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STEM IN A BUBBLE

STEM IN A BUBBLE

Date: 29th September      Time: 7 - 8pm

Taking account of current COVID-19 guidelines, investigate a variety of safe, rich, accessible activities for all. This workshop will provide ideas for inquiry and playful learning experiences in pods and bubbles.

The following list of resources were mentioned during the online webinar by the PDST STEM team.

Talk and Discuss

Resources encouraging students to talk and discuss.

Odd One Out Activities

https://explorify.wellcome.ac.uk/odd-one-out-activities Added: 29 Sep 2020 Contributor: PDST Resource type: Lesson Plan

An odd one out activity where there are no right or wrong answers! The Explorify website has a video demonstration and a procedure for teachers to easily replicate the activity with their own class.

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How it maps to the curriculum

1-2
Mathematics

Strand: Number

Strand unit: Comparing & Ordering

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Language: English
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What is a “Data Talk”?

https://www.youcubed.org/resources/what-is-a-data-talk/ Added: 29 Sep 2020 Contributor: PDST Resource type:

Data talks provide a space for students to practice considering and interpreting a variety of data and data representations in a low-stake, exploratory environment. The YouCuded website has some sample data visualisations for you to explore with your class.

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How it maps to the curriculum

5-6
Mathematics

Strand: Data

Strand unit: Representing and interpreting data

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My Scientific Inquiry Planning Sheet

https://www.scoilnet.ieuploads/resources/34291/34042.pdf Added: 28 Sep 2020 Contributor: PDST Resource type: Worksheet

This sheet may be used by pupils when planning an inquiry, to help them consider their hypothesis, predict what will happen and decide how to make their inquiry a fair test.

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How it maps to the curriculum

3-4
5-6
SESE Science
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Language: English
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Blended Learning

Blended learning combines classroom learning with online learning, in which students can, in part, control the time, pace, and place of their learning. Resources mentioned in this section of the webinar include;

Shadows

https://explorify.wellcome.ac.uk/blog/explorify-at-home-light Added: 29 Sep 2020 Contributor: PDST Resource type:

Shadows form because light cannot pass through something. The Explorify website has some fun activities about light and shadows for pupils to do at home or at school.

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How it maps to the curriculum

3-4
SESE Science

Strand: Energy & Forces

Strand unit: Light

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Language: English
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Tin Foil Boats

https://www.scoilnet.ieuploads/resources/34290/34041.pdf Added: 28 Sep 2020 Contributor: PDST Resource type: Guide/notes / Project / Activity

An activity from the PDST Measures Manual, which encourages pupils to measure the weight a tin foil boat will hold.

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How it maps to the curriculum

3-4
5-6
Mathematics

Strand: Measures

Strand unit: Weight

Content objective:
This resource should enable a child to:

  • estimate, compare, measure and record the weight of a wide variety of objects using appropriate metric units (kg, g) and selecting suitable instruments of measurement

Strand: Measures

Strand unit: Weight

Content objective:
This resource should enable a child to:

  • estimate and measure weight using appropriate metric units
  • select and use appropriate instruments of measurement
Asset type: Document
Language: English
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Real Science for Young Scientists

http://doras.dcu.ie/24383/ Added: 29 Sep 2020 Contributor: PDST Resource type:

The DCU website has access to Real Science for Young Scientists book authored by Cliona Murphy, Nicola Broderick and Lyndsay Kenny. It contains a collection of lessons for teaching about science through inquiry in a primary classroom.

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How it maps to the curriculum

1-2
3-4
5-6
SESE Science

Strand: Useful Websites

Strand: Useful Websites

Strand: Useful Websites

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STEM on a Shoestring

 

 

Measures Handbook - PDST Numeracy

https://www.scoilnet.ieuploads/resources/19602/19325.pdf Added: 24 Oct 2016 Contributor: Scoilnet Resource type: Handbook

This manual has been designed by members of the Professional Development Service for Teachers. The aim of this Teacher’s Handbook is to assist teachers in teaching the strand of Measures (infants to 6th
class). This comprises the Strand Units of Length, Area, Weight, Capacity, Time and Money. This resource is
intended to complement and support the implementation of the Primary School Mathematics Curriculum
(PSMC) rather than replace it.

