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Plan to observe the Moon – which phase of the Moon is best for observing in the morning from school? What dates will that be in 2024- 2025?
I think this would be a lovely activity to do throughout the coming school year. I will have Junior Infants in September so I think it would spend some time in September discussing the moon, sun, stars. Identifying where you would see them, when you might see them.
I then would make telescopes with the children to find our moon in the sky. In conjunction with this I would keep an eye on the moon phases and incorporate this into when the moon would be visible during school times and bring the children outside with their home made telescopes to look for the moon. I think this activity would also be good to extend to home- you could ask the children to look for the moon before they go to bed and tell the class about it the next day.Yes I would agree that it is a good idea to set out the learning objectives at the start of the lesson so the children can have a clear vision.
I really like the concept of the I really like the concept of the lesson about ESERO 30 Day and Night in the World.
I usually teach junior classes so I think this would be appropriate and highly engaging in the infant classroom. I particularly like the song and I think it would be a great way to engage the children and further develop understanding of the concept.
I also like the concept of discussing different animals- nocturnal etc. There is a many ways this can be explored with the children through discussion, pictures, games. There is lots of opportunity for this topic to be explore across the curriculum aswell. Lastly I also think that the concept of using a sphere shaped object to represent the sun shining on one side of the world and not the other is a great idea. It is a very visual way for the children to learn the concept and I think the children would enjoy using the resource themselves and playing around with it to promote further discussion.
