The bottom of the sea

  • Appreciation of the environment
  • Observation
  • Collaboration

All the children are going to make an aquarium.

The teacher will bring a cardboard box, a little bigger than a shoe one. He/she will glue blue or green papers in the inner sides of the box, simulating the water. The upper part of the box will remain open, according to the model:

The children will drop some sand inside the box and they will bring some shells from home to put in the bottom of it. They can also make the shells with Play Dough of different colours.

The teacher will print the supplementary material (click here). Each child will chose an animal or plant from the illustration and colour and cut it up. If the drawing they have chosen is an animal, they will glue them on a toothpick. Then both things, plants and animals, will be put inside the box. That will represent the bottom of the sea.

 

 


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