Reply To: Module 5 – Rockets & Alien Chemistry

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Caoimhe Shiel
Participant

    I teach senior infants and I like how the activities in this module were broken down into four parts- engage, investigate, taking the next step and reflecting, as this would make it easy to plan for my own classroom. When learning about rockets, I love how the module suggested some age-appropriate texts and videos. This is a great way to introduce new vocabulary as well as capture the children’s interest in a new topic. The children could make their own simple rockets, perhaps during Aistear time, and explore how they could be launched. I think the children would really enjoy the rocket mice activity from youtube. In terms of investigating how their rockets launch, I like how the importance of discussing fair testing was highlighted, as this is an concept skill to develop. The children’s understanding could then be applied to other curriculum areas, such as javelin throwing in PE. The children could engage in this activity and share the results during assembly as part of Space Week.

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