Lesson Plan: 1P.1.01


LESSON PLAN
Teacher Subject Period Date Year Ability LSA/Other Support
Science

Context and
Landmark
Assessment		 1P.1.01
Landmark Assessment: Progress Observation Opportunity
Remember to have high expectations
Lesson Title: Today we are learning about
What is a Force?
Remember to check for PROGRESS
Focus on Knowledge, Skills and Understanding
Success Criteria: You will show your learning by...
  1. Forces can be either pushes or pulls, which can be combined to form a twist.
  2. Force arrows in free body diagrams are used to show the direction of forces and the size of the force by its length or label. Force arrows have a solid arrow head.
  3. Forces are measured in newtons with the symbol 'N'.
  4. A newton is the weight of a small apple.
  5. Forces can be combined to help or cancel each other.
  6. Adding forces in 1 dimension, allows to calculate whether forces are balanced or unbalanced. Forces in the a backwards direction are considered negative. The combined force is is called the 'Resultant force' and is the result of adding all the forces together.
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Keywords:
  • Force: Pushing or pulling (4)
  • Newtons: unit of measure of force kgm/s^2 (2)
  • Balanced (1)
  • Resultant force: The combined force. (1)
  • Combined: Two or more entities adding into one single entity (1)
  • Force arrows: arrows which show the direction of a force on a body (1)
  • Free body diagram: a diagram which is used to show all forces acting on a body (1)
Links: Literacy, Numeracy, SMSC, British values
Memory Anchor:

AFL/Key Questions:
  1. What is a force?
    Forces can be either pushes or pulls, which can be combined to form a twist.
  2. What do we use force arrows for? How do we draw them?
    Force arrows in free body diagrams are used to show the direction of forces and the size of the force by its length or label. Force arrows have a solid arrow head.
  3. What do we measure forces in? What symbol can we use?
    Forces are measured in newtons with the symbol 'N'.
  4. What is one Newton equivalent to?
    A newton is the weight of a small apple.
  5. What happens if forces are combined?
    Forces can be combined to help or cancel each other.
  6. How do we calculate whether forces are balanced or unbalanced? How can we tell if a force is negative? What is the 'resultant force'?
    Adding forces in 1 dimension, allows to calculate whether forces are balanced or unbalanced. Forces in the a backwards direction are considered negative. The combined force is is called the 'Resultant force' and is the result of adding all the forces together.
Identify questions for high, middle, low and identify questioning techniques- Challenge questions

Learning Phases/Episodes
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Differentiation: AGT, SEND, LLL, Disadvantaged
Remember to check for PROGRESS
Starter Activity Differentiation and Challenge question/task
  • Students to copy and complete the keywords.
  • Teacher reveals missing letters; Students correct mistakes;
  • Discuss the scientific meanings of the words.
  • Students to write down the definitions of the most important / new keywords.
  • Discuss the 'Memory Anchor'.
    • What does it show?
    • How does it relate to the what we are learning about today (title)?
Think about PACE – Develop, consolidate and deepen knowledge, skills and understanding
Teacher or Student lead? Differentiation and Challenge question/task
Progress Check Extension
Remember to give time to apply knowledge, skills and understanding
Teacher or Student lead? Differentiation and Challenge question/task
Progress Check Extension

Teacher or Student lead? Differentiation and Challenge question/task
Progress Check Extension

Teacher or Student lead? Differentiation and Challenge question/task
Progress Check Extension


Plenary Differentiation and Challenge question/task
  • Students to answer the 'Key Questions' with learning partners.
Progress Check
  • Teacher to reveal and discuss the answers to the questions.
 Extension
  • What have learnt about the 'Big Ideas' today?

Homework Differentiation and Challenge question/task