Misconceptions in Primary Children by https://padlet.com/bianca_timmons/263jnc3xpozb Overcoming misconceptions in young children. en-us 2017-02-28 19:54:26 UTC 2025-10-25 16:22:52 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Brightnessdown.png 'The Sun moves around the Earth' bianca_timmons https://padlet.com/bianca_timmons/263jnc3xpozb/wish/156853211 Who?-Many young children have this misconception.
Why- Young children have a lack of spatial awareness and are unable to see that the sun is fixed and does not orbitnthe Earth. Difficulty in imagining the Earth moving, but the children are able to see the movements of the Sun.  E.g. the Sun rises in the morning, is the highest at noon and and sets in the evening.  

History- It was not until the 16th century that Copernicus discovered the heliocentric image of the Earth. 

]]> 2017-02-28 19:59:02 UTC https://padlet.com/bianca_timmons/263jnc3xpozb/wish/156853211 Interactive science lesson bianca_timmons https://padlet.com/bianca_timmons/263jnc3xpozb/wish/156859088 2017-02-28 20:20:48 UTC https://padlet.com/bianca_timmons/263jnc3xpozb/wish/156859088 How to help: bianca_timmons https://padlet.com/bianca_timmons/263jnc3xpozb/wish/156864479 Interactive lessons to teach students the movements of the planets. 
Students role-playing as the Sun, Earth and Moon to grasp the concept of the orbiting of planets. 
1. Assess any preconceptions to determine the level of teaching required.
2. Using demonstrations to aid students in imagining and understanding the concept of how the Earth rotates and moves around the Sun.
3. Revisit misconceptions as often as you can to further the understanding by learners. 
4. Assess and reassess the validity of student concepts, assimilation of this differing knowledge may take time.

]]> 2017-02-28 20:41:26 UTC https://padlet.com/bianca_timmons/263jnc3xpozb/wish/156864479 Other misconceptions: bianca_timmons https://padlet.com/bianca_timmons/263jnc3xpozb/wish/156867350
  • Plants and trees cannot be living things because they do not move.
  • The taller people are the older the must be, so taller people must be older than shorter people.
  • Large objects sink, small objects float. All heavy things sink and all light things float. 
  • The moon is a source of light. 
  • The sun turns around at night and becomes the moon. 
    • Survey of teachers' views. Pine, Messer and John. 2001
    ]]>     2017-02-28 20:54:31 UTC https://padlet.com/bianca_timmons/263jnc3xpozb/wish/156867350     Large objects sink, small objects float. bianca_timmons https://padlet.com/bianca_timmons/263jnc3xpozb/wish/156870492
  • Students have difficulty understanding that different size objects may float or sink the same.
  • Teaching about buoyancy.
  •  Large boat vs small boat. 


    • All heavy things sink, and all light things float. 
    • Use of ton of feathers vs ton of bricks.
    • Using objects the same weight but with different levels of buoyancy. 
    ]]>     2017-02-28 21:08:58 UTC https://padlet.com/bianca_timmons/263jnc3xpozb/wish/156870492     My ambition to be a teacher. bianca_timmons https://padlet.com/bianca_timmons/263jnc3xpozb/wish/157078649 To help students overcome misconceptions faced in education.

     Providing a good quality of life and influencing independent skills.

    The desire to support learners in their journey towards  their own goals and fulfilling achievements. 

    Working with young people is fun and I have had the privilege of experiencing this day-to-day

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