1. © PrimaryUpd8 To subscribe, visit www.primaryupd8.org.uk This page may have been changed from the original. Ricky goes to the Antarctic. Page 1 If you were exploring somewhere cold like the Antarctic what materials would you use to make a shelter and why? I am glad I am not out there in the snow and wind. It is so warm and dry in here.

2. © PrimaryUpd8 To subscribe, visit www.primaryupd8.org.uk This page may have been changed from the original. Page 2 What do you think it would be like to be in each of these environments? Polar Tropical Temperate

3. © PrimaryUpd8 To subscribe, visit www.primaryupd8.org.uk This page may have been changed from the original. plastic stone silk bamboo water Page 3 brick moss wood metal willow

4. © PrimaryUpd8 To subscribe, visit www.primaryupd8.org.uk This page may have been changed from the original. Page 4 Make a shelter for Ricky visiting one of the environments shown on page 2 – your teacher will tell you which one you will look at. Think about the materials you will use and why. How can you decide what the best materials are for the job? How could you test your materials to make sure that your choices will work in those conditions? What kinds of materials would you find in your environment that you could use? How have you made your shelter?

5. © PrimaryUpd8 To subscribe, visit www.primaryupd8.org.uk This page may have been changed from the original. Page 5 Draw your design; describe the environment you have chosen and show which materials you used. Tell your class what choices you made and why. Our team photo Our shelter Pictures of materials or photos or stick examples of materials to the page.