Hi, my name is John and in september I will be working with 1st class. A space fact I was told years ago by a child was that if you had a broken bone, you could not travel to space.
I think inquiry is a great vehicle to teach the topic of space and science through and many of the reasons can be seen in the lessons presented in this first module. For inquiry, it is important to get the interest of the child so the use of a trigger. This can also be an important step to gauge the knowledge level of your learners. Sometimes you may have children who have more knowledge than expected so it can be beneficial to know that they can be stretched.
I think it is also important that activities are kept active as much as possible where the children are able to experiment. This way children learn by doing as much as possible and it can help them retain the new information too. The reflection step and the teacher are important at the end also in ensuring the correct information and understanding is developed. As was touched in the gravity lesson, it can be easy for the wrong or a partial understanding to be taken.