Spring
Spring by Scoilnet
Make a weather station, learn some gardening skills and learn songs and poems about Spring.
Gardening With Children
http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/gardening_with_children/ Added: 29 Apr 2014 Contributor: Scoilnet Resource type: Guide/notesInformation and suggested gardening projects aimed at younger children. The projects are divided between possible indoor and outdoor and cover activities like collecting and counting insects, building a wormery and painting flower pots.
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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
- explore conditions for growth of bulbs and seeds
- observe growth and change in some living things
- observe, discuss and identify a variety of plants and animals in different habitats in the immediate environment
- sort and group living things into sets
Suggestions for use: Very practical projects - just select and off you go.
Strand: Living Things
Strand unit: Plants and Animals
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- appreciate that living things have essential needs for growth
- become familiar with the life cycles of common plants and animals
- develop some awareness of plants and animals from wider environments
- explore, through the growing of seeds, the need of plants for water and heat
- group and sort living things into sets according to certain characteristics
- investigate how plants respond to light
- observe, identify and explore a variety of living things in local habitats and environments
- 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
Suggestions for use: Very practical projects - just select and off you go.
Four Seasons in One Year
http://resources.hwb.wales.gov.uk/V...easons/eng/Introduction/default.htm Added: 23 Aug 2010 Contributor: Scoilnet Resource type: GameThis site consists of four interactive activities to find out about the four seasons of the year, the different kind of weather in each season and how the seasons affect living things.
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- 1-2
- SESE Geography
Strand: Natural Environments
Strand unit: Weather, Climate & Atmosphere
Suggestions for use: Download sip file to access worksheets, photos and animation in class. Use teacher guideline to plan the lesson activities.
Spring Poetry
http://www.dltk-holidays.com/spring/poem/ Added: 29 Apr 2014 Contributor: Scoilnet Resource type: ReferenceA collection of poems with a Spring theme aimed at younger children.
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Strand: Reading
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- read aloud with expression
- recognise and discuss differences in reading tastes
Suggestions for use: Select a specific poem and print out. Get the children to write their own poem about Spring.
Strand: Oral Language
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- experience and enjoy playful aspects of language
- express individual responses to poems and literature and discuss different interpretations
Suggestions for use: Select a specific poem and print out. Get the children to write their own poem about Spring.
A Portrait of Spring (PDF)
https://www.scoilnet.ieuploads/resources/223/210.pdf Added: 13 Apr 2010 Contributor: Scoilnet Resource type: Lesson PlanIdeas on how to present and develop a class about Springtime using different fabrics and fibres. Includes activities, evaluation methods and ICT possibilities.
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- 1-2
- Visual Arts
Strand: Fabric and Fibre
Spring on Seomra Ranga
http://www.seomraranga.com/category/seasonal/spring/ Added: 25 Apr 2014 Contributor: Patrick Coffey Resource type: OtherList of downloadables that may be useful to teach aspects of Spring. Examples are pancake recipes, Mothers' Day cards, and things about frogs. Resources available in English and Irish.
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- 3-4
- Supplementary Resources
Strand: Useful Websites
Suggestions for use: Choose what is suitable to you and print out. Most can be given to class.
Spring at The Virtual Vine
http://www.thevirtualvine.com/Spring.html Added: 29 Apr 2014 Contributor: Scoilnet Resource type: OtherListing of arts activities around a spring theme. Short description for each activity included.
View full descriptionSpring Teaching Ideas on Pinterest
https://www.pinterest.com/rachelfriedrich/spring-teaching-ideas Added: 29 Apr 2014 Contributor: Scoilnet Resource type: OtherHand-picked collection of Pins with teaching ideas about Spring. Membership (free) required to fully download.
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The Seasons
What causes the seasons? When do the seasons begin?
Learning Path
Spring has Sprung by Mark Boggins
