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three things combined to make one - model needed!!

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FoJo · 23/09/2011 08:06

Can you pull us out of the mire again mumnsetters?? In RE they are doing the 'holy trinity' (father, son & holy ghost - sorry if thats obvious to everyone!)
The children need to make a model of something else where three things combine to make one and we're truly stuck!! THe only thing I can think of is a plait and so make a 'model' of a plaited loaf of bread but thats not really three different things! We are not a particulary arty lot so my joke suggestion of a model of the 'sugarbabes' wasnt particularly helpful! Thanks all

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DownbytheRiverside · 01/10/2011 08:16

I think you should make the battenburg anyway, I'm sure eating it will enable her to really embed the knowledge.

jenniec79 · 01/10/2011 07:16

Biscuits (flour butter sugar)

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FoJo · 01/10/2011 07:13

A bit of an update (for anyone who is midly interested!) I bought 2 packs of ready rolled marzipan, she came home from school and i explained the plan, she looked disticntly underwhelmed and I was gutted! She then explained that it couldnt be a real cake as they models had to go on display, so we ploughed on and cut up some washing up sponges to make the squares, stuck them together and wrapped yellow cardboard around and ...it looked flipping brilliant! Well chuffed! SHe took it into school this week and teacher was also impressed! So thanks again to thetasigmamum!

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cat64 · 23/09/2011 15:11

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crazynanna · 23/09/2011 14:20

OOOh I got a good 'un!
A Plug!!
3 wires...one plug.

littlegreenalien · 23/09/2011 14:05

neopolitan ice cream - yummy

Lasagne - meat bit, pasta bit and cheese bit - yummy

Sandwich - bread, butter filling - yummy

It must be way past lunchtime, food on my mind

School - Big building, teachers, pupils

crazynanna · 23/09/2011 13:57

Yes FoJo,use the tea one Wink

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FoJo · 23/09/2011 13:56

forgot to say a HUGE thank you to you all

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FoJo · 23/09/2011 13:56

Blimey, some brilliant ideas! I'm sticking with the battenberg as I've been and bought yellow food colouring (we already had pink) and marzipan! I also like the fact that you can still see the three seperate ingredients. Love the Simon Cowell one Kez and also the modern take from tabulah. The 'fire triangle' is good as well lostinwales and a nice cardboard triangle, painted as per that link would be a simple one. I also still like the tea idea and was dog walking this morning envisaging a little model consisting of a tea bag, a jug of milk and some water. We have a school trip to pay for, I wonder if we could sell this thread to her friends who are also all stumped!! So now I've sorted her homework I wonder if she'll do the ironing for me! Hmm

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crazynanna · 23/09/2011 11:10

Cameron + Clegg + Gove = The 3 Stooges Grin

mummytime · 23/09/2011 10:55

Sandwich: BLT?
Flowers in a vase? Water, flower and vase

Wish my DD got such good H/W

senua · 23/09/2011 09:33

Traffic lights.

Still trying to sort out the theological parallels of stop / go / proceed with caution ... Grin

mistlethrush · 23/09/2011 09:19

Sun, water + seed = plant.

senua · 23/09/2011 09:16

I'm not so sure about the shortbread. Once the three ingredients are combined then they lose their individual identity and become, irreversibly, a different thing..

Desperately racking brain for ideas ... What about The Earth (model=globe or atlas. simple!). It is made up of air, land and sea. The separate items could exist alone but, together, they blossom into an ecosystem which brought Life into being.

HattiFattner · 23/09/2011 09:08

paper, pencils, imagination = art

HattiFattner · 23/09/2011 09:08

Firt tree, Tinsel, Star = christmas tree!

HattiFattner · 23/09/2011 09:06

pancake - Egg, Flour, Milk.

HauntedLittleLunatic · 23/09/2011 08:56

Actually out of those suggested I think shortbread meets the objectives of the op best. 3 things which produce something grisly different when combined...as opposed to just built into something different like the battenberg IYSWIM.

Also shows that the 3 things become much 'better' (in this case tastier) when combined.

EdithWeston · 23/09/2011 08:47

The Shamrock is a very famous example of 3in1:

Here's , and .

lostinwales · 23/09/2011 08:42

heat, fuel and oxygen

Wow, I never thought I could ask MN for homework advice, great idea. If I supply geekiness will someone help me with Yr7 drama later?

MrsHerculePoirot · 23/09/2011 08:42

Shortbread? Flour, butter, sugar only ingredients needed.

tabulahrasa · 23/09/2011 08:39

Mobile phones - mp3 player, camera, phone

x-box - games console, cd player, DVD player

Kez100 · 23/09/2011 08:35

Ahhhh Simon Cowell, Mezghan Hussainey and a.n other - come together for a great tabloid headline!

Kez100 · 23/09/2011 08:34

The three wise monkeys - come together for the saying 'speak no evil, see no evil hear no evil'

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FoJo · 23/09/2011 08:33

just saw your post haunted. There are four of us, but yes a family of three woudl be a good one, but refer to my original comment about art not being our strong point!! Although I suppose she could just make three people and say they were a family, I;m so stunned at the number of responses and am hoping her teacher isnt a mumsnetter!!

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