I would use the Stars activity set with my class.
To begin, I would introduce the topic of Stars by playing the song ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’. The children would join in, sing along and dance along if they wish.I would ask them some lower-order/higher-order questions about their previous knowledge of Stars including ‘Have you ever seen stars?’ ‘What exactly are stars?’ ‘How far away do you think stars are?’ We would then talk about constellations of stars and I would show them some images of them on the IWB.
After this, each child would be given a template to draw their own constellations. They could compare them with each other and the images on the IWB. The children would then work in pairs to create Star Lanterns. They would copy one of their constellations onto their lantern. The children could then present their Star Lanterns to the class.
