STE for 2nd Class

Deepen the Materials strand: natural vs synthetic, comparing and contrasting properties, asking which material suits a job, then gentle inquiries into warming and cooling, mixing, Irish weathering, and looking after materials and the planet.

Deepen Energy and forces: the jobs energy does in everyday life and how to conserve it for the planet, simple inquiries into how forces change motion (including ramps and rolling), then sound sources, vibrations, volume and sound insulation.

Deepen technology: purposes of digital and non-digital technologies, steps inside everyday jobs, decompose and debug unplugged, deeper ScratchJr (repeats and a two-character story), one gentle big Scratch taster, and a longer floor-robot program.

Deepen the design process at Stage 2 lightness: feel how folds strengthen paper, draft and choose a design, build a stronger structure and a model with a moving part, then run a two-lesson make-and-share design-build for a real user.