I am teaching 1st and 2nd class next year and I would like to use the Activity Set on Stars with my class.
Introduction: I would use the song Sky Full of Stars from Sing 2 with the children to initiate a discussion about stars. We would elicit what they know about stars and what they might like to find out about them.
Sing 2 (2021) – A Sky Full of Stars Scene | Movieclips
I have used this song before with my 1st and 2nd class and after doing this course I now see how useful it would be as a starter for the Lots and Lots of Stars activity from ESERO. The song could then be integrated into a music lesson.
I would also use The Starry Night picture by Van Gogh and use this for an art lesson.
As I have a sister who lives in Australia and I have seen the constellations in the Southern Hemisphere I would also explore with the children the fact that there are different constellations in the Northern and the Southern Hemisphere. I would encourage the class to come up with their own constellations too and name them themselves. It would be a great way to focus an oral language lesson and why they name their constellation the way they did.
After doing this module I see how broad the topic is and where it can lead you.