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How it maps to the curriculum

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1-2
3-4
5-6
Mathematics

Strand: Measures

Suggestions for use: Teachers should use the handbook as an instructional framework advocating methods of eliciting, supporting and extending higher-order mathematics skills such as reasoning; communicating and expressing; integrating and connecting; and applying and problem solving

Strand: Measures

Suggestions for use: Teachers should use the handbook as an instructional framework advocating methods of eliciting, supporting and extending higher-order mathematics skills such as reasoning; communicating and expressing; integrating and connecting; and applying and problem solving

Strand: Measures

Suggestions for use: Teachers should use the handbook as an instructional framework advocating methods of eliciting, supporting and extending higher-order mathematics skills such as reasoning; communicating and expressing; integrating and connecting; and applying and problem solving

Strand: Measures

Suggestions for use: Teachers should use the handbook as an instructional framework advocating methods of eliciting, supporting and extending higher-order mathematics skills such as reasoning; communicating and expressing; integrating and connecting; and applying and problem solving

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Language: English
Rights: Attribution-Noncommercial Share Alike Creative Commons
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Slow Motion Sycamore Seeds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdOOpT1ZrN0 Added: 29 Sep 2020 Contributor: PDST Resource type: Audio / Video

Video by Graham Utton of Video of slow motion sycamore seeds. Use the video when discussing air resistance, forces, and gravity. This video could also be used prior to an activity where students design their own paper helicopters.

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How it maps to the curriculum

3-4
SESE Science

Strand: Materials

Strand unit: Properties and characteristics of materials

3-4
Mathematics

Strand: Shape & Space

Strand unit: 2-D Shapes

Asset type: Video
Language: English
Rights: All rights reserved
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Paper Helicopters

https://www.scoilnet.ieuploads/resources/34294/34045.pdf Added: 28 Sep 2020 Contributor: PDST Resource type: Demonstration / Experiment / Project / Scheme Of Work

Through investigation the child should be enabled to come to appreciate that gravity is a force, SESE: Science Curriculum page 87. In this activity children explore how some things fall and how varying the size of the rotor blades, the shape of the rotor blades and the weight of a paper helicopter affect the way a helicopter spins.

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5-6 SESE Science
5-6 Mathematics
5-6 SESE History

How it maps to the curriculum

5-6
SESE Science

Strand: Energy & Forces

Suggestions for use: This resource can be used as part of a classroom based inquiry facilitated by the classroom teacher.

5-6
Mathematics

Strand: Data

Strand unit: Representing and interpreting data

Content objective:
This resource should enable a child to:

  • explore and calculate averages of simple data sets
  • use data sets to solve problems

Suggestions for use: To develop cross curricular links to STEM areas

5-6
SESE History

Strand: Continuity & Change Over Time

Strand unit: Transport

Content objective:
This resource should enable a child to:

  • study aspects of social, artistic, technological and scientific developments over long periods
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Language: English
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Rights Url: http://sfi.ie
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Paper Helicopters - Mathematics

https://www.sfi.ie/site-files/prima...aths_paper_helicopters_activity.pdf Added: 28 Sep 2020 Contributor: PDST Resource type: Experiment / Guide/notes / Project

This resource from sfi.ie examines the mathematics contained in the activity Paper Helicopters.

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How it maps to the curriculum

3-4
Mathematics

Strand: Shape & Space

Strand unit: 2-D Shapes

Content objective:
This resource should enable a child to:

  • identify the use of 2-D shapes in the environment
  • solve and complete practical tasks and problems involving 2-D shapes

Strand: Shape & Space

Strand unit: 3-D Shapes

Content objective:
This resource should enable a child to:

  • explore and describe the relationship of 3-D shapes with constituent 2-D shapes
  • explore, describe and compare the properties of 3-D shapes

Strand: Measures

Strand unit: Length

Content objective:
This resource should enable a child to:

  • estimate, compare, measure and record lengths of a wide variety of objects, using appropriate metric units, and selecting suitable instruments of measurement
  • solve and complete practical tasks and problems involving the addition and subtraction of units of length (m, cm)

Strand: Measures

Strand unit: Area

Content objective:
This resource should enable a child to:

  • estimate, compare and measure the area of regular and irregular shapes

Strand: Number

Strand unit: Operations: Addition & Subtraction

Asset type: Online Resource
Language: English
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