My name is Finola and I am teaching in Junior Infants for a number of years now. I love incorporating picture books as a stimuli for science lessons. Some that I have previously used were ‘Night Monkey, Day Monkey’, ‘Whatever next’.
My interesting fact on space is that the moon is shaped like a lemon, with flattened poles at each end.
A science in investigation that I have previously taught was on materials and their properties. The class teddy got left outside and was saturated one day during playtime. This prompted the children to wonder how they could keep teddy dry while outside. We decided to create a waterproof coat for teddy.We explored different materials to investigate which were waterproof. The children first predicted and recorded their predictions. After conducting our experiments, children reflected on their predictions. This lead us to creating a little coat for the class teddy. The children really enjoyed this investigation.