244 - Buildings and Structures

Day 244. Our Year 3 classes at school are doing a unit of work on Buildings and Structures, and I wanted to come up with something for them that helped get a sense of a variety of places and where they can be found around the world. So I spent some time this morning making these cards. They were made in InDesign then printed out, cut up and laminated. The kids were randomly assigned a card for a building that they then had to find on Google Maps Engine Lite, mark with a pin and add some information to.  The finished map is here and I think it's a pretty good effort for a single lesson of work by 8 year old kids.

If you'd like a copy of the cards for use for your own purposes, you can download them here as a PDF.

020 - Working with Wood

Day 20. The first stage of our backyard makeover is done. After deliberating and procrastinating on our backyard for a very long time (literally years) we decided to make a start last week. We knew we wanted some sort of garden bed along the fence line, so I started with that. I'm sure the rest of the yard will unfold as time goes on. I really quite enjoy working with wood, being on the tools, and building stuff like this. It's much more creative than it might look because there's a lot of problem solving and figuring things out as you go along (at least there is for me... maybe I should plan more!) I just start with a general idea, and make it up as I go along.

And yes, I know it still needs plants.... That's Linda's thing.