Playgrounds Unit 1B.pptVIP

Playgrounds Unit 1B In this unit pupils should be given the opportunity to explore a range of full size items of playground equipment and make their own models. * Home Page Links to playground equipment manufacturers Questions to ask when looking at playground equipment Session by session suggestions Additional Resources Useful web sites of playground equipment manufacturers Wickstead leisure ***** Rainbow UK **** Leisure products **** Sovereign **** Schoolscapes *** Tall Ships Playframes *** Click on images to visit the sites. Star rating 1 - 5 5 being the best Review of Playground Equipment Consider the various items of playground equipment, through a visit to your local playground, use of the web or photographs. Discuss the positive and negative points of the facilities. Questions to ask include:- * Why do we have playgrounds? * Is the play equipment fun to use? Why? * What are the correct names for the various items? * Is the equipment safe to use? * What materials have been used? * How have the parts been joined together? * What type of motion does the item include? Visit a local playground to investigate the items of equipment found there. Ask the children to draw the equipment at the playground. Children could carry out a survey of favourite items of playground equipment. Children could examine smaller items of outdoor play equipment that are sold for use at home. Children could make a collection of pictures of different outdoor play equipment from magazines and catalogues. Who are they for? How have they been made? Session 1 Possible questions to ask during visit Discuss how modelling is used by designers to develop their ideas and test their products. Show the children how to construct a square or rectangular frame using construction kit framework components. Show them how they could make the frames more stable and able to withstand greater loads eg by adding further kit parts or materials such as string or card, or by adding supports. Ask t