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3. Homes
Explore what homes were like in the past and how homes have changed. Learn about the different types of homes people in Ireland live in. Investigate static electricity.
|Notes |
|A printable KWL template is available on FolensOnline. This may be useful when introducing new topics. |
|Static electricity is the build-up of electrical charge on the surface of an object and it is caused by things rubbing together. |
|Materials |Books |Useful Links |
|Balloon |Cardboard |Homes in the Past by |YouTube: 9 Awesome Science Tricks Using |
|Woolly jumper |Ribbon |Sian Smith |Static Electricity by Brusspup |
|Tissue paper |Stopwatch |Eyewitness Science: Electricity by Steve | |
| | |Parker | |
|Key Vocabulary |
|History |Geography |Science |
|past |fridge |detached |estate |static electricity |
|radio |washing machine |semi-detached |beside |charge |
|television |bath |terraced |behind |lightning |
|phone |shower |apartment |opposite |electrical |
|computer |indoor toilet |bungalow | |plug |
|kettle |same |caravan | |socket |
|toaster |different |hotel | | |
|microwave | |farmhouse | | |
|Integration |
|Language: As Gaeilge, cover the theme of Sa bhaile. |
|Visual Arts: 3D construction – Children could construct their home using Lego bricks or junk materials. |
|Maths: Representing and interpreting data – Create a pictogram to illustrate the results of the survey on homes. |
|Drama: Role play the story of The Three Little Pigs. |
|Home/Parental Involvement |
|Where possible, ask your child to interview a grandparent or older person about their home when growing up. You may also talk to your child |
|about your experiences and help your child to find out more about their own home. |
|Theme Overview |
|D indicates an Explorers Digital Resource on FolensOnline. |
|P indicates an Explorers Print Resource in the Explorers Student Book. |
|LESSON 1 |LESSON 2 |LESSON 3 |
|HISTO|Focus: Interview about homes in the |Focus: Homes long ago |Focus: How homes have changed |
|RY |past | | |
| |P What were homes like in the past? p. |D Homes Then and Now: Flashcards |P How have homes changed? p. 21 |
| |20 |Use the flashcards to compare and contrast old |Discuss the home pictured. |
| |Interview a grandparent or older person|homes and modern homes. |Children stick in or draw a picture of their |
| |about the home they lived in growing |Ask children to imagine they live in one of the |home. Discuss. Then list things that are the |
| |up. |old houses, without the modern conveniences on p.|same and different. |
| |Tick the things they had in their home.|20 of the Student Book. Write a diary entry about|Children find out more about their home or a |
| | |a day in their life at this home. |home in the local area and answer the questions|
| |Use the questions on the bottom of the | |on the bottom of the page. |
| |page to guide the interview. | | |
| |Record their answers. | | |
|GEOGR|Focus: Our homes |Focus: Types of homes in Ireland |Focus: Guess the home |
|APHY | | | |
| |Discuss the children’s homes: What |P What types of home are there in Ireland? pp. |D Types of Home: Label |
| |rooms do they have/need? How many |22–23 |Label the different types of home. |
| |storeys? What is it made from? What is |D Types of Home: Explore |Game: Guess the home. Each child describes a |
| |beside each home? |Explore the homes. |type of home while others guess what it is. |
| |Children complete a drawing or painting|Count and record the number of each type of home.|P What types of home are there in Ireland? pp. |
| |of their own home and compare it to a |Discuss the materials used to build the homes. |22–23 |
| |friend’s home. |Find the places listed. |Pair work: One child chooses a building on the |
| |Put individual homes together to create|Challenge: Choose two places on the map. Ask |map. Their partner asks questions about the |
| |a class streetscape/display. |children to describe how they would get from A to|appearance, size and location of the building |
| | |B. What roads would they take? What would they |to work out what it is. |
| | |pass on the way? | |
|SCIEN|Focus: Electricity |Focus: Static electricity |Focus: Does the number of rubs affect the |
|CE | | |static? |
| |Record on a KWL chart what the children|Introduce static electricity and how it can be |Recap the investigation on static electricity. |
| |know and want to know about |caused by things rubbing together, e.g. clothes |P Investigate: Does the number of rubs affect |
| |electricity. |stuck together coming out of a dryer, lightning, |the static? p. 25 |
| |Discuss the importance of electricity: |brushing your hair. |Rub the balloon against the woolly jumper five |
| |What would we do without lights, TV and|P Investigate: Static Electricity p. 24 |times and stick the balloon to the wall. Use |
| |wifi? |Touch the balloon to each item and record what |the stopwatch to time how long it stays stuck. |
| |Discuss where the electricity comes |happens. |Try rubbing the balloon a different number of |
| |from. |Then rub the balloon up and down the woolly |times. Predict whether it will stay stuck for |
| |D Electrical Items: Sort |jumper. Touch the balloon again to each item and |more or less time. Test it again. Record how |
| |Decide whether or not each item uses |record what happens. |long it stays stuck each time. Compare findings|
| |electricity. For the items that do, |Touch the charged balloon to a wall. Record what |with the rest of the class. |
| |discuss whether they are powered by |happens. |Add to the L section of the KWL. |
| |batteries or need to be plugged in. | | |
|Curriculum Information |
|History |
|Strand and Strand Unit |Skills |
|Change and continuity: Continuity and change in the local environment |Working as a historian |
|Visit, explore and become aware of elements in the local environment which show |Time and chronology |
|continuity and change |Change and continuity |
|Listen to and record memories of older people about such places |Cause and effect |
|Myself and my family: When my grandparents were young |Using evidence |
|Explore and record aspects of the lives of people when his/her grandparents were |Synthesis and communication |
|young |Empathy |
|Listen to adults talking about their own past | |
|Compare lives of people in the past with the lives of people today, noting | |
|differences and similarities | |
|Geography |
|Strand and Strand Unit |Skills |
|Human environments: Living in the local community |A sense of place and space |
|Homes and shelter |A sense of place |
|Recognise that people live in a variety of homes |A sense of space |
|Describe his/her home, its location and surroundings |Maps, globes and graphical skills |
|Record some of these features using simple drawings, plans, displays, models and |Using pictures, maps and globes |
|sketches |Geographical investigation skills |
|Investigate materials used to construct homes and identify materials of local origin|Questioning |
| |Observing |
|Develop an awareness and appreciation of different types of homes in the locality |Predicting |
|and in other areas |Investigating and experimenting |
| |Estimating and measuring |
| |Analysing |
| |Recording and communicating |
|Science |
|Strand and Strand Unit |Skills |
|Energy and forces: Magnetism and electricity |Working scientifically |
|Explore the effects of static electricity |Questioning |
|Become aware of the uses of electricity in school and at home |Observing |
|Identify some household appliances that use electricity |Predicting |
| |Investigating and experimenting |
| |Estimating and measuring |
| |Analysing |
| |Recording and communicating |
| |Designing and making |
| |Exploring |
| |Planning |
| |Making |
| |Evaluating |
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1st and 2nd class Teacher's Guide
1st and 2nd class Teacher's Guide
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