Reply To: Module 5 – Rockets & Alien Chemistry

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Niamh O Sullivan
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    Some ideas I would like to try for Space Week this year are.
    PE / Music : Space Race Planet Dance Song by Danny Go. Hip Hop Astronaut by Go noodle
    Art Appreciation : Ann Kenny makes books a Wexford artist has some lovely imaginative artwork featuring the sky
    Ipad time : ESA space themed games.
    Oral language and Art: The Space Week site had a lovely idea of the children working in pairs. One child pretending to be a Martian and the other child interviewing them to illicit a description and then drawing the alien. I would use it as a starting point for a lesson on how we live on earth and how an alien would have to adapt to live in space. The children could then create their own aliens and explain their design and where they would live. Twinkle has a design a planet worksheet as well. Some work on the solar system and planets would have been done before hand. There are some nice activities on Stem.org.uk and Explorify.uk
    History: I would show the children some images from the lunar landing and as part of a mouse rocket explore how to get it to land in a particular area. There is a fun lesson on Teachstarter.com about designing a safe landing for an eggnaut from ESA. More suited for older classes but would be fun to try some time.
    Maths: The are easy co ordinate space themed lessons on Teachstarter.com

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