Making clever clothes

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Keeping houses warm or cool

Jane Buxton & Katharine Derrick

Connected 1: Staying warm keeping cool

Making clever clothes by Jane Buxton

1. Who and what does Stewart Collie do?
2. What do you think influenced Steward to arrive in this occupation?
3. What do these two words mean? ‘Textile’ and ‘fibre’
4. What does this sentence mean? ‘When we’ve found a solution that works, we show real factories how to manufacture our fabrics on a big scale’.

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5. What is the functional purpose of the new hospital gown Stewart and his team are trying to invent?

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Keeping houses warm or cool by Katharine Derrick

1. ‘Imagine if you could throw a blanket over your house to keep it cosy and warm inside….’ why is this a good way to explain what insulation is?

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2. List the countries and different methods they used/use to keep their houses warm or cool. (Use next slide - set up a table to show your answers)

Keeping houses warm or cool by Katharine Derrick

Insert your table here, hint: column for country and column for insulation.

Keeping houses warm or cool by Katharine Derrick

1. What is the more common method of insulating homes in this age?
2. What type of insulation is the best for our environment?
3. What is fibreglass made of, what are some negative effects of fibreglass?
4. Read page 22: do you practice any of these things in your home to help with insulation? What might you tell your whanau to do after learning all these facts?

Complete the VENN diagram to show what differences and similarities there are between the two texts. Use different visual organiser if this does not suite you.

Making clever clothes

Keeping houses warm or cool

What the big idea?

What do both texts aim to do for people? What is the technological function of the clever clothes and insulated homes?

Create a poster to help our community keep their homes better insulated

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