Hi,
My name is Maeve and I will be teaching first and second class this coming year. I am really looking forward to be back in the mainstream classroom as I was working as an SET the last school year. The main reason I am so excited as I look forward to the inquiry based approach.
My favourite science based fact is That you wouldn’t be able to walk on Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus or Neptune because they have no solid surface.
An inquiry based activity I used in the classroom was how plants absorb water and nutrients.
We used white flowers, food dye, clear glass jar.
I began the lesson by discussing with the children that plants drink water through their stems, similar to how we drink through a straw I then showed the children the flowers and asked what they think will happen if the flowers drink colored water.
The children came up with many ideeas. We completed the experiment and afterwards the children recorded their results.
Throughout the lesson the children were predictiong, observing, discussing, concluding etc.
It was a particularly enjoyable lesson and the children learned in a fun and inquiry based way.