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Hi Aine – be careful with the question about seeds and sunlight — seeds can germinate in the dark (think about bean sprouts, or planting seeds in soil underground). To explore how well a plant grows, I’d start with already germinated seeds, radish seeds work well, and then ask about what the plant needs to grow.
Hi Aine – what particular science question do you think the children will ask about shadows? There are so many possibilities, and with very little equipment they can explore so much.
What source of heat do you reckon you would you with your class? Would you let them choose from different sources? ie leave it on a sunny windowsill, put a bowl of chocolate on a radiator, wrap a bar of chocolate in foil and sit on it?
There is plenty of scope for discussion of fair testing if you use different heat sources.
is this it? https://youtu.be/ylE_IPo7KWU
Mallorie – that is a lovely set of themed activities across the curriculum. Is there a science focus that you can include?
Nice outline Meadhbh, it should work well if the classroom can be made very dark!
An alternative is to use the Shoe Box viewer from Exploring the Sun by Dr Maeve Liston in the resources folder (the activity is on page 11, in the section on misconceptions).
Nice outline Michelle – an activity that can support this shows up in module 4: “Hot and cold” https://esero.ie/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/12_Hot-and-cold.pdf
Welcome Michelle – there are plenty of other senior infants teachers here, so have a good look around the forums for a slew of great ideas.
Hi Sharon – welcome to this course, do you know what class you will be teaching next year?
Your forces lesson has a nice space theme to it – how much time would you give to this activity? Encourage the children to apply their understanding – as in… “I know magnets can push away other magnets, so if it pushes away a known magnet, it must be a magnet.”
Nice inquiry lesson there Karina, and I agree with you about the learning happening in the discussions.
thanks for sharing the mind map – remember to keep adding to it as you go through each module. You might want to snap shot it now as a record of your initial categories and organisation.
Welcome Aine – humans in space and our exploration of our solar system is interesting to lots of us too!
Paddy, I agree with you on adapting this to represent data in a way that is suitable for 1st class. Some children might just be ready for the more abstract way of representing data as a set – which is why I think the option of having the children stand in groups of their choosing is a nice way to start the thinking towards this complex idea.
Triona – I like the suggestion of predicting what it would be like in a rocket, then comparing to what they can see in the youtube clip. For science week last year, we created a resource on designing the interior of a rocket ship – you might find some background info from that resource of use: http://www.spaceweek.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/HumansinSpace.pdf