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An activity that I enjoyed learning about during this module was the spherical Earth. This activity comes from the “The Universe in a Box” support document which outlines resources needed, as well as cross-curricular links. I currently teach senior infants but this activity could be easily adapted for both younger and older students. Using a globe, a flat table top, an origami ship and a captain figurine, we could investigate how the children’s perception of the ship changes as it moves further away from them, depending on what surface represents the earth. These observations could then be compared to the children’s own experiences. This learning could be expanded further using the lesson “Up or Down” from the same document. Using the same globe, as well as a polar bear and a penguin figurine, children could investigate their understanding of the Earth’s pull. The dialogue and language produced by the children during this activity will help me as the teacher understand their current level of understanding and indicate what the next steps in their learning should be.