Forum Replies Created
-
Posts
-
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.
