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Representing nature

Lesson 1 of 4

MakeCode

7-11 yrs

In this ‘unplugged’ lesson, pupils take a nature walk and then use art techniques to represent they images they collect. They consider rules and processes of working with different materials and develop their computational thinking skills. 

Key learning:

  • To use logical reasoning when making predictions
  • To abstract relevant detail from a nature image
  • To create nature representations using a variety of art materials

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