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Hi Sile,
Welcome to the course. I think most teachers are afraid of science, because they don’t have the time to organise and set it up properly, or like you say it’s too messy. If you were to ask children in 6th class what do they remember most from primary school, the majority talk of some science experiment , the messier the better, and what they learned about. Or the fun teacher who did science with us.
Hi Julieanne,
I hope you are enjoying the course. Space launches will definitely engage most children.
Space shuttles need 1.9 million liters of fuel just to launch into space. That’s enough fuel to fill up 42,000 cars!
Hi Karen,
Wow this is an impressive lesson. You have covered all 3 major points, engage, investigate and the next step/follow on. I love your artwork at the end of the lesson, I’m sure the children will too. Maybe you could show them a you tube clip of a similar lesson and then discuss the comparisons.
Hi Jane,
Welcome to the course. I hope you find it useful. This course is very adaptable and has loads of resources which I’m sure you could use depending on the class you are teaching. It’s a topic all children are interested in.
Hi Seamus,
This is a lovely effective lesson. You could show them a YouTube clip of a similar experiment, at the beginning just to get the children thinking.
Maybe have some sort of template for them to record their results. I ‘m sure the children will enjoy this experiment.
Hi Miriam,
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Hi Emily,
Welcome to the course. I hope you find in very useful.
Yes some plants have grown in space.
Astronauts have grown several varieties of lettuce, radishes, peas, zinnias, and sunflowers, and they are fine. “Plants are very adaptive, and they have to be—they can’t run away,” says Gioia Massa, a scientist at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center who studies plants in microgravity.
