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Stellarium-web.orgI would utilize this website for virtual stargazing sessions in the classroom. By projecting the night sky onto the interactive whiteboard (IWB), students can explore various constellations and stars. I’d encourage them to identify patterns in the sky. Afterwards, they could recreate these constellations using peg boards or chalk and black paper.
Milo and Marvin
I would incorporate Milo and Marvin into classroom role-play activities. Students could dress up as these characters or create alien-themed props for imaginative play. I’d support them in acting out scenes from the stories or in creating their own space adventures featuring these alien characters.
ESA and ESA Kids
I would use this website for storytime, selecting appropriate stories about space exploration, astronauts, and the wonders of the universe to share with the class. These stories would be integrated into reading sessions to spark students’ curiosity about space.
Additionally, I would draw upon this website for space-themed arts and crafts, using the images as inspiration. Students could create rockets, alien creatures, or planets using various art materials or recycled items.
Finally, I would engage the whole class in playing interactive games and solving space-themed puzzles from the website. This would be a fun way to reinforce learning about space through play.
This is fantastic, I really want to create more things like this in the coming months the kids would love it
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In my classroom, I would use the “Rockets” activity set to teach young students about rockets in a simple and enjoyable way. We’d begin by discussing rockets, using simple language and pictures to explain how they travel into space. To spark their interest and give them a clear understanding of what’s to come, I would show a short video of a rocket launch.
Next, the students would collaborate in small groups to build their own rockets using foam pieces. They would have fun designing and decorating their foam rockets with markers and stickers. After that, we’d have a pretend launch, allowing them to play and imagine their rockets soaring into space.
As part of Space Week, we’d read a story about astronauts and rockets, watch a brief video of a real rocket launch, and take an exciting virtual tour of a space center. This approach would help students grasp how rockets enable space exploration, making science both engaging and easy to understand. Through this hands-on activity, the students would learn important science concepts while having a great time.
When doing this you could also use a phone/tablet to get 3d images of polar animals and get the kids to stand next to them, I’ve done this with various animals and it really gives the kids a better understanding of the actual size of these animals, and they love it too!
The topic I have chosen for this module is the Stars.
As I have previously said I love looking at the stars but I have just returned to the classroom this year after many years of job sharing so my teaching experience of the solar system has been very limited.
I suppose if I were to teach a lesson about stars I would begin by reading the book How to Catch a Star by Oliver Jeffers which is also available on YouTube as a read aloud book. we could learn out the various constellations via YouTube videos understanding that stars are huge balls of burning gas far away in space. We could make our own constellations by placing silver stars on by cards and the naming the and sharing them with the class.
I remember serval years ago we had a company/organisation visit the school, they had an inflatable dome shaped bouncy castle and the kids lay down inside and they projected the different constellations and told the kids all about them and the kids were mesmerised by it, it was fab and it’s something I’d love to look into doing againThe activity that I have chosen to focus for this module is the Sun and Shadows.
There are many elements to the module which can be explored in many cross curricular areas. By teaching the children the song The Sun Song on YouTube, I’d introduce the basic concepts of the sun’s movement, the earth’s rotation, and how shadows are formed by travelling in straight lines using a globe and a flashlight.
we could progress on to making sundials outside on a sunny day, children will have to find a suitable sunny location, , marking the yard with coloured chalks to show each hour, children could take not of the length of the sticks shadow over time.
we could conclude by reading the book ‘What makes a Shadow’. The children could explore shadows in art by drawing silhouettes of on another. Other areas to explore the sun would be exploring how plants react without sun vs those with sun.My favourite fact about space is that one million Earths could fit inside the Sun yet the Sun is considered an average-size star.
Hi my name is Elaine and this year I’m teaching first and second class.
I decided on this course as I myself have a huge personal interest in space, be it the planets (Pluto is also still a planet in my eyes), solar eclipses, lunar eclipses or meteorite showers and I’d love to pass along my interest in it my class. I’m really looking forward to this course.
