Hi,
My name is Aideen and I currently teach Junior Infants. The push/pull lesson from this module struck a chord with me as this is a lesson that I taught last year. I incorporated it into our Aistear theme of ‘The Toy Shop’. The children had wind up cars and had to explore ways to make the cars go longer distances. This obviously related to how far back they pulled the car before letting it go. They absolutely loved this and had great fun. It prompted a lot of discussion among themselves and problem solving. I then extended this lesson and asked the children to make a slide for the cars using various materials. The children soon learned that the more steep the incline was the faster the cars would go. They also realised a steep incline meant that the cars were more challenging to control. It is definitely a lesson I will include again next year.
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