I found all the activities contained within this module to be very interesting and insightful and also, most of all, very practical for use within the classroom and easy to follow too. I particularly like the Special Life lesson as I will be teaching junior infants in September and I feel like this lesson is very appropriate for this age group and would definitely appeal to young children.
I would begin by discussing planet earth with the class – perhaps by looking at a globe and pointing out where we live. We would then discuss the other planets and how we don’t know of anyone living there and that earth is special because people live here. I would then discuss with the children what they think is so special about earth. They would work in pairs to draw something that they feel is special about earth and these would then be presented to the class during a circle time. Following this we would discuss the concept of aliens and what we think they might look like. Children would then, in pairs, draw and share what they imagine an alien would look like.