Reply To: Module 2 – The Moon, the Earth and the Sun

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Sinead Field
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    I would choose the Spherical Earth Activity. I teach first class so I would aim to make this a very playful activity with lots of oral discussion.
    The use of puppets would be effective here, as the children could interact with the puppet on north/south pole and ask it questions.
    The puppet could bring in photographs of their home, they could map routes on the globe for how to visit the puppet.
    Then I would introduce the toy ship/airplane to show them how to travel to north/south pole.
    I would use the puppets to investigate the idea of ‘up/down’ with the children, rotating the globe as needed to explore how both puppets feel they are standing upright.
    I would also bring in photographs of my own recent trip to New Zealand to explore how things look when you are on the other side of the globe.

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