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Explorer Lesson Plans from the Irish Marine Institute

Added: 21 Dec 2016 Contributor: Clare Quigley Resource type: Lesson Plan / Reference

The Irish Marine Institute website includes a wide range of teaching resources and lesson plans for all class levels which cover all areas of the curriculum. The Explorer lesson plans and activities which can be found here aim to integrate marine themes into strands taught in primary schools. The lesson plans are easy to follow, engaging, interesting and ready for use in the classroom.

How it maps to the curriculum

in
1-2
3-4
5-6
SESE Science

Strand: Materials

Strand unit: Materials and change

Strand: Materials

Strand unit: Materials and change


Strand: Energy & Forces

Strand unit: Magnetism & Electricity

Strand: Energy & Forces

Strand unit: Magnetism & Electricity


Strand: Energy & Forces

Strand: Living Things

Strand unit: Plant and animal life


Strand: Energy & Forces

Strand unit: Sound


Strand: Energy & Forces


Strand: Energy & Forces

Strand unit: Heat


Strand: Materials

Strand unit: Properties and characteristics of materials


Strand: Materials

Strand unit: Materials and change


Strand: Environ. Awareness & Care

Strand unit: Caring for the environment


Strand: Environ. Awareness & Care

Strand unit: Environmental awareness


Strand: Environ. Awareness & Care

Strand unit: Science and the environment

in
1-2
3-4
5-6
SESE Geography

Strand: Human Environments

Strand unit: Living in Local Community

Strand: Natural Environments

Strand unit: The Local Natural Environment


Strand: Human Environments

Strand unit: Living in Local Community

Strand: Natural Environments

Strand unit: The Local Natural Environment


Strand: Human Environments

Strand unit: People living & working in Ireland


Strand: Human Environments

Strand unit: People living and working in the local area

Strand: Human Environments

Strand unit: People living and working in the local area


Strand: Natural Environments

Strand unit: The Local Natural Environment


Strand: Natural Environments

Strand unit: Rocks & Soils


Strand: Natural Environments

Strand unit: Land, Rivers, Seas of My County


Strand: Natural Environments

Strand unit: Physical Features


Strand: Natural Environments

Strand unit: Planet Earth in Space


Strand: Environ. Awareness & Care

Strand unit: Caring for the environment


Strand: Environ. Awareness & Care

Strand unit: Environmental awareness

5-6
SESE History

Strand: Story

Strand unit: Stories from the lives of people in the past


Strand: Continuity & Change Over Time

Strand unit: Food & Farming

in
1-2
3-4
5-6
Mathematics

Strand: Early Maths Activities

Strand unit: Classifying


Strand: Early Maths Activities

Strand unit: Comparing


Strand: Early Maths Activities

Strand unit: Counting


Strand: Early Maths Activities

Strand unit: Matching


Strand: Early Maths Activities

Strand unit: Ordering


Strand: Algebra

Strand unit: 2. Patterns & Sequences


Strand: Shape & Space

Strand unit: 2-D Shapes


Strand: Shape & Space

Strand unit: 3-D Shapes


Strand: Shape & Space

Strand unit: Spatial Awareness


Strand: Measures

Strand unit: Length


Strand: Measures

Strand unit: Weight


Strand: Measures

Strand unit: Capacity


Strand: Data

Strand unit: Representing and interpreting data

Strand: Number

Strand unit: Counting & Numeration


Strand: Number

Strand unit: Comparing & Ordering


Strand: Number

Strand unit: Place Value


Strand: Number

Strand unit: Operations


Strand: Number

Strand unit: Fractions


Strand: Algebra

Strand unit: 2. Patterns & Sequences


Strand: Shape & Space

Strand unit: Angles


Strand: Shape & Space

Strand unit: Spatial Awareness


Strand: Shape & Space

Strand unit: Symmetry


Strand: Measures

Strand unit: Length


