Welcome to…………
Tim Harding
NAIGS Annual Conference
4th July 2008
tim_harding@hotmail.co.uk
How do we learn ?
Seeing
Auditory
Visual
verbal
Hearing
graphic
verbal
Doing
Kinaesthetic
Practical
tasks
Body
movement
/ actions
musical
The Water cycle
Water is extremely important because it essential to all living things. It is a material which
can change state. Liquid water evaporates to become water vapour- part of the air
around us. When water vapour is cooled it changes back into liquid water. This can often
be in the form of precipitation- rain, snow,sleet or hail.
So water is all around, in the air- as vapour , or perhaps as a liquid, such as puddles on the
ground. These disappear when the water evaporates , a process aided by the sun and
wind.
Water can also change into a solid, which we call ice, when the temperature falls to 0°. This,
of course, melts again when the temperature rises.
When water gets very hot ,steam is produced as the water changes into water vapour.
These changes of state are called ‘reversible changes’.- Which means that the water can be
returned to a former state.
Now let me tell you something ‘bout
Water,
‘Cos if you don’t know by now, then you
oughta.
We all need it so we think it’s great,
And it can even change it’s state.
Evaporation
Gas
It’s part of the air
Condensation Cool Then a liquid is there
Precipitation
Falls It goes to the ground
The Water Cycle goes round and round
Cool
Gas
Condensation
Precipitation
Falls
Evaporation
Water Cycle
Calypso
Now let me tell you something ‘bout
Water,
‘Cos if you don’t know by now, then you
oughta.
We all need it so we think it’s great,
And it can even change it’s state.
Evaporation
Gas
It’s part of the air
Condensation Cool Then a liquid is there
Precipitation
Falls It goes to the ground
The Water Cycle goes round and round
And did you know that water is around
us,
In vapour in the air or down on the
ground, as
Puddles which can vanish in the sun and
the breeze,
But watch the water freeze at zero
degrees.
Evaporation
Gas It’s part of the air
Condensation Cool Then a liquid is there
Precipitation
Falls It goes to the ground
The Water Cycle goes round and round
So water can be solid when it’s frozen as
ice,
Which melts into liquid when the
temperatures rise.
When it boils it makes steam as it turns
into gas Reversible changes of state don’t last.
Evaporation
Gas
It’s part of the air
Condensation Cool Then a liquid is there
Precipitation
Falls It goes to the ground
The Water Cycle goes round and round
Song features
• Musical
elements to aid
thinking & memory process
•Song Format
•Content & Context –
characters – visual reference•Style- emotional impact
•Links to movement- actions /
dance / clapping
Musical elements
Rhythm
Framework for
thought patterns
fluency
Repetition
reinforcement
Rhyme
verbal clues &
prompts
The rain will fall
And the Sun will glow
Giving water and light
For the plants to …..
And the rain
will fall
and the Sun
will glow,
Giving
water…
and
light
so the plants can grow.
Familiar Songs involving repetition
The wheels on the bus
If you’re happy and you know it
Old MacDonald
Frere Jaques
Song format
• Provides brilliant opportunity to
encapsulate what it is you want to
teach within a particular type of
structure
•Each section can focus on concise body
of information- can be sequentialprogressing from one concept / idea to
the next (verses).
•Gives opportunity to revisit several
times & so emphasise the bits you
really want to emphasise! (chorus)
We’ve got
the Force
If you want pulling or pushing or spinning
around,
If you want upthrust or gravity to get t
the ground,
If you want stretching or moving, as a
matter of course,
You’ll want us, ‘cos we’ve got the force.
Well we meet with some resistance
almost everywhere,
In the water, on the ground and even
up in the air.
It slows us down, a bit of friction, and
things get hot,
But that’s only on the surface and we
like it a lot.
If you want pulling or pushing or
spinning around,
If you want upthrust or gravity to get
to the ground,
If you want stretching or moving, as a
matter of course,
You’ll want us, ‘cos we’ve got the force.
