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Nora,
thanks for sharing the Irish language resource. I grew up in Canada, so my Irish is pretty much non-existent. I know numbers to 8 (to count the stars of the Plough) and a handful of colours.
My colleague has some astronomy terms that she uses, I’ll share them in the end of course summary – you’ll be able to find them on spaceweek.ie in September.
Susan,
thanks for sharing so clearly how you intend to connect rockets across so many subjects – and a plus from me for including science activity and inquiry!
Please do register this as an ‘event’ on spaceweek.ie – even a single class doing something once during Space Week helps to share space as an inspiration.
Mags,
you may be able to adapt bits of this resource for your design your own spaceships. In particular, check out the video that is shared as part of it of a home based space ship.
https://www.spaceweek.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/HumansinSpace.pdf
Margaret,
you may be able to adapt bits of this resource for your design your own spaceships. In particular, check out the video that is shared as part of it of a home based space ship.
https://www.spaceweek.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/HumansinSpace.pdf
Robyn,
would you use a guided drawing like this:
https://youtu.be/YkdZ2ZNG-Ts?si=REDY9LXjgEHh8VHo
I love the idea of a mass of alien space craft!
Catherine:
Sew an Ice Cube is here: https://spark.iop.org/sew-ice-cube.
Clothing for different climates is covered really nicely in the SEAI activity for 3rd/4th class, so you may chat to colleagues to see who would like to cover this.
https://www.seai.ie/plan-your-energy-journey/schools/primary-school/resources-for-teachers/
Chloe,
I like the idea of including the clothes teddy should wear as an everyday part of the classroom routine. The prompt of teddy needing to have suitable clothing is appropriate to the age group, and allows each child to build on the sharing of previous outfits. Lots of comparatives can be happening — ‘it is colder than yesterday, but not really cold yet, so lets add a hat, but not mittens…’
Irene,
You’ve described an active, engaging activity for a young class about animals in the cold.
You could add images of the poles (https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/arctic-zone/gallery_np.html) to support recognition of different conditions.
As a fun extra, with my Brownie Guides we sing;
but change the action (and the words) to hug X other polar bears,
and at the end of each round change the number of polar bears that have to hug (huddle together). We usually end up with all the girls in one big huddle.
This could give you some simple maths counting in a fun way.
Una,
for me, the key way to bring science thinking into this creative activity is to do exactly what you have suggested:
What would the Alien need to survive?
The child who creates a wonderful, imaginative alien can then extend the activity by describing the ecosystem that they live in.
When we make aliens (using tin foil) there is often a child who gets a bit discouraged and crumples theirs us into a ball. I suggest that this is an alien in camouflage, waiting to catch an other alien by surprise!
Nora,
I really like how you have structure the inquiry into shadows to look at firstly
“how does changing the distance from the torch to the object” affect them, and then as a perfect next step:
How do shadows change in the Sun – since the Sun is at a fixed distance from us, and only the angles between it and the screen (the ground) change.
Jennifer and Marcella,
Nationwide libraries have been very supportive of space week for years, and set up book displays and have online connections to speakers. Do check in with your local branch to see what they have on offer.
Niamh,
with your space travel agent, be sure to print off some of the space travel agent destinations from here:
https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/alien-worlds/exoplanet-travel-bureau/?intent=021
such as this one:
An older class might make travel brochures for the solar system, which your class could then use for selling the tickets and offering information to a potential traveller.
This is a guide that an older class might use: https://coppins6.weebly.com/
Orla,
I’d love to send my Brownie Guides to your class! We try to get outside as much as possible at our meetings, so we always ask them to wear good shoes and a rain coat. The number of times they arrive in a version of Uggs (water repellant, not waterproof!) and a hoodie…
With Irish seasons I’d expect the children would include a rain coat in most seasons 🙂
