Help! Interview lesson!!!

[HariboAndWine]

I have a job interview next week and am required to teach a 30 min maths lesson to a year 1 mixed ability class with a focus on awe and wonder! I am stumped. I don't normally teach year 1 but was thinking of something to do with shape or problem solving? Any wonderous, outstanding lesson ideas out there please? Please?

Bump. Really need some wisdom.

Awe and Wonder makes me think they're looking for a one-off lesson that intrigues the children.

Off the top of my head, I'm thinking patterns in nature, the way every flower of a certain type will have the same number of petals (isn't it usually odd numbers as well?), or the way leaves spiral round a branch in a certain, mathematical way (something to do with prime numbers?).

I'm sure the Fibonacci sequence is a bit wonderous as well, but might go over Y1's heads.

As you can see, I'm an absolute expert at this type of thing

I like those ideas! Gets the mind thinking. Some ideas a little advanced granted but I love the nature idea. Thanks.

I really love magic monkey but I think Y1s would be too young to work out how it works (fun for older ones though!)

I dont know if this helps, but my year 1 DD has been in awe ever since her teacher talked about earthquakes.

You could get some gelly bath and measure out different amounts of water and crystals in jugs? (half a jug/ quater of a jug maybe?).

Gelly bath is good for a bit of drama.

gelli baff

Awe and wonder....!

Nrich is a good website with interesting problems.

Secondary school maths here though so struggling!

Estimating? How many sweets?

One of those number tricks?

Families of facts:
What else do we know if we know that 2+5=7 ?

2x5=10

Demonstrate by giving groups cubes.