[Evelyn Geoghegan]

<span style=”font-size: 7px;”>The activity I selected was   “from the ground and from the Sky”. I carried out the activities.</span>

<span style=”font-size: 7px;”>Activity 1: The Earth seen from the ISS. </span>

<span style=”font-size: 7px;”>Looking at a variety of photos taken from ISS we would discuss the astronauts vantage point from space and look at and pick out a variety for features to stimulate discussion on these photos. As well as discussing the use and value of such a vantage point.</span>

<span style=”font-size: 7px;”>Activity 2: Match the photos</span>

<span style=”font-size: 7px;”>We will examine photographs of space taken by astronauts on the international space station. We will match pictures taken on the ground to ISS and use them to discuss and identify various features of the landscape.</span>

<span style=”font-size: 7px;”>ACTIVITY 3: HIGHER UP!</span>
<span style=”font-size: 7px;”>The third activity consists of photographs that have been taken from Satellites orbiting the earth. The children will again match photos and discussion is facilitated by handy sentence starters e.g. h</span><span style=”font-size: 7px;”>ow do we know they are both of mountains? What things are similar? What things are different?.</span>
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[Evelyn Geoghegan]

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I  agree that this is a great opportunity to use aa weather journal or daily report to incorporate both maths and literacy in a fun and interactive way.

[Evelyn Geoghegan]

<span style=”font-size: 7px;”>I found that both of these activities and the  accompanying resources from ESA are ideal for use in my 4th class classroom. I think the the weather vs climate is a great introduction to the topic of weather and while it can be completed in pairs or a small group it lends itself to opening up a class discussion or debate on the different statments. This type of actiivity can really engage children and cause them to buy into the topic with great ease. In follow up to this setting up a weather station in school for use by our own class and other classes would be a terrific idea. Combined with weather journals they could even be used to create a fun and competitive task of recording accurately the different weather patterns in iur school. Most of this equipment is readily available in our resource room and the equipment that isn’t could be made from a variety of recycled materials. This is a great opportunity to address climate change by exploring upcyclling materials as well as looking at climate and weather in a fun and interactive way.</span>

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