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Description

Explore how a storm sounds (Action Game)

Resources

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Useful Links:
You also could make a video or audio recording of the ‘sound storm’.

Instructions

Aim
a) To introduce the SDG 13 to Brownies and show them how they can help achieve this goal.
b) To learn about the importance of caring for the environment.
c) To begin to bring in the international aspect of the environment.

Introduction
The activity provides opportunities for young children to build on their own perceptions, knowledge and experiences of the world, by learning about María and about some of the issues facing María’s community. Today we are exploring storms.

Instructions
Storm Sounds
Refer back to María’s Story and explain that as well as the rain in María’s community it can be stormy. Also see the explanation of climate change attached. Read and explore the attached statements in a group.

Invite the Brownies to form a fairly close circle and say that you are going to make a storm. Explain that you are going to start by making a sound with your hands. You are going to look around the circle, and each Brownie should wait until you look at her, and then imitate the sound you are making.

You start the action by rubbing your hands together quietly (like the rustling of leaves) and then make silent eye contact with each Brownie in turn, who imitates and continues the action and sound until you have gone around the full circle.

Then initiate a new, slightly louder sound (light hand-clapping to sound like the first drops of rain) and go around the circle as before, then move on to a louder sound (hands slapping thighs to sound like heavy rainfall), and finally loud feet-stamping as the storm’s crescendo.

Then reverse the stages to simulate the storm dying down, with a final round of no sound at all. Enjoy a minute of still and quiet.

Debrief/Discussion
What is it like to be outside in a storm?

Acknowledgement/Sources
Trocaire and IGG MEDI Committee

Attachments
None

Tags

• climate action
• Floods
• gce
• global citizenship education
• National Conference 2019
• SDG 13
• SDG 13 Climate Action
• Sound
• Storm
• SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL THIRTEEN
• SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
• Trefoil News Spring 2019
• Trocaire

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