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Junior

Topic: Nursery Rhyme Sound Makers	Contexts: School, Recreational	Areas: Materials, ICT, Structures
Year 1-3	Level One
Situation:	We are recording some of our favourite poems for the listening post but we would like to make them more interesting
Design Brief:	Add interesting sounds to your favourite poem by using the materials on the Technology Table and then record it on the tape-recorder
Specifications:	- have at least 4 different sounds - sound makers must be no bigger than a shoebox - the sounds must be completely different from each other
Technological Knowledge and Understanding Objective: Level 1:2a ask questions and share ideas about modifications in familiar technologies Learning Experiences: 1. experiment with instruments, list key features and differences 2. read poems and select best option 3. decide what sort of noises/sound/music are needed 4. investigate materials available 5. learn how to use a tape recorder, record, rewind, fast forward, insert and eject a tape
Technological Capability Objective: Level 1:6b identify and gather necessary resources and model and make their preferred solution Learning Experiences: 1. collect necessary resources 2. itemise materials draw a plan as to how it is going to look 3. make preferred solutions 4. test and evaluate
Technology and Society Objective: Level 1:8 share ideas about the ways in which familiar technologies affect their lives Learning Experiences: 1. discuss in a group your favourite instrument 2. ask people at home what is their favourite musical and report back to school 3. listen to some different fairytales or poems that mention instruments, discuss why music or instruments was used
Assessment
Objective L.1: 2a ask questions and share ideas about modifications in familiar technologies	Assessment Task: experiment with instruments, list key features and differences on chart, discuss findings in a group	Achieving at Level 2 able to identify and discuss ideas about modifications and adaptations in familiar technologies	Achieving at Level 1 ask questions and share ideas about modifications in familiar technologies	Still operating at Level 1 share ideas about modifications in familiar technologies
Objective L.6b identify and gather necessary resources and model or make their preferred solution	Assessment Task: collect resources and itemise materials,draw a plan of how the sound maker will look, record information on Sound plan, present, plan & point out which ideas came from different people	Achieving at Level 2 identify and gather necessary resources and model or make their preferred solution	Achieving at Level 1 identify and gather necessary resources and model or make their preferred solution	Still operating at Level 1 gather necessary resources, make their preferred solution

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