Reply To: Module 3 – Stars, Space and Aliens

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Orla Carrroll
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    On the theme of Space and Aliens. There are lots of different activities which could be integrated into the theme. I would use the story Adams Amazing Space Adventures as a stimulus for the lesson. I would also incorporate lessons on rhyming through out the topic. From the story and revision of what we know about each planet I would allow the children to pick a planet and design an alien from that planet. We would discuss what the alien would need to survive on their own planet by going through what we know about their planet.I would encourage the children to pick what materials they would need and provide the children with lots of  scraps of materials such as paint, moulding clay, play doh, tin foil, Googly eyes, Pom poms, cotton wool etc and I would ask them to create their own aliens.Each child would be encouraged to present their alien and name them and tell the class about their alien and why they chose the particular planet and the materials they used. I could also extend this with older children to write a sentence or two about their alien and draw the alien as an extension activity for Literacy. The children could also use their aliens in groups to create small dramas about a day in the life of their alien.

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