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I love the way Kathleen has included the cross curricular links. There are so many ways you could incorporate the video throughout the school year. Definitely one to revisit each term.
The video Home by Yann Arthus-Bertran even though over and hour and a half long felt like 10 mins as its powerful message engulfs you . I would have to introduce it in sections to a class to provide for question & answers and discussion. It has such an important message on the how the we are responsible for how our planet will fair out in decades to come. It is important to know that we can all help with the smallest of changes in our everyday lives. This would lead to the introduction of Greta Thunberg and how she has strived to help with climate change. This video would encourage the children to become role models for younger classes and involve them in helping jnr classes to recycle at school. The carbon footprint calculator would be a fantastic resource to make the children more aware of the impact they are having on the climate.
it does seem to cause a little anxiety in children as they are aware of their footprint when it comes to cars. They are always questioning who has an electric car etc. responsibility in our daily lives is the message we should be focusing on. its great to show how the world has and still is changing.
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The children have a wealth of information at their fingertips when it comes to climate change.
This is a very practical lesson where brainstorming would show what they already know about climate change and greenhouse gases. Most children are already aware of recycling within the school itself and how we recycle now at home. Many children are taking their bottles their bottles to the drop points and are more aware now of the bank of bottles that were never returned. They also are aware of the zero grazing in agriculture and how the more beef we consume contributes to the increase in methane gas in the atmosphere.
The Paxi video is a very informative and enjoyable one pitched more so to the older classes. It makes the kids more familiar with with the greenhouse effect through the use of good pictures and explanations. Its not all doom and gloom and gives the encouraging message that every little change we make will help climate change. The children would enjoy the temperature predictor tool where they could investigate how temperature is affected by not just global but local factors. I would anticipate a lively discussion as we are located in a rural/suburban location. This would lead to a great debate.A weather station within a school is always an exciting construction project. although we have found that sometimes the manufactured ones don’t hold the attention we thought it would. Nothing better than the utter chaos when a wind sock takes off and the improvement has to be made
After reviewing Unravelling STEM: Beyond the acronym of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (Liston 2018). I am able to identify some of the STEM ideas and activities that I use when teaching my class.
I know that within my own classroom we do have spaces that encourage the children to be creative but I feel they are more active when involved in team work and problem solving outside of the classroom. Seeing is believeing really motivates them particularly when it is a task that involves construction. Recording events is an area I need to improve myself!
Is it weather or climate.
The videos are extremely educational and also have the element of fun. The weather watcher is one I will use next year. Nose up high in the sky is new to me but the children will enjoy while learning about weather and climate
Weather detectives
I love the idea of making the anemometer and recording daily. This is something all classes would get great benefit from, ranging from the simple idea of the paper cups to whatever the older classes could come up with. In our school we were given an electronic weather system and to be honest the kids don’t relate to this. It was part of a green flag incentive and it just sits there now.
I have used classroom resources where the children can pick from to explain what the weather is like and we also have some thermometers. A water gauge one is we may use next year. We made windsocks one year and had one on a fishing rod. The excitement in the class was great whenever it changed direction.
