Lesson Plan: Tower Building Mission: A STEM challenge activity
A STEM inspired tower building challenge
Year Level: 3 4 5 6
Subject Area: Design and Technology
A STEM inspired tower building challenge
Year Level: 3 4 5 6
Subject Area: Design and Technology
A STEM inquiry and solution-based challenge for students to build an acorn catapult
Year Level: 2 3 4 5
Subject Area: Design and Technology
Wearable cameras engage young children as active researchers in recording their experiences in natural environments
This article explores ‘Sensory Tours’ through the use of wearable cameras with children as a data collection source to engage young children as active researchers in recording their experiences in natural environments. It involved children wearing cameras during free play and subsequent discussions whilst watching the videos they had created. It stimulated discussions providing different perspective and understandings from the children. This method captures children’s unique perspectives of being-in-the-world, depicting what they see, hear, say, touch, and their interactions with others. It is a nonintrusive means of collecting data, providing children with control over what data they collect. Sensory Tours provide a means for children to analyze, reconstruct, and interpret aspects of their experiences in discussions with peers and adults. It also enables us to see how children interact with the natural environment.
Host Kevin Mulryne and Behaviour Specialist Paul Dix interview leading Scottish outdoor educator, and former Head Teacher Juliet Robertson. Author of popular outdoor teaching resources Dirty Teaching and Messy Maths, Juliet discusses planning, environments, risk taking, health and safety, curriculum content, quality and efficiency. Contains many supporting statements and practical ideas for educators looking to take the leap into outdoor learning. Essential listening.
Length: 44m : 15s