Learning Path
STEM & the Garden Learning Path
By PDST
This learning path is a collection of activities and resources from the PDST webinar STEM & the Garden. This webinar was broadcast to support teachers with distance learning but can be easily adapted for classroom or blended learning activities.
10 resources in this Learning Path
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Resources & Weblinks - STEM & the Garden
https://www.scoilnet.ieuploads/resources/34916/34675.pdf Added: 24 Nov 2020 Contributor: PDST Resource type: OtherA list of online resources referenced in the STEM & the Garden webinar.
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Design & Make a Raft
https://www.scoilnet.ieuploads/resources/34915/34674.pdf Added: 24 Nov 2020 Contributor: PDST Resource type:STEM activity where pupils design and make a raft.
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Design & Make a Nest
https://www.scoilnet.ieuploads/resources/34914/34673.pdf Added: 24 Nov 2020 Contributor: PDST Resource type: Guide/notesA STEM activity where pupils design and make a nest for a bird.
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Strand: Living Things
Strand unit: Plant and animal life
Strand: Living Things
Strand unit: Plant and animal life
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Battle of the Beaks
https://www.scoilnet.ieuploads/resources/34911/34670.pdf Added: 24 Nov 2020 Contributor: PDST Resource type:In this activity, pupils simulate bird feeding by using a beak to collect food and place it into a stomach.
This practical activity explores beak adaptations in bird populations and looks at the way in which variation in beak shape is related to the available food sources within an environment.
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Pollination Resources
https://www.scoilnet.ieuploads/resources/34910/34669.pdf Added: 24 Nov 2020 Contributor: PDST Resource type: Guide/notesA list of online resources to support schools in developing an understanding of pollination with pupils.
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Design a Dream Garden
https://www.scoilnet.ieuploads/resources/34904/34663.pdf Added: 23 Nov 2020 Contributor: PDST Resource type: Guide/notesFollow the criteria to design a dream garden in this STEM project.
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Strand: Measures
Strand unit: Area
Strand: Shape & Space
Strand unit: 2-D Shapes
Strand: Number
Strand unit: Operations: Addition & Subtraction
Strand: Algebra
Strand: Measures
Strand unit: Area
Strand: Shape & Space
Strand unit: 2-D Shapes
Strand: Number
Strand unit: Operations
Strand: Algebra
Strand: Environ. Awareness & Care
Strand unit: Environmental awareness
Strand: Living Things
Strand unit: Plant and animal life
Strand: Environ. Awareness & Care
Strand unit: Environmental awareness
Strand: Living Things
Strand unit: Plant and animal life
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Suirbhé ar Chrainn
https://www.scoilnet.ieuploads/resources/34902/34661.pdf Added: 23 Nov 2020 Contributor: PDST Resource type: Guide/notesGníomháiochtaí chun staidéar a dhéanamh ar chrainn sa bhaile nó ar scoil.
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Strand: Living Things
Strand unit: Plants and Animals
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- become aware of animals and plants of other environments
- become aware that animals and plants undergo seasonal change in appearance or behaviour
- observe growth and change in some living things
Strand: Living Things
Strand unit: Plants and Animals
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- become familiar with the life cycles of common plants and animals
- observe, identify and explore a variety of living things in local habitats and environments
- recognise and describe the parts of some living things
- recognise that trees are plants
- understand that seasonal changes occur in living things and examine the changes in plant and animal life during the different seasons
Strand: Living Things
Strand unit: Plant and animal life
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- observe and explore some ways in which plant and animal behaviour is influenced by, or adapted to, environmental conditions
- use simple keys to identify common species of plants and animals
Strand: Living Things
Strand unit: Plant and animal life
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- become aware of some of the basic life processes in animals and plants
- become aware of the sun as a source of energy for plants through photosynthesis
- become familiar with the characteristics of some major groups of living things
- investigate the factors that affect plant growth
Strand: Data
Strand unit: Representing and interpreting data
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- match sets, equal and unequal
- represent and interpret a set of simple mathematical data using real objects, models and pictures
- sort and classify sets of objects by one criterion
Strand: Data
Strand unit: Representing and interpreting data
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- represent and interpret data in two, three or four rows or columns using real objects, models and pictures
- represent, read and interpret simple block graphs
- sort and classify objects by two and three criteria
Strand: Data
Strand unit: Representing and interpreting data
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- collect, organise and represent data using pictograms, block graphs and bar charts
- collect, organise and represent data using pictograms, block graphs, bar charts and bar-line graphs incorporating the scales 1:2, 1:5, 1:10, and 1:100
Strand: Data
Strand unit: Representing and interpreting data
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- collect, organise and represent data using pictograms, single and multiple bar charts and simple pie charts
- collect, organise and represent data using pie charts and trend graphs
- compile and use simple data sets
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Sensory Box/Discovery Bottle
https://www.scoilnet.ieuploads/resources/34901/34660.pdf Added: 23 Nov 2020 Contributor: PDST Resource type: Guide/notesThis activity outlines how easily accessible resources from the garden and outdoor environment could be used as a stimulus for discussion and activity across the curriculum.
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- Mathematics
Strand: Measures
Strand unit: Capacity
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- develop an understanding of the concept of capacity through exploration and the use of appropriate vocabulary
- select and use appropriate non-standard units to measure capacity
Strand: Measures
Strand unit: Capacity
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- develop an understanding of the concept of capacity through exploration and the use of appropriate vocabulary
- select and use appropriate non-standard units to measure capacity
Strand: Early Maths Activities
Strand unit: Classifying
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- classify objects on the basis of one attribute, such as colour, shape, texture or size
- identify the complement of a set (i.e. elements not in a set)
Strand: Living Things
Strand unit: Plants and Animals
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- observe, discuss and identify a variety of plants and animals in different habitats in the immediate environment
- sort and group living things into sets
Strand: Living Things
Strand unit: Plants and Animals
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- group and sort living things into sets according to certain characteristics
- recognise and describe the parts of some living things
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STEM & the Garden Webinar Recording
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp26fwRAjGk&t=3s Added: 24 Nov 2020 Contributor: PDST Resource type:A recording of the live webinar STEM & the Garden
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Tree Journal
https://www.scoilnet.ieuploads/resources/34938/34697.pdf Added: 24 Nov 2020 Contributor: PDST Resource type: Guide/notesActivities which support pupils' observations and develop knowledge of trees in the local environment.
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