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Dancing raisins, fizzy drinks and balloons are all fun and hands-on activities. Students will both enjoy and remember this.
The activity I would be doing is the Rocket Mouse Activity.
We would begin with a whole class discussion about what we know, want to know, learned etc. We will then explore how escaping air from a bottle launches the rocket mouse, the same way ketchup escapes. When the experiment has taken place we will discuss the following taken from this module:
What makes your rocket fly?
What makes it come down again?
How do you think a real rocket works?
How could you make your rocket travel higher?
How could you make your rocket go more slowly?
Can you make your rocket spin as it falls?I will share a fact I learned, which is that “in order to keep going straight upwards and never fall down again, a rocket must reach a speed called escape velocity, which is 11.2 kilometres per second”.
I would use the Animals in the Cold resource from the ESERO website for an interactive, play based lesson. We would begin by discussing hot and cold weather and how we protect ourselves, what would happen if we did not.
I would show a resource based on Antarctic animals and we would discuss how they live in the cold without coats etc and characteristics of their appearance, habitats and mode of survival strategies in freezing conditions, would it differ to others? We would spend a few days naming, learning about and discussing the animals and habitats. We would do the Vaseline experiment, introducing other materials that might retain heat, and there may be Art stations, based on polar animals. To follow on we would sing songs such as Penguins Jumping in the Snow and it may tie in with Christmas based lessons.
I have gained a variety of ideas from this post such as counting stars activities using sand and using Peppa Pig as a stimulus. I would also add that the Starry Nights painting could be explored in Art lessons.
I would start by using the Oliver Jeffers’ book and singing ‘Twinkle Twinkle’ as familiar stimuli. We would then discuss what we see in the night sky and discuss how stars look, wishing on a star, fallen star, children’s own inputs.
As other posters have stated, we would do the ‘lots and lots of stars’ activity using marbles to show just how many stars there are in the sky, asking questions such as ‘how many do you think there are/ do you think you can count them etc.
Other posters have given me the idea to create star art by flicking paint or glitter on dark paper to make our own night skies or design their own constellations. We might discuss that they are massive, glowing balls of hot gas, primarily hydrogen and their distance from Earth.
A planet dance activity, tactile moon and kahoot quiz is an excellent idea and a great way to introduce science into P.E.
In my classroom I plan to cover the planets with junior levels. We might discuss the globe, where we live and the solar system out planet belongs to. I would show images of other planets and ask children to identify them and compare them to Earth.
We would learn the planets song.
We would make play doh models of the planets and put them in order.
For Planet Names & Order:
Learn the order of the planets from the Sun, often using a mnemonic device like “My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Noodles”.
Planet Characteristics:
Describe key features of each planet i.e. is it made of gas or rocky, Venus’s extreme heat, Mars’s red colour, Saturn’s rings, Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, Uranus’s side rotation, and Neptune’s supersonic winds, as well as how many moons they have.For active learning I would then play the Planets game with hula hoops.
We could use chalk on a fine day to draw the planets on the tarmac.
This is a great idea , buoyancy and density are fun concepts to explore in junior classes and the materials are inexpensive to gather .
My name is Grace and I teach multi-grade.
My favourite space fact is that one million Earths can fit inside the sun.
Here is a mind map:
Galaxy- solar system- nine planets- Earth- Sun- moons
I would use the following balloon rocket activity for my enquiry based activity.
I would start the lesson by asking my class what they already know about space, what they want to know and a blank space for what they have learned. We might talk about the space race and see if they know who the first person in space was (many may already know the first on the moon). We might break into groups and discuss modes of transportation both on Earth and to space.
Afterwards, we would begin the enquiry which involves setting up a balloon to travel along a taut string by attaching it to a straw and releasing the balloon to propel itself forward. We will then introduce variables like different balloon sizes, weights / lengths affect the rocket’s motion, speed and distance, exploring principles of motion, force, and Newton’s third law of motion. Can we review the design and see if it will make a difference?
We will add decoration to our rockets and present work/ findings to class.
