I enjoyed exploring many of the online tools in this module. This is how I plan to use some of them in my classroom.
This online tool offers fantastic graphics and engaging subject matter related to space. It’s particularly appealing for children interested in astronomy. For an infant classroom, I recommend using it in a teacher-led manner, as it is a complex site to navigate. After introducing lessons about stars, I would have students observe the stars above our area, identify patterns, and draw shapes on whiteboards. We could explore constellation patterns on screen and compare them to what the children observed. Finally, consider investigating whether the night sky on the opposite side of the world has similar star families.
https://spark.iop.org/collections/marvin-and-milo
I really enjoyed the Marvin and Milo cartoons and these are very relevant for my school as we are a junior school so they will be a fun and engaging way to help younger learners understand topics. I will be using these videos next year. I think they are a nice way to engage parents in their children’s learning. I will discuss how our HSCL teacher could use these with some of our parents.
https://esero.ie/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/07_Animals-in-the-cold.pdf
I think the resource “Animals in the cold” will integrate nicely with one of my Aistear themes ‘arctic explorers’, this will help me to develop cross curricular learning for the children and broaden my scope for developing this theme.