Term Two

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Get ready for a brand new hands-on adventure in science, technology, engineering, art, and maths! This term we are taking inspiration from the ‘How to Train your Dragon’ stories by Cressida Cowell. Scroll down for the link to live sessions and pre-recorded sessions.

If you are reading the ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ stories at the moment, check out author, Cressida Cowell’s website here: https://www.cressidacowell.co.uk/

‘How to Train Your Dragon’ activity sheets: (Click here)

Here is our group collaboration board:

Collaboration board

Use this board to share your design ideas and research about Vikings and Dragons. I show you how to use this space in the first session. (See pre-recorded session 1).

Viking Longship Kit

Materials List

What you need for each sesson:

Week 1

Exploring levers and linkages

Levers & Linkages guide PDF (Click here)
Card (cereal packet thickness) cut into strips and some larger pieces, split pins (paper fasteners), sharp pencil, ruler, glue, tape, scissors, hole punch.

Timesaver: Techcard comes with ready punched strips that you can use to experiment with levers and linkages. It’s a great resource to have in your STEAM kit. https://amzn.to/431ytVA

Week 2

Prototyping ideas

Bring the models you have already made
Template for longship – optional (Click here)
Extra card strips and split pins for modelling your ideas.
Pencil and paper for sketching.

Illustrations or pictures for inspiration – Viking longships, dragons etc. (Use the Canva Collaboration board).

Week 3

Design planning

Design brief PDF (Click here) or plain paper / sketch book.
Pencil, eraser, ruler
Extra paper, card strips, split pins etc

Week 4

Make a pulley

Cardboard and card
Compass for drawing a circle (or something to draw around – between 3-5cm diameter)
Scissors or craft knife and cutting mat
Elastic band
Thread or string

Week 5

Light it up

Circuits PDF (coming soon)
LED, cell button battery and case (Available as part of the Viking Longboat Kit) – See materials list

Week 6

Construct the final picture design

Bring components and materials needed for your models

Week 7

Decorate and add final touches

Bring materials needed for decorating and finishing your moving picture(s)
Storyboard PDF (Click here)

Week 8

Showcase and evaluate our finished models

Bring your models (finished or not) to share with the group.
Even better if you can email a picture and video in advance of the session.
Hannah will assemble her final moving picture model and you can ask questions and get help if you need any.
Evaluation PDF (Click here)

🔗 Link to join the live online sessions:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83872411719?pwd=WNdYaJEiSzp1YqMbelzQyLfCmSyoZi.1

Passcode: 551021

Meeting ID: 838 7241 1719

Live sessions have now ended for this project.

OUR NEXT LIVE SESSIONS ARE DURING THE WEEK OF 21ST JULY –
JOIN ALL THE STORY STEAM ACADEMY CLUBS!

See calendar (Click here)

Link to join live summer bonus sessions:

Passcode:

Meeting ID:

Email pictures of your child’s models for the gallery to Hannah@storysteam.com or post in the WhatsApp group.

Scroll down for pre-recorded sessions…

The Gallery

Back to the Club Hub

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🎬 Pre-recorded Tutorials Library

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Here you’ll find all the pre-recorded tutorials for this project. This space will become a growing library of step-by-step video guides to help you build, create, and complete Story STEAM projects at your own pace. Whether you’re catching up or revisiting a favourite part, you can come back here anytime to watch the tutorials as often as you like!