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Primary Science
Training
Una Leader
Lifetime Lab, Cork
17th June 2016
Úna Leader, June 2016
Generating curiosity & discussion
outside the classroom
How fast does a snail move?
Idea of placing
pictures relating in
some way to
science, with a
question at various
locations around the
school to stimulate
discussion.
e.g. corridors,
outside office, where
parents come to
collect, door out to
playground.
New picture every
fortnight. Could be
linked to class work
– the class that is
doing the
investigation can tell
others, or not linked
to work in any class.
How observant are you?
Think
Pair
Share
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Disappearing Water Demo
1. Get three identical paper cups and a babies nappy. Cut out a disc of
nappy to fit in the base one of the cups. Make sure the outside of the
nappy is to the base of the cup. Stick with doubled-over tape.
2. Work out in advance how much water the disc of nappy can absorb and
how long it takes.
Sodium Polyacrylate is a white
powder in mixed in with the cotton
wool in nappies. It is a Super
Absorbent Polymer and can absorb
200-300 times own weight in water.
Suggested trigger questions: Let’s look at the evidence. Did everyone see the water
going into the cup? Did anyone see the water coming out of the cup? If a woman
goes into a house and no one sees her come out, where might she still be? What
might hold water in an upside down cup? What word beginning with ‘A’ is used to
describe things that suck up water?
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Primary Science Curriculum
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Attitudes
Skills Knowledge
SESE Science Curriculum
STRANDS SKILLS Working Scientifically Designing and Making
Living Things Myself /Plants & Animals
Observing Explore
Questioning Plan
Materials Properties & characteristics of
materials/Materials & change
Predicting Make
Investigating &
Experimenting
Evaluate
Energy and Forces Light/Sound/Heat/Magnetism &
electricity/Forces
Estimating & Measuring ATTITUDES Analysing
Curiosity Positivity
(Interest Enjoyment)
Appreciation Respect
Responsibility
Open Mindedness
Flexibility, Critical,
Confident and Informed
Environmental
Awareness and Care Environmental awareness/Science & the
environment/Caring for the environment
Recording and
Communicating
Evaluating
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Spiral Curriculum
Infants
1st/2nd
3rd/4th
5th/6th
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Science Curriculum
Key Messages
For children from infants to sixth class
Help develop children’s science knowledge
and understanding
Help children to develop scientific skills
Help children develop skills in making things
Help children develop positive attitudes to science
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How could we
keep our
Ice Hand from
melting?
What do you
think?
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Ice Hand
Ice Hand Come up with a
testable question? I wonder would wrapping an ice
hand in woolly hats and scarves
help keep it frozen for longer?
Say what you think
might happen. (make a prediction)
Come up with a way
of testing the idea. (carry out an experiment)
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Working Scientifically
Science is about finding answers to questions.
“I wonder what would happen if....?”
“I wonder how could we...?”
I wonder what would we need to do to...?”
“I wonder what is the difference between...?”
“How do we know that...?”
“I wonder would it make any difference if...?”
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How do we find answers to
questions in science?
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WHAT
SCIENCE ENQUIRY - INVESTIGATING
What children do to answer questions about the world around them
Explore
Observe changes over time
Look at patterns
Indentify & classify things
Carry our fair tests
Read/research & collect information
HOW
WORKING SCIENTIFICALLY
The skills children need to carry out science enquiries.
Questioning
Observing
Predicting
Investigating and experimenting
Estimating and measuring
Analysing
Recording and communicating
Evaluating
Energy and Forces
Forces
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What ideas does
your team have
about how we could
move Fred and his
little vehicle?
To move things you need to give them either a
push or a pull which in science we call a force
Lots of different ways to push and pull (to apply forces)
Push or pull with your hand or something else
(Could be a push from something you can’t see like wind)
Weird pushes and pulls (forces) where nothing is
touching you - like magnetic forces, and the pull
from the very planet under our feet (gravity).
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Energy and Forces
Forces – It is all about moving things
Rocket Mouse
How could we get
rocket mouse to
jump higher?
How could we
test our idea?
Is our test fair?
Flip chart
If I change ________ what will happen to ____________?
What factors affect how high
mouse jumps? What could we change? How would we know if
the change worked? What could we measure?
How can we keep our test fair?
CHANGE
MEASURE
Keep the same
Heìght of jump in cm
If I change ________ what will happen to ____________?
Showing our results
CHANGE MEASURE
The size of
the carton
Height of jump in cm
He
igh
t o
f ju
mp
in
cm
ME
AS
UR
E
CHANGE
Height of jump
in cm
1/2litre
1 litre
2 litre
½ litre 1 litre 2 litre
Living Things – Growing Seeds
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Think Physics - Science For Families
Growing Seeds
Think Physics - Science For Families -
Growing-Seeds
Living Things – Growing Seeds
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What is a seed?
Look closely at the different seeds. Are
there any similarities or differences?
Can you think of any other types of seed?
What do you think might happen when
you add water to the seed?
What do plants need to grow?
Which seeds do you think might grow the
quickest? Why?
Think Physics - Science For Families
Growing Seeds
Think Physics - Science For Families -
Growing-Seeds
The PMI (Positive, Minus, Interesting)
People have their own
plant like green skin, so
that they can create
their own food in
sunlight.
Living Things
Thinking, Doing, Talking Science,
Bright Ideas Time
Oxford Brookes University &
Primary Science Teaching Trust (PSTT)
More
examples
Drama & Living Things Reel Life Science Video Competition
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Rosmuc NS
Seed
Dispersal
Video
http://reellifescience.com/
2.29
0.48
Energy and Forces
Electricity and Magnetism
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Energy and Forces
Electricity and Magnetism
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Does your group
know any interesting
facts about magnets?
Take two magnets
and see what
discoveries your
group can make
about magnets?
The Coin Mystery
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Do you notice
anything strange
about these coins
with your magnet?
What is going on?
Why do you think
this might be
happening?
Magnets and Compasses
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Put a magnet on top of something
that floats, in a dish of water.
Watch the magnet move around
until it stops moving.
Turn magnet around, watch again.
Do you notice anything?
Why do you think this might be
happening?
Magnets
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Magnets are actually
grey in colour.
Often the red and blue
on school magnets is
coloured plastic in a
sort of cover.
Break open the plastic
cover and you see the
grey magnet inside.
Energy and Forces
Electricity and Magnetism
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Ice Hand/The Snowman’s Coat
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The Snowman’s Coat
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The Snowman’s Coat
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Ice Hand – Thinking about Thinking
Has anyone had any new ideas
since we made our predictions?
Has anyone changed their minds?
If so, why?
What did you think of, that caused
you to change your mind?
When did you think of that?
Can you think why you got the
idea?
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Now let’s see what happened!
