Prehistory Project
Prehistory Project This half term, Year 3 are learning about prehistory, beginning with the Stone Age and learning about the changes that took place in Britain until the end of the Iron Age.
To develop your child's understanding further . Your
child can choose whichever method they would like to complete their project, whether this be a PowerPoint or a presentation, through artwork or model making. We encourage them to be as creative as possible! Listed below are some ideas to get you started. You can complete as many or as little of the activities as you would like and feel free to add ideas of your own. Projects are due in on Wednesday 14th December and will be displayed in the hall after school for parents to view on Thursday 15th December.
Activity 1: Stone age people could not pop to the shops for food. Everything they ate had to be caught or collected. Write your own recipe for a stone age dinner using the sort of ingredients that would be available. Activity 2:
Stone age people did not understand numbers as we do. Archaeologists have
found markings in caves that they think might be stone age counting. Can you come up with your own method of counting? You might want to choose symbols to mean certain amounts. Will you count in sets of 10 or will your counting system work in another way? Activity 3: Create a model of a Iron Age house. Can you include tools, or objects they would have had in their homes? Activity 4: The prehistoric earth was unsettled, with lots of earthquakes and volcanoes. Find out about all the parts of a volcano and what causes an eruption. Use an atlas to locate volcanoes around the world. Are there any famous volcanoes or eruptions? You could present your ideas as a poster or PowerPoint. Activity 5: Draw a volcano or cave – what materials will use? Can you make it 3D?
To develop your child's understanding further . Your
child can choose whichever method they would like to complete their project, whether this be a PowerPoint or a presentation, through artwork or model making. We encourage them to be as creative as possible! Listed below are some ideas to get you started. You can complete as many or as little of the activities as you would like and feel free to add ideas of your own. Projects are due in on Wednesday 14th December and will be displayed in the hall after school for parents to view on Thursday 15th December.
Activity 1: Stone age people could not pop to the shops for food. Everything they ate had to be caught or collected. Write your own recipe for a stone age dinner using the sort of ingredients that would be available. Activity 2:
Stone age people did not understand numbers as we do. Archaeologists have
found markings in caves that they think might be stone age counting. Can you come up with your own method of counting? You might want to choose symbols to mean certain amounts. Will you count in sets of 10 or will your counting system work in another way? Activity 3: Create a model of a Iron Age house. Can you include tools, or objects they would have had in their homes? Activity 4: The prehistoric earth was unsettled, with lots of earthquakes and volcanoes. Find out about all the parts of a volcano and what causes an eruption. Use an atlas to locate volcanoes around the world. Are there any famous volcanoes or eruptions? You could present your ideas as a poster or PowerPoint. Activity 5: Draw a volcano or cave – what materials will use? Can you make it 3D?
