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I always like the idea of integrating the subjects so creating the moons and displaying them as an art project would enhance the child’s learning experience.
Activity – Gravity/Weight – Assemble an Earth Tube and one other planet tube – decorate in a suitable manner.
Class 4th class
I will introduce the theme of ‘weight and gravity’ with a brainstorming session. We will then watch some interesting ESA videos with Paxi about the solar system and gravity.
The class would then work in their groups to read the Phizzi practical experiment worksheet. They will discuss the various steps of the experiment and plan how they would go about carrying out their experiment. Each child will be assigned a different task and planet to research.
The children will then carry out the experiment and make the Earth and planet tubes following the instructions and the table on the Phizzi worksheet.
The various planet tubes can be decorated in advance of the experiment will allows for cross curricular integration between the stem and the arts curriculum.
Once the experiment is complete the children could present their findings at a whole school assembly where they could invite children from the other classes to engage in the experiment.
Thank you for that Patrick. We will all be constructing sun dials next year. It will be a fun and engaging activity for children of all ages. as we know concept of time can be so difficult for children to grasp so visiting the sundial at different times of the day could be powerful for children in their understanding.
