Lesson Plan: 2P.4.10


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

Context and
Landmark
Assessment		 2P.4.10
Landmark Assessment: Progress Observation Opportunity
Remember to have high expectations
Lesson Title: Today we are learning about
What is an insulator?
Remember to check for PROGRESS
Focus on Knowledge, Skills and Understanding
Success Criteria: You will show your learning by...
  1. Hot objects always cool down until they reach the same temperature as their surroundings.
  2. Insulators reduce the speed (rate of) energy transfer.
  3. A gas is a better insulator than a solid.
  4. A gas is a better insulator than a solid because gas particles are further apart than in a solid. Therefore the collision of particles are less frequent.
  5. Vacuums are the best insulators.
  6. Vacuums are the best insulators because there are no particles to collide in a vacuum.
  7. Layers of clothes or fur, trap air so that the particles can not convect away, while the air still reduces conduction by reducing collisions.
Think about how you can match the needs of ALL students
Keywords:
  • Insulator: A body which has a very low rate of energy transfer. (5)
  • Particles (3)
  • Collide (3)
  • Solid (2)
  • Vacuum: An area devoid of particles. (2)
  • Gas (2)
  • Convection (1)
  • Conduction (1)
  • Surrounding (1)
  • Energy (1)
  • Transfer (1)
  • Temperature (1)
Links: Literacy, Numeracy, SMSC, British values
Memory Anchor:

AFL/Key Questions:
  1. To what point do objects cool down to?
    Hot objects always cool down until they reach the same temperature as their surroundings.
  2. How do insulators work?
    Insulators reduce the speed (rate of) energy transfer.
  3. What is a better insulator - air or plastic?
    A gas is a better insulator than a solid.
  4. Why is air a better insulator than plastic?
    A gas is a better insulator than a solid because gas particles are further apart than in a solid. Therefore the collision of particles are less frequent.
  5. What are the best insulators?
    Vacuums are the best insulators.
  6. Why are vacuums the best insulators?
    Vacuums are the best insulators because there are no particles to collide in a vacuum.
  7. Why do humans wear clothes to keep warm?
    Layers of clothes or fur, trap air so that the particles can not convect away, while the air still reduces conduction by reducing collisions.
Identify questions for high, middle, low and identify questioning techniques- Challenge questions

Learning Phases/Episodes
Think about how you can match the needs of ALL students
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