This product is a 7 slide presentation about owl pellets and how they are formed. It guides students to design and construct a small animal using Lego that could be a food source for an owl such as a rodent, frog, cricket, spider, moth, centipede. Students must build their animal and then create instructions by setting out the drawings of the Lego pieces on 1cm grid paper. You can also take a photo of their completed Lego animal to assist them with remembering how to build it. It conclude the lesson the students pull apart their Lego animal and pack it into a zip lock bag along with their instructions. In the follow up lesson the students swap their packages with another team and using the instructions and with help from the photos, try to build the animal.

This is a design activity with the final goal making a set of shoes made from a variety of everyday materials. The students will test the following materials in this investigation. wood plastic sponge fabric cardboard There are 4 tests for the students to conduct. Investigation 1 - Heating and cooling Test each material by holding it against different surfaces for 1 minute and recording findings in a table. Investigation 2 -Friction Rub the material against different surfaces such as carpet, grass and paving for 1 minute to see if there is an effect on the material. Investigation 3 - Force Set a timer for 1 minute while standing on the material. Describe the material after standing on it. Investigation 4 - Water Immerse the material in water for 1 minute and recording findings in a table. To conclude the investigation the students share their findings and decide on the best materials to use to make their set of shoes.

The students were given the following materials to complete this investigation a ruler a large foldback clip with the steel pin removed - this is the fulcrum several objects -small blocks, erasers, sharpeners etc easily sourced around the classroom. Plus a few heavier objects for investigation 3. Investigation 1 - First class lever The students set up their equipment to balance two objects Investigation 2 - Second class lever The students set up their equipment with the fulcrum at one end of the ruler and then balance two objects. Investigation 3 - Third class lever The students set up their equipment to lift a load. In their Science Journal the students choose two of the investigation and draw a diagram including these labels - fulcrum, object and ruler.