Cast your mind back, back to the time you learned things that left you wide-eyed and awestruck.
When you were learning about the Earth you live in for the first time.
You were probably a lot smaller then you are now, likely less tired(?!
), but with a fresh young brain that soaked up information like a sponge.
This was one of the very first memories I had of doing crafts at school.
We had to create a jungle habitat and I still remember to this day what it looked like.
That is a powerful example of how using arts and crafts for learning can stand the test of time.
Have I lost you?
Ok, lets start from the beginning.
It is a three-dimensional tool for creative learning.
Originally it comes from the 19th century where it describes a mobile theatre rig.
Credit is given to Louis Jacques-Mande Daguerre.
It is a fantastic way to put into practice, especially if you are learning about habitats.
Using a shoe box helps with limiting the size to a realistic, manageable and contained space.
Earth has two Polar habitats, one at the top and one at the bottom.
Both are covered with snow and ice, are cold and windy with little to no vegetation.
The Earth is tilted and it is the movement of this tilt that produces seasons for us.
Temperatures in the Arctic can go as low and -50 C and in the Antarctica -89C!
Brrrr, now that is cold!
They are described asTundraecosystems.
Tundra comes from a Finnish word,tunturiawhich means treeless plain.
The Tundra is always frozen, or rather there is always an under frozen layer calledpermafrost.
By doing this we could show how much wildlife lives both on land and the sea in the Arctic.
This would give lots of room to do an Arctic tundra scene with all the land animals.
For our horizon, we went on to Google images to find a night sky scene from the Arctic.
This is a super simple way of bringing your habitat to life.
The fairy lights help the glitter to twinkle!
Alternatively, you’re free to always draw a scene out and paint it.
like do not let your child do this part, some shoe boxes can be difficult to cut through.
Even though Polar Bears can swim the really rely on floating ice like this to get around.
We used a PVA-punch in of glue for sticking everything down.
We first layered thin styrofoam down for the ground and built up icy areas with foam.
On top of the foam we glued on cotton balls to give the illusion of fresh snow.
We even burrowed out a hole in the foam for an Arctic fox to keep warm in.
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