learn.
Process: How students learn.
Product: How students demonstrate learning.
Learning Environment: The physical and psychological climate.
Strategies for Differentiation:
Tiered assignments.
Flexible grouping.
Learning stations.
Choice boards.
Use of technology.
Integrating Lesson Planning and Differentiation (20 minutes)
Aligning Objectives with Differentiation:
How to set differentiated learning objectives.
Designing Differentiated Activities:
Examples of differentiated activities for various subjects and grade levels.
Assessment and Feedback:
Differentiated assessment methods.
Providing meaningful feedback to diverse learners.
Grade 5 Students Guide to Exhibition.
How We Express Ourselves.
An inquiry into the ways in which we discover and express ideas, feelings, nature, culture. beliefs, and values; the ways in which we reflection. extend, and enjoy our creativity; our appreciation of the aesthetics.
Students asked to inquire into all forms of sustainable, recycled arts and design.
They asked to choose a continent and one Unicef Global Goal to create a sustainable outcome or a solution.
This mini concept project is aimed to raise awareness of coral reefs dying.
It includes: the task description with the Statement of inquiry, Key Concepts, Related concepts, Global Context, ATL skills and student’s e-portfolio with each task outlined, covering Criteria A, B and C. Criterion D can be added, as necessary.
This project can also be used in Design Technology, adapted accordingly. The students explore 2 points perspective (Isometric projection), orthographic and digital representations.
As a final outcome, the students will create a visual 2D or 3D message that would help to preserve the coral reefs and inform people of the danger, making people/the audience to think of their own actions that have the consequences. The final 2D and 3D artwork could be a coral reef made from recycled and processed waste material, which can be set on the bottom of the sea to function as the basis for a new natural coral reef to form and housing for sea creatures.
Well detailed and expanded, ready for your use IB PYP Design Technology Vertical Year plan and Horizontal Year plan that shows all aspects of students learning: Overall expectations, Conceptual understandings and Learning outcomes differentiated into four phrases of responding and expectations of achievement across PYP Grades 1-5.
IB PYP Year plan expands Design in great details for each grade level and for each Unit/project of study, covering Concepts, ATL Skills, Learning Objectives, Subjects/Projects integration, including four phrases of responding. IB PYP Year plan explains each stage of each Unit/Project following the Design Cycle across the grades 1-5 for the whole academic year.
Grade 1-2 Units of study are: Introduction to safety, sustainability and to the Design cycle; House exterior design; Cardboard boxes Sport shoes and Fun alphabet.
Grade 3 Units of study are: Introduction to safety, sustainability and to the Design cycle, and the Simple machines; Traditions & Structure - Past & Present: LED Lanterns; Construct the parasol umbrella.
Grade 4 Units of study are:Introduction to safety, sustainability and to the Design cycle, and the Simple machines; Fun fan- Development from Ancient civilization; Pop-up card - Ancient town.
Grade 5 Units of study are: Introduction to safety, sustainability and to the Design cycle, and the Simple machines; Walk a walk-Ancient Asian shoes prototype; Chinese Opera Mask- mechanisms.
This resorces are aimed at Lower School 5-11y.o. and Upper School G6-9 students. The Whole school PSHE The Winter Window Kindness Competition and activities resources include:
The differentiated across 5-11y.o. the kindness calendars featuring The Snowman and The Snowdog PHSE activity. The calendars will include a range of fun activities featuring our friends The Snowman and The Snowdog to help children (aged 5 to 11) learn about kindness, the importance of having connections and friendships with others, and how to cope with change.
It is a chance for the students must create a Winter Windows scene using the cut outs included in the Snowman activity pack. Followed by a competition.
Kindness activity and Tackling loneliness: Use a range of mixed media (including the videos) resources to explore loneliness and how we can help people who feel lonely.
This KS3 project features a design inspired by bio-mimicry/Natural forms and used a pewter die casting method. In the course of the project students will learn to critically analyse existing products, to understand the role of the bio-mimicry and to adapt it to jewellery design. In addition, they will use CAD/CAM as a part of the manufacturing process, and 2D design to create a presentation for the completed product.
This project takes several lessons to complete, which would include several stages: Research, Product Analysis, Identification of your own Target market & Success criteria. Design a new promotional watch using a range of graphic communications. Evaluate your watch against your own success criteria and to create an advertisement to promote your watch.
This KS3 project involves the design and construction of a face mask inspired by Mayan art. In the course of the project students will learn to understand the difference between Mortice & Tenon joint and comb/finger joint and to adapt them to the mask design. In addition, they will learn and apply Health & Safety rules when using hand tools to cut out the wood joints.