The Cloudmaker’s Briefcase

Measure the perimeter of a cloud

Centro Zaffiria

Product: Teaching tools

ISBN: 978-88-590-2000-4

Publication date: 01/11/2019

Suitable for: Primary 2nd level (ages 8-10)

Clouds are fascinating. They capture children’s attention and spark their creativity. What if they were inserted into the daily curriculum, transforming it into innovative didactics?

The Cloudmaker’s Briefcase proposes tools and suggestions that make it possible to make maths, science, art and technology lessons more stimulating, starting from observing clouds. The class can become an effervescent research group that knows how to deal with hypothesis, verification methods, and possible solutions.

The briefcase contains:

8 stencils in large format providing the scientific classification of the clouds;

44 clouds of different shapes for working on the sky;

a two-sided poster with a mirrored surface for observing the reflections of clouds outdoors and drawing around their outlines; the other side is a sky where the 44 cloud shapes can be placed (plus all the ones created by the children);

a dry-erase marker for drawing the outlines of clouds;

a notebook with project charts and activities to make the best use of the material and plan a multidisciplinary research project on clouds.

The Cloudmaker’s briefcase

Building interdisciplinary programmes at primary school

Mathematics, history, science, art, technology, literature.... how can these subjects be studied using clouds as a starting point?

The Cloudmaker’s briefcase offers interdisciplinary activities to be carried out with primary school children, with the aim of transforming daily teaching into innovative lessons through the use of artistic and visual techniques, and thanks to the use of technology.

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BRIEFCASE CONTENTS

The briefcase contains:

8 large stencils with 44 different cloud shapes

a double-face poster board with a sky side for working with the different cloud shapes, and a mirror side for observing different cloud reflections and tracing around them with the included erasable marker

an activity book to make the best use of the available materials and to plan a multidisciplinary research project on clouds.

PROPOSED ACTIVITIES

Here are some examples of the activities children can do with The Cloudmaker’s briefcase:

draw and colour the clouds using different materials (crayons, sponge or roller painting, watercolours, etc.);
photograph the clouds and make digital collages with the use of an application;
learn to observe and describe clouds with words, symbols, and colours;
classify clouds like real scientists;
invent stories starting from clouds, getting inspiration from well-known writers;
reason about different cloud shapes and how to measure their perimeter.

AUDIENCE

The activities and materials proposed within The Cloudmaker’s briefcase are aimed at all primary school teachers who want to transform daily teaching into innovative lessons, proposing creative and stimulating activities that begin with the observation of clouds.

CENTRO ZAFFIRIA

Centro Zaffiria promotes media education, and experiments with a divergent and poetic use of technology, develops educational materials and games, designs and implements workshops and initiatives for children, and shares ideas and projects with teachers and families.

Take a look at the other titles by Centro Zaffiria:

The Geographer’s Briefcase

The Narrator’s Briefcase

Imaginary

Paper, scissors and apps

Thematic Areas

Workshops and group activities > Artistic activities and writing
History/Geography/Science > History and geography
History/Geography/Science
Workshops and group activities