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'''Making Traffic Lights:'''
'''Making Robots/Traffic Lights:'''


There can be various ways of making Traffic Lights depending on the availability of materials. Some suggestions of different materials are:
There are various ways of making this resource depending on the availability of materials. Some suggestions of different materials are:
* coloured paper (red, orange, green) such as charts, paper from old magazines etc.
* coloured paper (red, orange, green) such as charts, paper from old magazines etc.
* coloured packing cardboards such as toothpaste box
* coloured packing cardboards such as toothpaste box
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Provide the following materials to the participants so that they can make their own Traffic Lights:
Provide the following materials to the participants so that they can make their own robot/traffic light resource:
* A4 sheets of paper (one per three participants, but it is always better to have some extra)
* A4 sheets of paper (one per three participants, but it is always better to have some extra)
* Red, Orange and Green marker pens
* Red, Orange and Green marker pens
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Normally 10-15 minutes are sufficient for this activity if enough material is available for each participant. Enough material means that there is negligible or no waiting time for using material.
Normally 10-15 minutes are sufficient for this activity if enough material is available for each participant. Enough material means that there is negligible or no waiting time for using material.


Where materials for making traffic lights are not available in sufficient quantities for classroom use, you could think of alternatives, such as children giving various hand signals corresponding to red / yellow / green.  
Where materials to make the resource are not available in sufficient quantities for classroom use, you could think of alternatives, such as children giving various hand signals corresponding to red / yellow / green.  
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{{activity|Individual work}} Follow these steps to make your own Traffic Lights for AfL (see pictures for reference):
{{activity|Individual work}} Follow these steps to make your own robot/traffic lights resource for AfL (see pictures for reference):
* Take an A4 sheet of white paper. Fold it along the long side into 3 equal parts (one sheet can make 3 sets of Traffic Lights). Cut along the folds with scissors or tear using a long scale to make 3 strips of paper.
* Take an A4 sheet of white paper. Fold it along the long side into 3 equal parts (one sheet can make 3 sets of Traffic Lights). Cut along the folds with scissors or tear using a long scale to make 3 strips of paper.
* Fold one strip further into 3 sections along the short side.  
* Fold one strip further into 3 sections along the short side.