STE for 6th Class

Deepen the Materials strand into change and Chemistry: dissolving and recovering, reversible versus irreversible change, and making new materials. The module runs a three-lesson open-ended fair-test project on changing, mixing and separating materials, ending in a real-world clean-water application, and closes on materials in Irish life and industry. This is where recording and presenting results is deepened.

Deepen Energy and forces into the more demanding physics of Stage 4: air resistance, the force of moving water, pulleys and gears, soundproofing, and building real low-voltage circuits. Open-ended investigations on gravity, moving water and electric circuits land here, connecting to the wider field of Physics and to topical Irish clean-energy issues.

Deepen technology into a real coding build and working with data: a three-lesson MakeCode Arcade game project, then using a micro:bit to collect, log and present data, and finally organising and presenting a dataset. Stage-4 computational thinking taught with Coding Ireland's classroom-tested lessons, so pupils write, run and debug real programs on devices and meet variables, loops and events through the build.

Apply the full Stage-4 design process at depth: consider user needs, sketch plans, build and test a prototype, iterate, and present an analysis of the design. Anchored by a four-lesson bird-feeder design-build, a mechanisms build and Irish-engineering research, and closing on a two-lesson integrated capstone that brings science, technology and engineering together.