PR-6171IRE Science A STEM Approach - 1st Class

Earth and the Environment
IN THE SKY AND ON THE LAND
STEM project Project
A Scene for a Day and Night Video Game:
STEM Project Overview
Pupils design a day and night scene for a video game using a website called Toondoo. Pupils
will need to consider the features in the sky as well as natural and constructed features in a
landscape. Pupils also create a video to explain the features in the scenes and how the video
game character interacts with the features.
Concepts Overview:
Science
• Recall observable features of the night and day sky.
• Recall observable natural and constructed features of a landscape.
• Create a video to describe night and day scenes in a video game.
• Observe and describe changes to the sky or landscape.
Technology/Engineering
• Plan steps collaboratively.
• Learn how to correctly enter a URL into a web browser.
• Design a day and night background scene for a video game using a website program (Toondoo).
• Become familiar with a website program and understand the functionality.
• Evaluate and revise the scene designs and/or the video.
• Use a digital application to record a video.
Mathematics
• Give directions that a video game character needs to follow in order to interact with the features
in a designed scene.
• Use Venn diagrams to sort and classify information.
Alternative Project Ideas:
Viewing sample
• Design and make a playground incorporating constructed and managed features. Pupils think
about how the playground would look in the day and at night, and design features accordingly.
• Read the book Window by Jeannie Baker. Pupils design and build a diorama view from a window,
showing how natural or constructed features can change over time in a local landscape.
• Create a night and day art wheel, as demonstrated in this Art Attack video .
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CLASS
A STEM APPROACH