Structures

This unit looks at aspects of building houses, in particular rooves and the different types of trusses that can be used.  

As we have solar panels on one of our school building pupils were interested on how they work.  This led to a mini topic based on solar panels.  

Possible activities 

• Engineering aspect of buildings

• Local buildings of interest

• Roof Truss (strong structures) 

flat roof on school site built 1977

pitched roof on school site built 1871

• Solar panels 

Expressive Arts

• Models of roof (truss) 

Literacy 

• Vocabulary – materials, structures, angles 

Numeracy

• Angles – roof truss 

DCF

• Stop Motion videos on making models 

Resources 

• Visit to timber frame building in local area - Nant Clwyd Y Dre 

• Solar panels

What impact do our choices have on habitats? - Explorify 

Green power - Explorify

Solar does it - Explorify

activity-plan-solar-collection-investigation.pdf (naturalresources.wales)

worksheet-solar-collection-investigation.pdf (naturalresources.wales)