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 How can we improve the area we can see from our window?
N.B. It’s not always possible to get the view we want from the school window, your could use a view in a photo framed by a window – as in Jeannie Bakers book 'Window'.
Image from Jeannie Bakers book l Another image
 Create a story ICT link Unit 2A
Give the children three or four pages from the book "Window" by Jeannie Baker. Ask them to record the main features in each view and note the changes. Ask them to write a story/captions for their series of pictures focusing on change, land use and what it would feel like to be there.
 Monitoring environmental conditions in the area that can be seen from the classroom window. ICT and Science Link
Use a sensor to measure temperature, light and/or the level of sound. Enter the data into a spreadsheet and produce graphs to present findings.
How to guide - Monitoring environmental conditions around school ( logit Explorer)
 Digital Camera
Explore the area that can be seen from the classroom window, focusing on selected features. Use a digital camera to record changes over a period of time. Use the camera to create an annotated display of their findings.
Painting Software
Use a paint package to make changes to a photograph to show how the area might look in the future. View an example
Places Change
Lesson plan and resources from UK Department for Transport
Design and Leisure
Lesson plan and resources from UK Department for Transport
 St Paul's RC First School's project
Mapping Software
Use mapping software to locate features seen through the window. Discuss what features of photographs are never included on maps (cars for example) and why.
Seasons in the Garden - Teaching Resource
Children look very closely at a set of photographs taken of a suburban garden over the period of a year. Each picture was taken at the same time of day. They will develop their knowledge of what happens to plants in each season. It will also give practice in observation skills.
Teacher Resource Exchange
Nature Collage Art Link
Jeannie Baker uses natural collage to make the images in the book.
Here is an example of children's work inspired by the book.
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