The activity that I choose is: Online Resources and Tools. As I will be working with a Junior Infant class this year I have decided to choose ways in which I could use the Resources and Tools for this age category
Marvin and Milo – we could do one of the Marvin and Milo challenges such as ‘To lift the water from the saucepan without sucking’, ‘Sew a Ice Cube’ / ‘Magic Balloon’ to learn how about properties of matter or the spinning egg challenge to learn about ‘Force and Motion’.
Stellarium-web.org – this would be used to show the children the different constellations and stars. We will also look at shapes and see if anyone can firstly spot the saucepan/plough, then the Great Bear and small bear (looking at the Ursa major and the Ursa Minor), the Drake, the Seven Birds etc. We would also look at the planets and discuss what we know about planets and where they are positioned.
ESA Education – The younger children can use the ESA website to play games such as ‘Space memory game’ and ‘Milky Way match’. We would also watch one of Paxi’s informational videos such as ‘how the Earth interacts with the sun’ or ‘The Solar System’ – asking a number of lower and higher order questions throughout.
Other resources I could use include ”Universe Awareness’ for example Universe in a Box and Space Scoop.