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Hi Sinéad,
I love how you have incorporated so many wonderful ideas and resources into your plan. There is so much there and children would love all the games and art, never mind the moonwalking!
Mary
I agree. We all know children would be immediately engaged by aliens and immediate engagement is a great start to any lesson. Milo and Marvin will be very useful in the classroom.
Mary
Hi Eleanor,
That lesson or theme really sounds lovely. There are so many ways for children to learn seamlessly with so much integration. I imagine condensation really enjoyed it as well as learning so much
Mary Murphy
Hi,
I think that is an excellent idea for young children and they would really enjoy it. Children always love shadows and they would be learning in a very imaginative way.
Mary Murphy
Hi everyone,
My name is Mary Murphy.
The number of stars in the Milky Way is probably higher than the number of humans that have ever been born, is a pretty mind- boggling thought about space, for me.
I’ve been in learning support for many years so I haven’t had a chance to try out science lessons yet. I will be moving to a junior class next year and hope to try this lesson.
Force and Mass
Students can consider of force and mass and discuss how those two factors work together to create acceleration when I try to move a piece of furniture to get their attention on the issue.
The object of the lesson is to help pupils understand the acceleration of an object depends on how much force is exerted, as well as the mass of the object. Pupils wil discover that you must exert more force on an object with a lot of mass than you would on an object with less mass.
Then I would facilitate pupils in experimenting with this by providing objects they can compare as they exert force. e.g. a balloon and a basketball, a book and pencil case, toy car and lorry and other objects to hand. I would encourage them to exert as close to the same force as possible on each object when moving them.
We would then discuss how many real-life examples your learners can find of force and mass in action e.g. in the playground see saw going up and down, swings going back and over.
Children would record their observations and share them with the class to promote further discussion.
Hi Michelle and all.
That’s very interesting. You were lucky to see him. I imagine it was so interesting. He is so informative and enthusiastic. It’s fantastic to be able to have so much knowledge and passyabout a subject.
Mary Murphy
