EXTENSION ACTIVITIES: BALLS FROM LEATHER SCRAPS IN UGANDA
unit: BALLS FROM LEATHER SCRAPS IN UGANDA
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES (optional)
Activity 1: Let’s Have a Ball!
Time:
3+ hours over several periods
Goal:
To make a homemade ball as children
in Uganda have to.
Equipment: Five large shopping/garbage bags - one
filled with plastic bags, one filled with
cardboard (e.g., cereal boxes), one filled
with newspaper, one filled with puffed
wheat or packing foam, and the last one
filled with rags.
Basic art supplies such as masking tape,
scissors, markers, glue, paper and pencils.
3. Challenge groups to create a ball that is both
Let’s begin
1. Tell the students that a major sporting goods
manufacturer is looking to develop a new kind of ball
to mass market the world over.
6. Put the five finished balls to the test! Play a variety
attractive and functional using the materials provided.
4. Allow students to decide what type of ball to make.
5. Ask the groups to make a short presentation to
the class about their finished product, highlighting
any special features (e.g., name and steps taken to
make it durable). This could be done in the form of a
television advertisement for the ball or sales pitch to
the sporting goods manufacturer.
of games using each ball for five minutes. At the end
of each test, examine the ball as a class, recording
any significant observations in the evaluation chart
provided below.
2. Divide students into five groups and give each group
a bag of materials (see ‘Equipment’ above) and basic
art supplies.
7.
Determine which ball was best suited to each game.
8. Take up and discuss their answers to questions 1-5 on
the evaluation sheet.
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Let's Have a Ball! Evaluation
A major sporting goods manufacturer has challenged your class to make a ball substitute using found objects.
After your game, complete the chart below and answer the questions. May the best ball win!
Ball
Game Played
Materials Used
(e.g., newspaper,
plastic bags)
Appearance
(before and
after game)
Functionality
(How well did
the ball work?)
Durability
(How well did
the ball hold up?)
Post Game Wrap-up:
1.
Complete the following sentences with the information from the chart above:
The ball with the best appearance was______________________________ This is because The ball with the best functionality was _____________________________ This is because The most durable ball was ________________________________________ This is because 2. Which ball was the best for each game? Why?
3. If playing soccer or volleyball, would you rather use the ‘homemade’ balls or a ‘real’ ball? Explain your answer.
4. What do you think it would be like to live in a country where sporting equipment is not readily available?
5. List five ways to have fun without a regulation ball.
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Activity 2: Find Time to Volunteer
Time: Ongoing
Challenge your students to:
1. Organize an afterschool elective activity in your
school for other students to make sports equipment
from ‘found materials’.
2. Volunteer in a primary classroom as a ‘buddy’ to
encourage the children to build structures from ‘junk’
materials brought from home such as houses, ramps,
game equipment (play balls with strings) and so on.
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