Space and Aliens
My learning objective for this topic would be to encourage imagination in the children. I liked the way this lesson was presented in module 3 and I would extend this lesson further. I would encourage the children to explore the idea that life could exist on other planets. We would explore the basic needs of humans and ask ourselves if life on other planets would have the same needs.
This also can be linked to SPHE
This lesson could be introduced with a book like “Zog” by Julia Donaldson. The children could be encouraged to design their own aliens as well as the planet that their alien lives on. Using rocks, sand etc is a great idea so that children could feel their planets with their own hands.
Life on our planet need our sun. Children could also be introduced to the fact the the universe has many suns that are much bigger than ours