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The Paxi video is a fantastic resource to address climate change, greenhouse gases and melting ice caps in the classroom.The Earth Under the lid experiment is definitely one I will teach when I return to school.The national geographic video is very informative as is the one on energy . I had not hear of Curious Minds before now and I think the framework will be invaluable for teacher planning .While there seems to be alot of content in the framework document once you would become familiar with it it will certainly result in a very organised lesson/lessons and allow children to develop their scientific skills at the same time.It will also allow us to address issues such as Social Justice as we can look at how climate change is affecting those in underdeveloped countries most.The children could take a country affected as part of a Geography module and present their findings to the class.All areas of the curriculum could be incorporated in to this project.
Firstly can I complement you on a very informative Module1.I have to say I have learnt a lot myself and actually can see a great unit of work ahead for September. Children and adults can get confused with the difference between weather and climate and I certainly will be recommending your activities to my colleagues.Textbooks are not the way to approach teaching weather and climate as only a snapshot of the topic is addressed while the videos /worksheets etc recommended here provide a solid basis for a unit of work.
Building a weather station or components of a weather station would be a very inclusive activity for a classroom as all children would be able to fully participate. One could also look at the weather forecast daily on News Jnr to get a prediction for the days ahead. Alternatively the whole school could engage in a project eg one month per season and display it in a central area. Older children could take younger children out to view the Weather Station.
Geography would also be covered when looking at Koppen’s Climate Classification and in Senior Classes or even Middle Levels Geography projects could be done on countries from the various regions.With not too much hard work literacy, music, art ,Gaeilge and STEM subjects along with History could be incorporated in to a unit of work for a term.Hi Sinéad
I agree that the idea of using proverbs etc is a fantastic way of teaching about weather and climate while at the same time enhancing literacy skills and visual arts could also be integrated here.The idea of a weather log is great and would be a great opportunity for group activities as small groups could have task of the daily log which they could present to the class.Gaeilge could also be used as part of the activity with older classes and weaker children could draw a picture to put on the wall.