Hi, my name is Brenda and I am currently teaching infants. I am looking forward to completing this course as Space is topic I struggle with. I find it’s a very engaging topic for the children so I would like to improve my teaching methodologies for the future. My favourite space fact is the moon is not actually round, it is shaped like a lemon.
An enquiry based lesson I have conducted in infants was planting bulbs and observing how different variables affect growth such as the amount of light, soil and water. The children planted the blubs and we blocked the light access of one plant by placing it in a dark storage press, we didn’t water one and one we looked after as normal. We observed all the results and compiled it into a chart which the children used to present the results to the senior infant classes. The children really enjoy this lesson and couldn’t wait to get into the classroom in the morning to observe the plants daily and observe and discuss the results and findings.