What is used now?
Explore the slide show of objects from the present. Look at the images, read the descriptions and discuss.
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Blender
This blender has a white hard plastic base with a grey dial to change speeds. A clear plastic bowl with a handle and a white lid is attached to the base. Inside the bowl is a small blade.
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Patty cake tray
The rectangular patty cake tray is made out of blue silicon. It has twelve round holes to put the cake mix in.
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Lamp
The cream lamp has two dome shaped parts held together by two thin black poles. The base part has a switch at the bottom to turn the light on or off.
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Laptop
This black laptop is open. It has a shiny screen and a base with lots of keys. It has white marks on the keys.
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Teacher questions
Teachers could ask the following questions during this activity.
- What is it?
- What does it look like?
- What is it made of?
- How is it used?
- What is it used for?
- Who uses it?
- How does it work?
- How has it changed over time?
- Has technology changed it? If so how?
- What clues tell us it is from the present time?