Strand: Measures

Strand unit: Weight


Strand: Measures

Strand unit: Area


Strand: Measures

Strand unit: Capacity


Strand: Data

Strand unit: Representing and interpreting data

Strand: Number

Strand unit: Place Value


Strand: Number

Strand unit: Operations


Strand: Number

Strand unit: Decimals


Strand: Number

Strand unit: Fractions


Strand: Shape & Space

Strand unit: Symmetry


Strand: Measures

Strand unit: Length


Strand: Measures

Strand unit: Time


Strand: Data

Strand unit: Representing and interpreting data

Strand: Measures

Strand unit: Time


Strand: Data

Strand unit: Representing and interpreting data


Strand: Algebra


Strand: Measures

Strand unit: Money - Euro

in
1-2
3-4
5-6
English

Strand: Oral Language


Strand: Oral Language


Strand: Oral Language


Strand: Oral Language


Strand: Reading


Strand: Reading

Strand unit: Developing Cognitive Ability through Language


Strand: Reading


Strand: Reading

Strand: Oral Language


Strand: Oral Language


Strand: Oral Language


Strand: Oral Language


Strand: Reading


Strand: Reading

Strand unit: Developing Cognitive Ability through Language


Strand: Reading


Strand: Reading

Strand: Oral Language


Strand: Oral Language


Strand: Oral Language


Strand: Oral Language


Strand: Reading


Strand: Reading

Strand unit: Developing Cognitive Ability through Language


Strand: Reading


Strand: Reading

Strand: Oral Language


Strand: Oral Language


Strand: Oral Language


Strand: Oral Language


Strand: Reading


Strand: Reading

Strand unit: Developing Cognitive Ability through Language


Strand: Reading


Strand: Reading


Strand: Writing


Strand: Writing

Strand unit: Developing Cognitive Ability through Language


Strand: Writing


Strand: Writing

5-6
Gaeilge

Strand: Éisteacht

Strand unit: Ag cothú spéise


Strand: Éisteacht

Strand unit: Ag tuiscint teanga


Strand: Labhairt

Strand unit: Ag cothú spéise


Strand: Labhairt

Strand unit: Ag úsáid teanga


Strand: Léitheoireacht

Strand unit: Ag cothú fonn léitheoireachta


Strand: Léitheoireacht

Strand unit: Ag cothú spéise


Strand: Léitheoireacht

Strand unit: Ag tuiscint teanga


Strand: Léitheoireacht

Strand unit: Ag tuiscint teanga


Strand: Léitheoireacht

Strand unit: Ag úsáid teanga


Strand: Scríobhneoireacht

Strand unit: Ag cothú fonn scríbhneoireachta


Strand: Scríobhneoireacht

Strand unit: Ag cothú spéise


Strand: Scríobhneoireacht

Strand unit: Ag úsáid teanga

in
1-2
3-4
5-6
Visual Arts

Strand: Print

Strand unit: Looking and Responding


Strand: Print

Strand unit: Making Prints


Strand: Fabric and Fibre

Strand unit: Creating in Fabric and Fibre


Strand: Fabric and Fibre

Strand unit: Looking and Responding

Strand: Construction

Strand unit: Looking and Responding


Strand: Construction

Strand unit: Making Constructions


Strand: Paint and Colour

Strand unit: Looking and Responding


Strand: Paint and Colour

Strand unit: Painting

Strand: Paint and Colour

Strand unit: Looking and Responding


Strand: Paint and Colour

Strand unit: Painting


Strand: Fabric and Fibre

Strand unit: Creating in Fabric and Fibre


Strand: Fabric and Fibre

Strand unit: Looking and Responding


Strand: Drawing

Strand unit: Looking and Responding


Strand: Drawing

Strand unit: Making Drawings

Strand: Paint and Colour

Strand unit: Looking and Responding


Strand: Paint and Colour

Strand unit: Painting


Strand: Clay

Strand unit: Developing Form in Clay


Strand: Clay

Strand unit: Looking and Responding


Strand: Construction

Strand unit: Looking and Responding


Strand: Construction

Strand unit: Making Constructions


Strand: Fabric and Fibre

Strand unit: Creating in Fabric and Fibre


Strand: Fabric and Fibre

Strand unit: Looking and Responding

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