Year 3, Summer 1Project Work

The Most Dangerous Animal on Earth

Week beginning: 01.6.20Tasks 10 - 12

This week your activities will continue to focus on why it is our responsibility to look after the planet and how we can do this.

Remember, each week more activities will be sent out to complete. These will help you towards the final task which will be creating an information leaflet to advise people how

to help save the planet.

Remember to post any work you complete and want to share on twitter and tag:

@HartleyBrookPri@HBMissWood@HBMissJones1@MissWatkinsG

Task 4 – Deforestation Task 10 – Find out about plastic pollution.

Enquiry question – How can plastic be dangerous?

Overarching Question –What destruction are we causing to Earth and

how can we help to stop it and protect our amazing planet?

InformationPlastic is an amazing man-made material used to make all kinds of important things. Bike helmets, car airbags and many medical supplies made with plastic save lives, and plastic water bottles can bring clean drinking water to

TaskRead the information given about plastic pollution, then answer the questions given. This should give you lots of information about how you can look after our planet that you will be able to use to create your leaflet at the end of the project. Remember to keep all your work safe as you will need it at the end of the project to create your leaflet.

Research Click on this link to find more information.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zshp34j/articles/z6m7vk7

InformationPlastic is an amazing man-made material used to make all kinds of important things. Bike helmets, car airbags and many medical supplies made with plastic save lives, and plastic water bottles can bring clean drinking water to

Task 11 – Design and make a plastic sculpture.Enquiry question – How can you spread the message?

TaskHelp spread the word in your community that we need to stop polluting our beautiful blue planet by designing and making a plastic sculpture. Collect any plastic from your home and create your own plastic sculpture! Make sure you are careful when cutting and don’t hurt yourself on the edges of the plastic. Remember you can use plastic bottles, bags, container, netting etc.

1. Collect your materials (so that you know what you’re working with.2. Draw your design on the sheet below.3. Make your sculpture out of your materials.

Artists have already been making sculptures out of plastic. Look below for some inspiration.

Research Use the following link to find out more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/42810179

InformationReject, reduce, reuse and recycle plastics. Think about all the rubbish thrown away in your house. Can you stop buying some plastic items? Can you reuse single-use plastics as something else (a bird feeder or plant pot, for example)? Can you give old plastic toys to a charity shop or a friend?

Tools and materials needed:

My plastic sculpture:

Task 12 – Design a placard.Enquiry question – How can you help?

TaskUse the fact sheet to design a placard to persuade people to help reduce plastic pollution.Your placard should be:

- Eye - catching- Colourful- Informative – make sure your poster has lots of ideas about the

everyday things people can do to help

Research Use the following link to find out more https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/kids-club/cool-kids/general-kids-club/tips-to-reduce-plastic-pollution/

InformationThere are many things we can do to reduce the amount of plastic that we use. By working together, our choices can help clean up the ocean and make it a safe place for our amazing marine life to live!

To help reduce the amount of plastic you use you can:1. Drink from reusable water bottles.2. Use multi-use shopping bags3. Buy loose fruit and veg4. Recycle all the plastic that you can!

Extra activities about plastic pollution!

On the next few pages are some extra activities linked to plastic pollution. Completing these will help you with your end project in a few weeks’ time.

Remember they do not need to be on the sheet provided, if you would rather complete on a blank sheet of paper or in your workbook that is fine .

Fact File