ACTIVITY MIX
These Activities link in to articles all through this FUSE.
there is a 'Cool Weblink'
Where you see a star
waiting on the opposite page 19.
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Art & Maths
Get folding, snipping and hanging out your paper
shapes – or give the cool, symmetrical snowflake
generator
a whirl online!
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Weathery Word Challenge
They say some languages have “100 words for
snow”. We tried hard but struggled to think of
any snow-y descriptors in English without the
word 'snow' in already! -Snowdrift... snowball...
powdery snow... hmmm...100 words? -We only
seem to have...“snow”!
What about the
word 'rain'? Hooray!
-Very little rain in
sight! We thought of
raindrop...but then
flood...puddle...
(Even ice and river
don't use the word
'rain'.) -What others
can you think of?
Music, Nature & Maths
Q: What do you call music at Stonehenge?
A: A 'rock' concert..?! (Groan!)
Was Stonehenge actually designed for 'rocking'
out to music, sound vibration and echo off the
And did you know the Carn
sarsen stones?
Menyn ridge 'bluestones' have been found to
ring like bells?
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Listen to the wacky stone-circle soundfile
reconstructions
of clapping, drumming and
ancient Wilsford flute on Cool Weblinks. -Be
inspired!
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Compose soundbites using raw materials like
stone, wood, sand and twigs brushing, knocking
or snapping. Meditate on nature and develop a
longer, chill-out track.
So here's the challenge! Which Weathery Words
do you think are missing from the English
language? Why can't we describe a 'snow puddle'
or 'sun flood'...or the perfect 'wind-waft' and
'middle-heat' conditions for biking?!
Email us at [email protected] and let's
get inventing some brand new words!
Outdoor Eco
Set up hibernation sites and ✸
safe retreats or watering ✸
holes for overwintering ✸
creatures.
Build a bat
box – or even install a ✸
nestbox camera! ✸
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Shuffle, stamp and clap – or overlay your own
beatboxing!
Experiment with speed, timing, silence, echo...
and investigate online the freaky effects of
soundwave interference and diffraction.
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An Astro-Archaeologist's Alternative...
Awesome geometry seems to be written all over
Stonehenge -discover the ways it tracks the sun,
moon and stars.
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