Online Tools:
I’m a bit embarrassed to say that most of the online tools shared in this course I have never seen before. They are going to add so much to my teaching and ultimately the learning of the children.
I spent a long time exploring this. It is an amazing online tool. I personally learnt a great deal from it so I know the children will be mesmerised by it. It definitely requires teacher led work, but there is great scope of investigation and exploring and ultimately learning by doing.
https://spark.iop.org/collections/marvin-and-milo
Milo and Marvin I adore this idea. I think the do this at home concept sparks the children’s imagination straight away. I know many of the children I taught last year would have been obsessed with these tasks. They are child friendly with so much scientific skills learning embedded.
https://www.esa.int/kids/en/home
https://www.esa.int/Education/Teachers_Corner/Primary_classroom_resources
There are an abundance of space related art and crafts lesson ideas on the esa kids page. I will be encouraging my children to partake in the ‘A Ride to Space’ art competition. There is so much content on these websites.
Curious Minds: I cannot wait to spend time exploring this website in detail and planning learning for the next academic year.
UNAWE:
The pdf and education material available to download on this website is enormous. There is so much good content and I will be sharing the universe in a box download with my colleagues.