Ice Man

Genre(s): Documentary

A fascinating film showing how and ice sculpture is made and how people react to it.

Teaching Ideas and Resources:

English

• Show children the opening shot of the video (before you press play). What do they think it’s going to be about? What makes them say that?
• Write a set of instructions (including safety instructions!) on how to make an ice sculpture.
• Write an interview with the sculptor. What questions would you ask him?
• Write a poem describing the ice sculpture.
• Write a news report about the sculpture.
• Collect “cold” adjectives to describe the sculpture.

Science

• Investigate changing states of water using this lesson plan from the BBC.
• A typical ice sculpture will last for about 4-6 hours indoors before it melts. Investigate how long it takes different volumes of ice to melt. How will you ensure it is a fair test?

Art

• Visit the ice sculptor’s company page and look as some of the amazing ice sculptures they have made. Design your own ice sculpture.
• Design and build an ice sculpture using ice cubes. Don’t forget to photograph or video it before it melts!
• Experiment with freezing water in different containers to create different shapes of ice.
• Investigate other unusual materials for sculpture, for example Robert Bradford makes sculpture from old plastic toys. What else could you use?

Music

• Compose your own soundtrack for the film.

Geography

• Plan a holiday to an ice hotel. How would you get there? What might you do while you were there?

History

• Make a timeline of the history of ice sculpture. Use our resource as a starting point.

Languages

• Learn the word for “ice” in different languages.

PSHE

• Would you smash the sculpture? Why do you think people decide to?
• Why do you think the artist left it out with a hammer for people to smash?