Food Chain
Everything around us, if it’s alive,
Needs nutrition to survive,
And in an ecosystem in a habitat,
The animals know just where
they’re at.
That’s part of the ……
Food chain - the transfer of energy
Food chain – nature’s way
Food chain – in a natural community,
Producer
Consumer,
eating its prey.
A Predator
All of Earth’s energy comes from
the Sun,
And green plants can change it and
pass it on,
Producing food for consumers in
their leaves,
In a process called
photosynthesis.
That’s part of the ……
Food chain - the transfer of energy,
Food chain – nature’s way.
Food chain – in a natural community,
Producer
Consumer,
eating its prey.
A Predator
Meanwhile….
Down in the pond,
There’s a little food chain on -
From pondweed to bugs and bugs to
newt,
Oh no! The newt got eaten by a coot.
That’s part of the ……
Food chain - the transfer of energy,
Food chain – nature’s way.
Food chain – in a natural community,
Producer
Consumer,
eating its prey.
A Predator
Micro-organisms break down waste
in the ground below,
Releasing nutrients into the soil that
help the plants to grow.
That’s part of the ……
Food chain - the transfer of energy,
Food chain – nature’s way,
Food chain – in a natural community,
Producer
Predator
Consumer,
A
Content & context
•Familiar stories / rhymes
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
•
‘Science’ story characters
/ settings
• Mind Maps
Materials
what things
are made of
That’s
Science
Physical
processeswe’ve got
the force
Grouping
Changing
What it’s all
about
Living things – part of
the food-chain
Forces &
Movement
Electricity
Separating
Animals
Light
Plants
Environments
Sound
The Earth
and beyond
Listen to the
Sound
Sound
Listen
air
ear
made by (creation)
vibration
Hear it
hit
Travel
round
scrap
e
shake
blow
high
ground
shorter tighter thinner
pitch
low
some
materials
harder
longer looser thicker
louder
further
Light & Dark: Objectives
• that light is essential for seeing things
•that objects cannot be seen in darkness
• that when it is dark other senses can be used to help us find things
and identify things
• that there are many sources of light
• that light sources vary in brightness
• to observe and make comparisons of sources of light
•that sources of light show up best at night-time
• to observe and make comparisons of sources of light and to try to
explain what they observed
•that the Sun is the source of light for the Earth
• that it is dangerous to look at the Sun because it is so bright
• to make observations and to try to explain these
• that shiny objects need a light source if they are to shine
• that shiny objects are not light sources
• to suggest how to find out about where a reflective strip will
shine brightly
• to make observations and simple comparisons and to say
whether what they found out was what they expected
Light & Dark: Vocabulary
words and phrases related to light and dark
eg bright, light, dark, black, night, day, reflect,
reflective strip
•
•· names of light sources eg torch, warning
light, Sun, candle, lantern
•· words and phrases used to make
comparisons eg darker/darkest,
bright/brighter/brightest
•expressions giving reasons using ‘because’.
Pose
Questions
Scientific Enquiry
Observe
Find out
Experiment
Communicate
Forces
&
Movement
Science
humans
Living
Things
Environments &
interdependenc
e
variation &
classification
Physical
Processes
animals
green
plants
Grouping
Properties
Light
Soun
d
Materials
& their
Changing
Electricit
y
The Earth
and
beyond
Separatin
g
‘N’
Pose
Questions
Scientific Enquiry
Observe
Find out
Does it grow? does it feed?
does it reproduce?
have senses? does it move?
Experiment
Communicate
Can it push, can it pull, can it make
things move, does it have the force?
S T MATE
LIV
FIZZ
Forces
&
Movement
Science
humans
Living
Things
Environments &
interdependenc
e
variation &
classification
animals
What is it made of, what can it do,
what can we use it for?
Physical
Processes
Light
MATT
Soun
d
green
plants
The Earth
and
beyond
Materials
& their
Grouping
Changing
Properties
Electricit
y
Separatin
g