What is used now?
Explore the slide show of objects from the present. Look at the images, read the descriptions and discuss.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?