We have recently been studying Gutenberg’s printing press, first by familiarising ourselves with it and then by attempting to make our own. Although Leonardo wasn’t the first to invent the printing press, he did try to improve on Gutenberg’s design. I had bought a Make-Your-Own kit for the Da Vinci press. I hadn’t planned on……
Category: Da Vinci the Inventor
Leonardo Da Vinci and His Ornithopter
Although the area of flight was a topic T12 would be covering extensively, I thought we’d do a very quick group activity, exploring Leonardo’s fixation with flight and the resulting idea of an ornithopter. Da Vinci always claimed his earliest memory was of a Kite bird swooping down whilst he was in his cradle. It……
Project Based Learning: Individual Leonardo Da Vinci Projects
This term we are focusing on Leonardo Da Vinci. We spent most of last week looking through the resources and getting a feel for what each child might be drawn towards. After much to-ing and fro-ing topics have finally been agreed upon and the children have enthusiastically thrown themselves into their work. We have discussed……