Discover AIR

with MAIA Children manual with

activities, tests and experiments.

THE PROJECT:

THE EARTH IS OUR

LITTLE GREEN

HOUSE

multilateral project

COMENIUS 2009-2011

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Introduction:

The air is the vital element for all the living beings of the Earth.

A little bee help you to discover :

ALL ABOUT AIR,

THE IMPORTANCE OF AIR IN LIFE

CONSERVATION & PROTECTION OF AIR

With:

activities, tests and experiments

Hello, my name is

Maia, I’m a little

bee. Together we

will discover AIR.

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The atmosphere surround-

ing Earth is full of air!

AIR IS EVERYWHERE!!!

PAINT the air around the planet

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CUT AND PASTE THEME.

Air is important to all

living things.

Search newspaper and magazine images of plants, animals and men.

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I CAN FLY IN THE AIR,

THE INSECTS, BATS AND

BIRD NEEDS AIR TO FLY.

PAINT WATER, DRAW , COLOUR, CUT AND PASTE THE PICTURES OF FLYING ANIMALS

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Air is very important for respira-

tion.

Men, plants, every animal need air

to survive.

COLOUR, DRAW AND PASTE PICTURES

Paste your photo Draw your pet

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Air is transparent, air is

weight, air takes up space, air

is a gas.

Explore air with the five senses :

Paste a photo of your exploration

Draw a picture of your explo-ration

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Air is everywhere. Air is invisible. It cannot

be seen, but it is all around us. Air is truly

noticeable is when it is in the form of wind.

Who Has Seen the Wind? By Christina Rossetti Who has seen the wind? Neither I nor you. But when the leaves hang trembling, The wind is passing through. Who has seen the wind? Neither you nor I. But when the trees bow down their heads, The wind is passing by.

Paint “The wind”

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Air takes up space

Blow up a ballon. What is inside the balloon? Blow soap bubbles.

The air from your lungs is creating the bubbles. Mix together the paint and some washing up liquid in the tray. Add

some water until it is runny enough to blow bubbles. Use the drinking straw to blow into the paint to make bubbles.

Gently place the paper on top of the bubbles. When the bubbles pop remove the paper and leave to dry.

Paste the paper

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AIR HAS VOLUME

1. Take an empty, 2-litre soft drink bottle and lay it on its side. Hold it down firmly. 2. make a ball out of a small piece of paper. Make sure it is small enough to fit through the mouth of the bottle. 3. Hold a hair dryer so it blows directly into the mouth of the bottle. Try and push the paper ball into the bottle using the air stream from the hair dryer. What happen?

COLOUR

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AIR HAS PRESSURE

1. Take one end of the string and tie it to a tree or a post. 2. Take the straw and thread it onto the other end of the string. 3. Tie the other end of string to the second tree or post. 4. Make sure that the string is tight. 5. Move the straw to one end of the string

6. Blow up the balloon and hold the opening so that the air does not escape. 7. Place the mouth of the balloon so that it is pointing toward the closest tree or post. 8. Make sure that the balloon is parallel to the string/straw. Place two pieces

of tape over the straw and balloon making sure that the balloon is attached securely. 9. Release the balloon. What happen?

DRAW AND COLOUR

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Air can move, air can push things

Blow Painting:

Water paint down a little to make it runny. Pour a couple of drops of paint on to paper, use a d r i n k i n g s t r a w t o b l o w t h e p a i n t i n a l l d i r e c t i o n s . Keep adding more paint and blowing.

PASTE the PAPER

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Wind is air that moves over the

Earth's surface and movement

of air is energy.

Creating simple ranges, pinwheel, kite, little flags is cheap and easy to make.

Draw and colour or paste a photo of your games with “air-toys”.

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Air become polluted with emis-

sion of gas: industry, individual

actions, transportation .

Observe the image , comment and ver-balize it , invents a story.

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Why drive when you can walk?! Walk-

ing, running, skipping are all much

more fun than sitting in a boring un-

cool car. Plant trees, the lungs of the

Earth.

What we can do to keep the air clean

Observe the image , comment and verbalize

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REDUCE YOU EMISSION OF GAS: Walking, run-

ning, skipping are all much more fun than sitting in a boring un-cool car . Plant trees, the lungs of the

Earth. YOU CAN SAVE AIR , YOU CAN SAVE EARTH:

OUR LITTLE GREEN HOUSE.

Air is transparent, air is weight, air takes up space, air has volume and pres-sure , air is a gas.

Without air the Earth would look like the moon. All living

things need air to live.

The atmosphere surround-ing Earth is full of air! AIR IS EVERYWHERE!!!

Air become polluted with emis-sion of gas: industry, in-dividual ac-tions, trans-

portation .