School Case Studies
| Hamstreet Primary School | Age Range | Year 5 | |
| Improving our local area What is the best location for a new pond at the Rare Breeds Centre? |   | |
| Learning Intentions | Activities |
| The children will: • Use maps and aerial photographs to locate buildings and places of interest in the local area • Use the Internet to research environmental issues • Use a range of field skills to collect and record evidence • Use ICT to present and share results with others | • Use the Internet to research information about ponds and pond life • Design a questionnaire “where should we situate a new pond” for visitors to the Centre to complete • Visit the Rare Breeds Centre at Woodchurch • Used digital cameras at The Centre to record different types of land-use and wildlife • Participate in a class debate on “where the new pond should be situated” |
| Learning Outcomes | ||
| What the children did: • Used ICT to design and create an Environmental questionnaire • Used Microsoft PowerPoint to present their proposed pond design to others • Used e-mail to share their results with staff at The Rare Breeds Centre | ||
| Published Infomapper Layers | ||
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Hamstreet Rare Breeds Project | ||
| Use of ICT to enhance Teaching and Learning | ||
| The children used:
• The Internet to research information about different types of ponds • Microsoft PowerPoint to modify ideas & present their work to others |
The children created and published the following layers on Infomapper:
• Digital cameras to: