Second Class Plan to engage with Space Week
Irish
• Ar ais ar domhain de Phlimp – scéal
• Cártaí poist a scríobh ó spás a scríobh chuig an rang/a c(h)lann.
English
• Diary entry as a martian coming to Ireland for the first time; meeting the child in the class and telling them about their home planet.
• Poems related to rockets/aliens etc in the shape of the chosen topic
• A week in Space – keep a journal for a week and describe the different activities they get up/things they see while in space (as an astronaut or tourist)
• Creative writing activity entitled ‘My Parents are Aliens!’
Maths
• 2D shapes to create rockets
• Maths themed work on addition and subtraction (board games sending a rocket from Earth to Mars for example).
• Codebreakers on the Solar System; sums.
Geography
• Study in relation to astronauts Neil Armstrong and Mae Jemison.
History
• Design a space rocket; examine how they looked in the past, now and how they imagine they will look in the future.
PE
• Space Invaders; https://www.thephysicaleducator.com/games/space-invaders
• Race to the Galaxy; https://www.ssww.com/blog/race-galaxy-cooperative-game-pe-active-play/
Drama
• Freeze frames – meeting aliens.
• Role play – aliens and astronauts
• Movement story – Adventure in Space;
Science/Art
• Listen to the Space Odyssey Theme song and create a piece of art in response to it.
• Make dioramas of aliens on their home planets; their homes for example.
• Create the solar system as a group using Papier-mâché.
• Solar System snowglobe craft.
Music
• ‘Journey to the Moon’ song.
• Songs about the planets mentioned on this course.
• Listening to the Space Odyssey Theme song mentioned about and discussing it.
SPHE
• Pretend You’re an astronaut activity; https://esero.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Space-Picnic-2016-ENGLISH.pdf