MAPPEN AT ST. PATS

MAPPEN is a program whose mission is to support teachers by providing exemplary learning sequences and by utilising skills and strategies that support the development of 21st Century skills.

THEME FOR THIS TERM; DISCOVERY

KINDERGARTEN; Your students will go on a journey of discovery as they are immersed into the properties and uses of different materials. They will experiment with building techniques as they make an aluminium foil boat and a bridge and reuse a pillowcase to make a bindle. Your students will share what they have made and what they have learnt and at a showcase.

YEAR 1/2;Your students consider sources of light and how to create shadows. They will build instruments and use their bodies and computers as they experiment with making sounds. Your students will work towards presenting a production of a story using puppets and sounds.

YEAR 3/4; Your students will be engaged in the practical application of physics and programming. They will learn how forces can be exerted on one object by another as they design and build a balloon-powered car. Your students will learn how to create simple programs using Scratch. They will create their own computer application and provide feedback to their classmates about their creations.

YEAR 5/6; Your students will learn about light refraction, electrical circuits, states of matter, and the scale of the solar system through hands-on experiments and experiences. They will build a thermoscope, a paper circuit and a balloon-powered rocket. Your students will work towards creating a presentation and a quiz to highlight the wondrous facts that they have learnt during the unit.

FORCES AND FUNCTIONS

This week Year 3/4 students were investigating forces by creating and experimenting with paper planes.

• How forces can be exerted by one object.
• Designing and conducting experiments.