ActIVITy IdEas
gravity
Dizzy Snake
YO u WILL NEE d Bowl, thick paper, pencil, scissors, ruler, felt pens,
YOu NEEd
glue, pipe cleaner, drinking straw, modelling clay.
on some
1. Put the bowl top down cil, draw
thick paper. using a pen
around the bowl.
the circle.
2. using scissors, cut out ross the
draw a stra ight line ac an other
middle using a ruler. draw g the
in
line across the middle, us es.
ruler, so it is at right angl
centre (the
3. draw a spiral from the e lines cross,
snake’s head) where th
then spiral out to edge.
a felt
4. Turn the paper over and using ake
ur sn
pen, colour or decorate yodesigns in
circle. d on’t put spots or w ill be.
the centre, where the head
ound
5. Turn the paper over and cut ar
it over
the spiral and head. Turn tongue and
ag ain and stick a forked of the head.
some eyes on the bottom
FORCES 7- 11
ActIVITy IdEas
gravity
Dizzy Snake continued
r through
6. N ow push a pipe cleane icks out
a drinking straw, so it st about
of the top. Trim it so it isw.
1 cm longer than the stra
odelling
7. Press a small ball of mss the
cl ay onto the table. Pre e
end of the straw and pip cl ay.
cleaner into the m odelling
ake’s
8. Rest the middle of the snstraw
head onto the top of the re it
and pipe cleaner. make su hi s
balances and the curls of
body hang down.
ad is
Just below the snake’s he sh ould
its centre of grav ity, so it
be perfectly balanced.
FORCES 7- 11