To introduce students to Thomas Andy, Australia's astronaut that travelled to space, a video clip of the launch of the space shuttle in his first mission is shown.
This will spark off interest for students and allow them to witness a real-life connectivity to the project. The lesson moves to a wider social context within which students live and extents the value and meaing of the lesson beyond its instructional context as promoted in productive pedagogies - connectedness to the world.
I agree Grace in the fact that videos and real life experiences/visuals is a successful way in engaging students and capturing their attention when learning new content.
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