Hi everyone my name is Clodagh last year I thought junior infants. I will be teaching in SET next year.
An interesting fact I know about space is that asteroids can have rings and moons.
An inquiry-based activity that I have used this year to teach a science lesson is my lesson on floating and sinking with junior infants.
Stimulus – teacher gives every student a random object (either a rock or a little ball) and student throws it into big see through bucket of water at the top of the class.
Questioning: What happened to your object? Did it stay on top of the water? (FLOAT) Or did it drop to the bottom of the bucket? (SINK). Discuss as a class sinking and floating.
Investigate:
Each child work with their table group – they have a checklist and items and a basin of water.
Before you carry out the experiment, guess (predict) which objects will sink and which will float.
Carry out the investigation in their groups.