PR-6170RUK Science A STEM Approach - Primary 1

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STEM Project Materials MATERIALS HAVE PROPERTIES STEM STEM Project Curriculum Curriculum Links Links STRAND: MATERIALS Strand Unit: Properties And Characteristics of Materials • Observe and investigate a range of familiar materials in the immediate environment. • Know about some everyday uses of common materials. • Group materials according to certain criteria. • Investigate materials for different properties. Strand Unit: Materials and Change • Explore the effects of water on a variety of materials. • Observe and describe materials when they are wet and when they are dry. • Identify some materials that are waterproof. SKILLS DEVELOPMENT/WORKING SCIENTIFICALLY • Questioning • Observing • Predicting • Investigating and experimenting • Estimating and measuring • Analysing • Recording and communicating DESIGNING AND MAKING • Exploring • Planning • Making • Evaluating Viewing sample 98 Science: A STEM APPROACH Infants 978-1-912760-14-5 Prim-Ed Publishing – www.prim-ed.com
Materials MATERIALS HAVE PROPERTIES STEM Project 1. Introduce the project • Read the problem on page 100 to pupils. • Watch the first minute of an online video at . This video clip shows children racing toy sailboats that they have created across a pool. • As a class, ask pupils to close their eyes and think about these questions: How do sailboats move? What parts do sailboats have that help them to move? What type of materials are used to make each part? • Read the task and the important information on page 100 to pupils. Note: Keep the design brief on display on the interactive whiteboard or print an A3 copy and put it on display for pupils to refer to. 2. Find out information • Provide time for pupils to find out information about materials and sailboats. • Watch a video about the parts of a sailboat at . Note: This explains many different parts of a sailboat. Pupils will only need to create a hull, a deck, a mast, two sails and ropes for rigging. Use pages 102 or 103 to revise where these five parts of the sailboat are. • Provide a selection of non-fiction and fiction texts about materials and sailboats for pupils to look at, ensuring that only factual information is transferred. • Review posters, photographs and activities completed throughout the lessons to revise the properties of materials and the objects different materials are used for. Then play an interactive game to test if materials are bendy or waterproof at . Teacher Notes STEM Project: Design and create a sailboat with parts made from different materials that suit the part’s purpose. Take digital photographs of the sailboat before, during and after the floating challenge to test its effectiveness. Estimated duration: 4 weeks 3. Design, plan and manage resources • Using page 104, pupils plan their sailboat and draw a diagram of it, labelling the five parts of the sailboat that need to be included—hull, deck, mast, sails and rigging. Pupils then decide which materials will be used to make each part and record them on page 104. Pupils will need to be reminded to think of the properties of each material. • Pupils collect the materials necessary. Remind pupils about resource management, conserving resources and ensuring that resources are shared. 4. Create • Pupils make each part of the sailboat with the planned materials. • Pupils create their sailboat, then place five marbles in it and take a photograph of it. 5. Evaluate and refine • Pupils place their sailboat in a water trolley for one minute and take a photograph of it. • Pupils take their sailboat out of the water and take another photograph of it. 6. Communicate • Pupils discuss their sailboat with another pair. Pupils should show their sailboat, the photographs before, during and after the floating challenge and tell the other pair about their sailboat's features, the materials each feature was made from and its success. • Pupils complete the self-assessment on page 105 to assess how well they participated and cooperated with each other. Viewing sample www.prim-ed.com – Prim-Ed Publishing 978-1-912760-14-5 Infants Science: A STEM APPROACH 99
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