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🎅🏼Xmas Time🧑🏽🎄 - Cardboard Creations and Decorations🎄❄️
🧑🏽🎄Focus Skills
Creative Design, 3D Construction, Recycling/Sustainability, Digital Documentation (Seesaw Diary).
1. Sleigh Goals: Learning Objectives
🎅🏼By the end of this activity, students will be able to:
Creative Design: Design and plan an oversized Christmas decoration using primarily recycled cardboard and materials.
Construction: Apply structural techniques (tabs, slots, bracing) to build a stable 3D object.
Recycling: Identify and utilize various recycled materials effectively in their design.
Digital Diary: Systematically document the construction process using photos and text captions on Seesaw, creating a visual step-by-step diary.
Santa's Workshop Supply List (Materials)
🧌The Elf's Guide to Creation (Procedure)
The entire process must be documented on Seesaw as a Construction Diary with a minimum of five separate photo entries.
Teacher Notes (not visible to students)
Simple Machines Link🔗 Optional extension: Discussing levers (scissors), screws (glue guns), and wedges (box cutter blades) used in construction. 🎅🏼📃Santa's Workshop Supply List (Materials) Mandatory Supplies Recycled/Optional Decor Tools (Teacher Supervision Required) Cardboard (various sizes/thicknesses) Plastic Lids (for eyes/ornaments) Sharp Scissors / Box Cutters (Teacher Use Only) Construction Adhesive (Strong Glue/PVA) Plastic Bottles/Containers (for shapes) Hot Glue Guns (Adult or supervised use) Masking Tape/Painter's Tape Aluminium Foil (for metallic look) Measuring Rulers & Set Squares Paint (Acrylic, various colours) Cotton Balls/Pads (for snow/beards) Markers, Pencils, & Erasers Seesaw Device (iPad/Tablet) Scraps of Fabric/Ribbon Hole Punches 📜 Checking the Naughty/Nice List (Assessment) Criteria 😎Nice List (Achieved) Construction Decoration is stable, stands freely, and uses appropriate structural supports. Material Use Utilized cardboard creatively and incorporated at least two other recycled materials. 😥Naughty List (Needs Improvement) Decoration is unstable, parts are loose, or relies too heavily on tape/minimal glue. Material Use Decoration used primarily new materials or recycled items were not integrated well. Documentation Five separate diary entries are present, each with a photo and a descriptive, relevant caption about the process. Aesthetics Decoration is fully painted/covered and clearly resembles the chosen Christmas item. Decoration is unfinished, messy, or the colours/details are not complete.
