Learning Path
Outdoor Science: 3rd & 4th Learning Path
By Moira Lambe
Experiments, challenges and activities to bring your lessons to life outdoors.
3 resources in this Learning Path
1
Ball Run STEM Challenge
https://www.scoilnet.ieuploads/resources/35961/35729.pdf Added: 28 Apr 2021 Contributor: Moira Lambe Resource type: Lesson Plan / ActivityFind a ball and make it travel in a fun way. Think tubes, pipes, ramps, funnels – whatever you have to hand! Can you make your ball change direction more than once? Travel in a circle? Change speed? Etc…
Resource provided by the UK Learning through Landscapes initiative.
How it maps to the curriculum
Strand: Energy & Forces
Suggestions for use: Divide your class into groups and allow them to create their own ball run using materials that are easily found at home and at school.
Strand: Energy & Forces
Suggestions for use: Divide your class into groups and allow them to create their own ball run using materials that are easily found at home and at school.
Strand: Useful Websites
Suggestions for use: Divide your class into groups and allow them to create their own ball run using materials that are easily found at home and at school.
Strand: Useful Websites
Suggestions for use: Divide your class into groups and allow them to create their own ball run using materials that are easily found at home and at school.
2
Parts of a Plant Outdoor Investigation
https://www.scoilnet.ieuploads/resources/36058/35826.pdf Added: 05 May 2021 Contributor: Scoilnet Resource type: Audio / Video / Presentation / ReferenceIdentify the parts of a plant using real plant material.This is a much more meaningful and sustainable method for children to become aware of the roles of the different parts of a real plant compared to labelling a worksheet.
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3
Sunflower Planting, Study and Comprehension
https://www.scoilnet.ieuploads/resources/36103/35871.pdf Added: 06 May 2021 Contributor: Scoilnet Resource type: Lesson Plan / Primary Source / WorksheetGet your class interested in nature and the outdoors. Help them to plant their own sunflowers, track their growth and bring the lesson back to the classroom with the sunflower comprehension.
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- 5-6
- SESE Science
Strand: Environ. Awareness & Care
Suggestions for use: Learn interesting facts about sunflowers. Plant your own individually or in groups. Track their progress using the worksheet attached.
