Hi, my name is Ailbhe and I will be teaching 2nd Class this year. My favourite fact about space is that the sunset on Mars appears blue.
An inquiry-based lesson which I would use in my classroom is to design a bridge out of paper.
The trigger questions that I would use are: Where do you find a bridge? Do you know the name of any famous bridges?
The groups will be given two sheets of A4 paper, 5c coins, and a collection of books to create a road/riverbank. The groups will be asked to try to make the strongest bridge possible. They will be required to predict and reflect on their predictions throughout the experiment using WWW/EBI? The data will be collected as to what worked well within the groups. They should record how many coins their bridge could hold and analyse the results. This experiment can lead to a design and make experiment where the groups collect materials to design a bridge.