Introduction:
Hello, I’m Shauna, and I teach first class. I am passionate about inspiring curiosity and a love for exploring the world around us.
Favourite Space Fact:
If you could fly a plane to Pluto, the trip would take more than 800 years. I like this fact as it highlights just how vast the solar system truly is.
Reflection on Inquiry-Based Activity:
One of my favourite inquiry-based activities would revolve around the Northern Lights. Inspired by my recent sighting, I would introduce the topic by showing images of the Northern Lights as a stimulus and asking the children what they think is happening/causing this.
Using coloured cellophane and flashlights, children could create their own light displays, shining the flashlights through the cellophane to see how different colours appear on white paper. This hands-on activity would help them understand light refraction and the science behind the Northern Lights. For infants, I would focus on the visual experience and a basic explanation of light and colours. I think this lesson would integrate with geography well as we could partake in a country study of Iceland and even art with using black paper and pastels to create a northern lights landscape.
