Lesson 1: Practising spatial orientation

Age:
8-9 years

Objectives:

•  To work on orientation with online activities.
•  To focus on the plan of action necessary to solve a problem.

Materials:

• A computer with an internet connection
• The following four applets

Introduction:
As the web page is written in Dutch, the teacher has to explain the instructions and the different controls to the students before starting the activities.
From these instructions the students start exploring the activities with increasing difficulty.

Observations:
Some students continue this activity at home or in their free time.

Lesson 2 : Builing with small cubes

Age:
8-9 years

Goals:

• To make figures by folding papers.
• To carry out a process from a set of codified instructions.

Materials:

• A computer with an internet connection
• The following four applets

http://www.fi.uu.nl/toepassingen/03028/toepassing_rekenweb.xml
http://www.fi.uu.nl/toepassingen/00339/toepassing_rekenweb.html
http://www.fi.uu.nl/toepassingen/02015/toepassing_rekenweb.xml
http://www.fi.uu.nl/wisweb/isdde/applets/NabouwenAanzichten1.htm
http://www.fi.uu.nl/wisweb/isdde/applets/NabouwenAanzichten2.htm

Introduction:
The teacher gives the instructions that children have to follow to make the chosen figures.

Observations:
Some students continue this activity at home or in their free time.

Lesson 3: Origami

Age:
8-9 years

Goals:

• To construct figures by folding paper.
• To carry out a process by following coded instructions.

Materials:

• A computer with internet access.
• Sheets of A4 paper.
• The following web link:

Introduction:
The teacher gives the instructions the children have to follow to make the chosen figures.

Main part :
To challenge the students to interpret the used codes to indicate the different foldings of the paper.

Round up :
The birds they have made are used as a peace sign on the 30th January when the Non-Violence International Day is celebrated. Afterwards an exhibition of the made birds is put on in class.

Observations:
Some pupils have difficulties in imagining the results of the foldings in advance.