Reply To: Module 5 – Rockets & Alien Chemistry

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Orla Carrroll
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    Using the idea of a Rocket  in an infant classroom.

    I would use the story book “Daddy on the moon” (my own four kids always loved this story !)as an introduction to our topic of Space / moon trip. Ask the children how they went to the moon in the story (Daddy on the moon) and also any other ideas of how they think we could travel to the moon. The children will then make their own Rocket ships. We would discuss how they might do this and what materials they would need. I would have previously asked the children to bring in plastic bottles etc I would also remind the children that they need to fly to the moon and also come back again!explaining that what goes up must come down. Each child will be given the opportunity to design and decorate their own Rocket using the materials we had gathered. They would then  attach string to the top of their bottle. Many questions would be asked to encourage the children to make predictions. Squeezing the bottle etc Then they would be encouraged to try it out for themselves in their own space around the classroom.

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