HOW THINGS WORK ZONE

Base 1

Battery and lamp

Beaver Scouts see how a battery lights up a lamp

AC

Base 2

Magnets - what is magnetic and what is not

magnetic and non-magnetic items

6 x magnets

Beaver Scouts find out which items are magnetic and which are not

AC

IW to count what magnets we have

Base 3

Buzzer

Buzzer games

Who can complete the game without the buzzer sounding

AC / CK

Base 4

Floating / sinking

6 empty pop bottles

Raisins             Eggs

Salt                  Fizzy water

Small glasses

Buckets

What will float and what will sink

AC

Base 5

Kitchen roll experiment

Kitchen roll (different makes)

Other papers (eg tissue)

Buckets

Will a kitchen roll soak up water and how quickly? How do other papers perform?

AC

Base 6

Fondant Animals

Fondant icing,    Colouring,

Cutters, Icing sugar,

Food felt markers,

Paper towels,    decorations

Roll out fondant icing and use cutters to cut out animal shapes – then decorate

AC

CREATIVITY

Base 1

Frog paper folding

Paper                Crayons

Tape

Colour paper green on one side red on the other.

Fold to make the frog’s face

AC

Base 2

Butterfly stamping

Paper                Stamp

Ink                    Crayons

Wool                 Tape

Stamp the butterfly shape – colour and cut out. Attach to wool and add to the frog’s mouth (base 1)

CK

Base 3

Learn a tune

Percussion instruments

Beaver Scouts learn to play a simple tune

AC

Base 4

Milk Bottle music

Milk bottles                   Water

Sticks

Beaver Scouts try out their tune using milk bottles filled with water

AC

Base 5

Make an instrument

Pan Pipes

Tambourine

Rain Maker

Beaver Scouts make an instrument then try out their tune

PS

Base 6

Modelling

Make a model from Play-Do

Beaver Scouts make a model for fun (not to be taken home)

AC

HEALTH

Base 1

Road Safety Dominoes

Dominoes – 3 sets?

Teams play dominoes ( 3 sets)

CK

Base 2

Road Safety signs

Pictures

Crayons

Straws

Beaver Scouts make their own road signs

PE

Base 3

Tasting – good / bad foods

Sample foods to taste

Beaver Scouts have to taste foods and say if they are good or bad for them

AC

Base 4

Good / bad foods questionnaire

Were they good or bad

Beaver Scouts  have to answer the questions and colour them in

CK

Base 5

Exercise time

Set of exercise to complete

Beaver Scouts have to measure their partners pulse

The complete set tasks

Then measure pulses again

What was the change? Why?

PE

Base 6

Body game

Label the correct body parts

In teams Beaver Scouts have to place body parts in the correct places

PS