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The inclass activity I would choose would be linked to the seasons and weather.
Trigger- I would bring in an assortment of clothes and get the child to initially explore different ways to sort them. (Tops/Bottoms, Different Materials/Textures etc.)
Wondering- I would ask the children about what the different weather/seasons the different clothes would be worn in. (This would probably already be discussed in their groups during the trigger but some children may have sorted them differently.)
Explore- Using different images of weather and seasons, we would explore what clothes are worn during different seasons and weather and discuss why.
Investigation- what materials would keep us warm/cool. Linking back to activities in previous modules: The Earth’s rotation and the Sun as a heat source. Provide the children with different materials and using ice-cubes to investigate keeping things cool and using something warm (not hot) to keep it warm.
Take the next step- as a follow on activity, I would ask the children to make a list of different objects at gome that keep things warm and keep things cool. A list would be compiled then of all the different items. This list could then be used as a trigger for a lesson on designing a space suit to keep an astronaut warm in space.
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Fiona Daly.