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The Building Connections website provides a variety of resources, ideas
and connections aimed at helping teachers and pupils make use of the built
environment as a context for learning all across the curriculum. However,
often the most effective support for teachers can be accounts of the ways
in which individual schools have enhanced and enriched the learning and
teaching process. This section provides a wide range of case studies from
a variety of schools. The intention is to provide a rich ideas-bank that
will stimulate and inspire teachers to develop their own creative ways
of using the built environment to enhance teaching, learning and assessment.
It is intended that over time additional case studies will be added to
this section. If you would like your own school’s projects to be
included contact the Building Connections web site.
| Project |
Summary |
Level & Curriculum Links |
| 6000 miles |
Scotland's coastline is a constantly shifting landscape.
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| Architecture
Mega Challenge |
Student
challenge to create a 3D representation of a section of a city centre
grid |
Secondary:
Art & Design; Craft & Design; Technology; History; Geography;
Modern Studies; ICT |
| Building
with Natural Materials |
Pupils
worked with architecture students in this project exploring traditional
architectural structures |
Secondary:
Language, Mathematics; Problem Solving; Social Subjects; Technology |
| Castles
Project |
Cross-curricular
project on castles, in which pupils designed a brochure for Caerlaverock
castle |
Primary:
Social Subjects; Environmental Studies; Art & Design; Mathematics;
Language |
| Displaced |
One-day
photographic
workshop exploring the built environment
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Secondary:
Art & Design;
Geography; History; Technology |
| From Doors to Jewellery |
Lesson plans for a full unit of work using doors
and doorways as the stimulus |
Secondary: Art & Design |
| Exploration
of the Built Environment in Portree |
One-day
exploration of local environment, with architecture and education
students |
Secondary:
Language; Environmental Studies; Problem Solving |
| Expressive
Model Buildings |
Pupils
at Galston Primary studied building forms and materials before creating
their own large scale models |
Primary:
Environmental Studies; Art & Design; Language; Technology |
| The
Lade Project |
Landscape
architecture and public art project in Rothesay |
Secondary:
Art & Design, Media Studies, History, Geography, Modern Studies,
Environmental Studies, Ecology |
| Mackintosh
School Designs |
Cross-curricular
project based on Charles Rennie Mackintosh |
Upper
Primary: Art & Design, Technology, Social Subjects and ICT |
| Making Buildings |
Lesson plans for a full unit of work developing
3D pieces based on the built environment |
Secondary: Art & Design; History; Geography |
| Our
Place |
Local
Studies project in Whiteinch and Scotstoun, Glasgow |
Primary:
Cross Curricular |
| Our
Village |
Local
Studies project investigating buildings in Lochmaddy |
Primary:
Environmental Studies; Language; Religious and Moral Education; Art
& Design; Drama; ICT |
| The
Quadrangle Project |
Landscaping
an area of the school grounds at Chryston High |
Secondary:
Art & Design; History; Geography; Craft & Design |
| The
Sensory Built Environment |
Sensory
art exploration of the built environment |
Primary/Secondary:
Art & Design; Environmental Studies; Language; Communication;
Mathematics |
| Making
Sensory Environment Cards |
Sensory
interpretation of the built environment |
Secondary:
Art & Design |
| Sustainable
Housing |
Cross-curricular
project looking at sustainability and housing design |
Secondary:
ICT, History, Geography, Modern Studies, Media Studies |
| Wellhouse
Neighbourhood Project |
Documentation
and mapping of local area as part of community consultation to improve
environment |
Primary:
Art & Design; Technology; Mathematics; Social Subjects; ICT |
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