Activity Set: Space and Aliens
I chose this topic as I thought it would be a fun and engaging lesson that I would like to implement in my teaching in the coming year. It promotes creativity and imagination.
I would begin the lesson by reading the story Aliens Love Underpants by Claire Freedman. Following the story we would have a whole class discussion about the Aliens and how they looked and acted. This would then follow onto a discussion about Mars and Martians. I would get the children to draw a picture of what they think a Martian might look like. I would hand out modelling clay in various colours to each table and each child would bring their martian to life using the modelling clay and some various other classroom materials such as googley eyes and pipe cleaners. I will invite the children to come up and show the class their martians.
This lesson can be extended and integrated into Mathematics e.g. counting, data (how many red/ blue martians were created?).