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Aliens in Space
Firstly I would try to elict from the children their current knowledge or belief on Aliens. What do they think Aliens loom like? If an alien visited our classroom what would they need to know?
1 Link with Art
Children would draw a picture of their alien. They should incorporate features/ what does the alien look like? what is their diet? Where do they live? What is their ecosystem like? What is their diet? How do they survive?
2. Link with Drama
Children will have an opportunity to hot seat as their alien – being interviewed by the other children. This will further help to develop their characterisations.
3. Link with English
Based on The information developed during the hot seating activities children would write an informational profile about their alien introducing them to the group. We would finish the class by asking the children if they believe there were Aliens in space.
This is a lovely idea. The letter from the little boy could link in with a drama lesson and TiR. Great idea. Thanks for sharing.
I think this is a great concept. I will incorporate the man in the moon as part of a lesson for 2nd class.
The Moon
I would teach a lesson based on The cycles of the moon. First I would start with a KWL chart to elict what prior knowledge the children have on the moon.
Next I would play the video paxi & the moon phases. We would observe how the moon rotates around the earth and how the phases of the moon appear differently based on depending on the hemisphere in which you live.
We would do an extention lesson on space travel and the first man to walk on the moon. We would watch the video of Neil Armstrong and discuss how he needed space suit / zero gravity etc .
A few years ago I had the opportunity to visit the museum of Cosmonautics in Moscow. I would show photos from my visit and learn about Laika the first dog in space.
We would make a model of the moon during art class – paper mache. And further develop this into learning about the moons place in our solar system.
I think is a lovely lesson – we’ll planned out and one which will engage the class. I must try it out with my class this year – I always enjoy a cross curricular lesson with the arts
Also I would review if any predictions made were correct. What properties did these materials have?
Mindmap: Planets, Mars, Saturn, Sun , Galaxies, Aliens, Milky Way, Space Station, The Moon, Rockets, Research, Space Travel, NASA, Zero Gravity, Asteroids, Shooting Stars, Stars, Silence, Black hole
I will be moving to 2nd class on September – I look forward to trying out this lesson. It sounds great.
An inquiry based lesson:
One lesson I have used in the past is how to keep Teddy dry – what will we use to make his raincoat?
First the children brain storm materials which they might use and discuss wither these would keep teddy dry – keep note of there predictions .
Next in groups allow the children to test the materials: wool, paper, tin foil, cotton, rubber etc by dropping water on them
in conclusion allow children to cut out a rain coat for teddy in their most suitable material & sick it on a premade teddy template.
Hello Everyone! My name is Maria and I’m moving from 6th class to 2nd class this year. I don’t have a favourite fact about space but I had the opportunity to meet Norah Patten last year at a STEM event for schools. She really inspired our students to become involved in STEM specifically women in space. And even better she’s a local girl!
