In this lesson for infants, we would begin by reading ‘Aliens Love Underpants’. Any infant class, I’ve ever been in really enjoy this story and I feel that it would really engage them in the lesson. Afterwards, I would begin a discussion about rockets and how we think they work. I would then play a video from SESE Explorers of Neil Armstrong landing on the moon to elicit a discussion on the topic.
Afterwards, I would ask the children to work in pairs and plan how they might create their own rocket using the junk art materials from Aistear. After the children have made their plan. I will ask the children to create their own rockets. At the end of this lesson, I would use the scientists chair as a means of getting the pairs to discuss why they choose the creations they did to make their rockets.
Throughout the week to celebrate space week, we will do morning fun fact about space.