Forum Replies Created
-
Posts
-
This is a great idea – a super way to enhance the theme corner. Children love bringing in their own bits and pieces from home too
The activity set that I would chose is ‘Stars’. I would begin the lesson with a circle time discussion about the sky at night – what can we see? How does the night sky differ to the sky by day? I would continue by reading the story ‘How to catch a star’ by Oliver Jeffers. I would then show the children pictures of the constellations: The Big Dipper and Orion. The children would then complete an art activity. I would give them a sheet of black sugar paper and some white chalk. I would invite them to either replicate one of the constellations that we learned about or to design their own night sky featuring their own unique constellation. The children could continue their learning by using marshmallows and toothpicks to create a 3-D constellation. I would finish the lesson by singing the nursery rhyme ‘ Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’.
The activity set that I would choses is ‘ The Sun and the Shadows’. I would introduce the children to the topic of shadows with a game of ‘ Shadow Chasing’ in the playground, followed by some chalk shadow tracing. I really like the idea of giving the children the task of creating a sun dial in their groups with which they could monitor the sun and it’s movements. There are so many great integration opportunities with this idea also: Maths – lines and angles, time zones etc, Science – Earth’s rotation, History – ancient civilisations use of sun dials, Art – construction. In groups, the children would work together, using paper plates, lollypop sticks, a protractor and a compass to construct a working sun dial. They would then observe and record the movements of the sun throughout the course of the day.
Hi my name is Aideen and I am currently teaching Junior Infants. I am looking forward to completing this course and learning some new ideas about teaching the topic of Space. My favourite space fact is that shooting stars are not actually stars; when you see a shooting star, it’s not a star. It’s actually a tiny piece of rock or dust from space that burns up in Earth’s atmosphere, creating a streak of light.
An inquiry based activity that I have used in the classroom was in relation to observing how different variables affect plant growth. The students were given seeds, soil, and water, and were tasked with designing an experiment to test how different variables (e.g., amount of water, type of soil, amount of light) affect plant growth. They then had to discuss the results in their groups, form hypothesis , collect data, and present their findings. The children really enjoyed the activity and loved comparing their predictions to the results.
Hi my name is Aideen and I am currently teaching Junior Infants. I am looking forward to completing this course and learning some new ideas about teaching the topic of Space. My favourite space fact is that shooting stars are not actually stars; when you see a shooting star, it’s not a star. It’s actually a tiny piece of rock or dust from space that burns up in Earth’s atmosphere, creating a streak of light.
An inquiry based activity that I have used in the classroom was in relation to observing how different variables affect plant growth. The students were given seeds, soil, and water, and were tasked with designing an experiment to test how different variables (e.g., amount of water, type of soil, amount of light) affect plant growth. They then had to discuss the results in their groups, form hypothesis , collect data, and present their findings. The children really enjoyed the activity and loved comparing their predictions to the results.Hi my name is Aideen and I am currently teaching Junior Infants. I am looking forward to completing this course and learning some new ideas about teaching the topic of Space. My favourite space fact is that shooting stars are not actually stars; when you see a shooting star, it’s not a star. It’s actually a tiny piece of rock or dust from space that burns up in Earth’s atmosphere, creating a streak of light.
An inquiry based activity that I have used in the classroom was in relation to observing how different variables affect plant growth. The students were given seeds, soil, and water, and were tasked with designing an experiment to test how different variables (e.g., amount of water, type of soil, amount of light) affect plant growth. They then had to discuss the results in their groups, form hypothesis , collect data, and present their findings. The children really enjoyed the activity and loved comparing their predictions to the results.
