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Hi Laura,
I really like the collaborative aspect that you have included in your lessons. I like the fun element of seeing which rocket went furthest too. Thank you.
Assignment:
Choose one of the activities or activity sets outlined in this module – How would you use the activity in your classroom?Rockets
Engage:
– Read ‘The Way Back Home’ by Oliver Jeffers as a whole class and discuss the how the boy might get home from space (rockets) we will watch videos from NASA of spaceships being launched.
– In groups children come up with ideas to make an effective rockets to get home from space.
Investigate:
– Make predictions, share and explain reasoning.
– Children will be given a variety of materials to make their designed rocket (paper, paint, colours, junk art, balloons, straws, 2D shapes)Next:
– Rocket races – groups have rocket races. They examine results and reflect on which materials were most effective and why.
– As a whole class we discuss findings.Hi Sinead, I really like the idea of designing a passport to space particularly as it is something that the children will have real life experience with so are more likely to be motivated and engaged.
I really like the investigative aspect of this. It sets up a really rich learning experience for children that supports understanding and caters for a learning styles. I will definitely use this in my class.
Assignment:
Choose one of the activities or activity sets outlined in this module:
Online resources and tools or
Hands-on classroom themed activities
How would you use the activity in your classroom?Online Resources and Tools
Marvin and Milo Cartoons:
I think the Marvin and Milo cartoons are great. super resource, I particularly like the cat and dog team and think that the children would like it too. The ‘Do try this at home’ motto is great as it gives the children a takeaway and something to try and further develop learning. The huge amount of episodes available is great too! I envisage linking in with teaching space by trying out the investigations relating to properties of matter, forces and motion and earth and space by including :Alka-Seltzer Rocket, Wobbly Stick, Bouncing Balls, Homemade Sunset, Festive Star, Spinning Rocket, Anti-Gravity Maltesers and Falling Bubbles.Hi Jennifer,
I really like this idea, the incorporation of the stellarium app is great too and will really help bring it to life for children. Will absolutely be using. Thank you!
Activity Set: Space and Aliens
It was very useful to see the DPSM/ESRO Framework for Inquiry applied in The Classroom Resource Booklet on Mars. This would be great to use in class or even for science week where pupil’s complete challenges:
Challenge 1 – Let’s create a landscape like Mars!
• Explore Google Mars on ipads.
• Investigate landscapes – containers with soil, lentils with duplo small world space characters.
• Make Mars models with play dough,Challenge 2 – What would an alien on Mars look like?
• Explore alien characters from a range of movies/stories. (The Grinch, Monsters Inc, Here Come the Aliens) – in groups, brainstorm the ideas.
• Complete individual designs.
• Option to use crayons, clay, paint to make aliens.
• Name alien and hot seat as character, pupils to ask questions about their life on Mars.Such a brilliant idea Laura about creating a sundial. One I will definitely steal for my group in September. Thank you!
Assignment:
Choose from one of the activities or activity sets outlined in this module:
Activity: The Spherical Earth
Activity Set: The Planets
Activity Set: The Moon
Activity Set: The Sun and Shadows
How would you use the activity in your classroom?
Post a reflective piece to the forum (150 words min) as a reply to this post. You may include digital records of the activities.I thought My Sky Tonight video on the Sun’s Energy lesson was fantastic. I thought the use of the sun ball at the start to elicit prior knowledge was a fun and engaging way to get the children on board with the material and curious about learning more. It’s so important to incorporate safety in the sun for children too and I like how it was approached here. The role play activity was great as a reinforcer and incorporated hands on fun and engaging learning again. I look forward to using this lesson with my class next year and can see it working really well as part of Aistear.
1. Role Play – At the beach
2. Tech –Record sun safety videos
3. Junk Art – Design protective sunwear.
4. Story map – create story maps for story ‘When the sun goes home’
5. Sun Safety Quiz – complete sun safety quiz IWBMy name is Rachael and I will be teaching junior infants in September. An interesting fact about space is that it is silent.
Inquiry based lesson I have taught before was creating a model of space using the children themselves. Children were given a planet, star, sun, moon- that they had to become for the model. In order to recreate the solar system they had to investigate as much as they could about their part. What it looks like, how big it is, where it is situated in relation to the sun, does it spin and if so what direction. Questions arose like what does the inside of earth look like which prompted an investigation and discussion about the earth’s crust, the inner and outer core etc. We then created our life picture of the solar system and performed this for our school at assembly.
