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Welcome Aoife, you’ll find other 1st class teachers here, so I hope you get a chance to look though the forum posts that share their experiences and practice.
Welcome Triona – there are plenty of other teachers of junior infants in this course, so I hope you will find the forums a rich source of ideas and accounts of practical experiences with this topic.
I agree with you that children should share what they know with their peers and to build on this with wonder and questions.
Hi Claire,
would you use the ESERO 10 resource, and if so, would you modify it? https://esero.ie/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/10_What-do-you-do-in-a-day.pdf
I think it needs a few more activities, and I know I brush my teeth more than once a day.
Hi Rachel,
I like the way you have encouraged the children to reason and identify what they think will happen and then go on to test that. That is so much the core of scientific inquiry to learn science content.
What a super way to engage the children’s interest — this scenario is a great trigger. It leads to wondering and a clear investigation strand.
I remember my father in law repairing our dinghy some years ago – he removed the plastic milk-carton that had been used as a patch and used real boat building materials.
Hi Shona – I found this one: https://youtu.be/jZMsu9TFhjY are there other videos in particular that you recommend?
Hi everyone,
check out the beautiful first image from the Webb Telescope: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2022/07/Webb_s_first_deep_field
This is one of the deepest images ever made of distant galaxies, with only 12.5 hours exposure, it is an amazing indicator of what else Webb may be able to see. The Hubble telescope took a picture of the same bit of the sky, over weeks – and it is nowhere near as good.
I’m in astro-heaven at this image!!
I’ve played the planets – hula-hoop game with a mixed group of 8 to 10 year-olds – they had a great time.
Hi Grainne,
shadows are always such fun – I wonder if it is the lack of consistently sunny days that makes us appreciate them so much!?
Can you darken your classroom enough to get good shadows?
Hi Laura,
I have found the poem: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43196/my-shadow
is this the book? https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1949120.My_Shadow
Hi Paddy,
is this the book? https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/573306.Moonbeam_Bear
And please do leave out materials or activities – we are sharing many, but they cannot all be done in one go!
Hi Bernadette,
I’ve had fun with this too – when I have pretended to be a silly robot from another planet who doesn’t understand our world very well. I have asked children to tell me what I should do to move a child who is sitting on a wheely-chair. I explain that I can’t see very well, so they need to tell me what to do. It really brings out the vocabulary and sequencing.
Hi Karen,
seeing the application of knowledge is such a sign that this approach is working. I think children need to have an interest in the topic to be wondering how this might apply to a new situation – so they are actively engaged in thinking how they can do more with their new understanding.
Hi Karen,
did you learn that fact from a video? and if so, which one? I know there are lots of astronaut videos, but with so many, it is hard to find the good ones. I like the Chris’ Kitchen with Chris Hadfield.
Hi Ailbhe,
I love that fact too! and here is an interesting twist on it from the cartoon XKCD: https://what-if.xkcd.com/83/#:~:text=%22Are%20there%20more%20grains%20of,on%20all%20of%20Earth’s%20beaches.
