Sun chime STEM project for week 8

STEM Project (Monday Week 8)

Over the next two weeks the children in year one will be asked to design a sun chime as a part of our unit in Science related to sound and light.

The children will work in teams of three to plan and design a sun chime (a mixture of a wind chime and a sun catcher). This project will then be hung in the tree in the ECC area and the children will be required to video record their sun chime and then reflect on their design at the end.

I have posted this project a little bit early so you can start collecting materials for your child's design (all help would be appreciated!). We are planning on making the sun chimes on Monday 25th of March (week 8) between 1.30pm and 2.45pm. If you are able to help in any way, we would love you to come in to get on the hot glue gun/ thread some beads!

Below are some of the examples that I will be showing them:

Some items that we would love you to bring in for our sun chimes could be:

- Bottle tops
- Fine craft wire
- Old coat hangers
- Buttons
- Gem stones
- Old sun glasses
- Old CD's
- Unused keys
- Mirror tiles (mosaics)
- Old spoons/forks
- Twine
- Shells
- Plastic plates

or any other recycled materials!

Thank you for your ongoing support and if you have any questions, please email me.

Many thanks

Miss Prowse