Hi all,
My name is Anthony and I am currently a support teacher with 3rd/4th but will be making the move come September to work with the younger classes in Junior and Senior Infants so thought this course choice would be a good way to get me thinking about the pitch of lessons going forward in my new role.
I think the inquiry based lesson on waterproof materials would be very effective in the infant classes. It is simple and does not require a huge amount of resources and those that it does require would be more than likely easily gathered.
I think the idea of getting the children to clean up small spillages would also tie in very well with the life skills they will be learning in the classroom and how to clean up after themselves which takes an awful lot of training.
My favourite space fact is that the sun is in fact a star. Something that I do know but something that causes shock and surprise amongst children every year without fail.