Lesson Plan: 7P.1.01


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

Context and
Landmark
Assessment		 7P.1.01
Landmark Assessment: Progress Observation Opportunity
Remember to have high expectations
Lesson Title: Today we are learning about
Is light a wave and what determines the colour of light?
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Focus on Knowledge, Skills and Understanding
Success Criteria: You will show your learning by...
  1. The maximum displacement is called the amplitude.
  2. The distance between like places on a wave, such as peak-to-peak or trough-to-trough, is known as the wavelengths. Wavelength is measured in metres (m).
  3. Waves transfer energy from one place to another, but generally not matter (particles).
  4. Water waves and light waves are transverse waves, because the displacement is perpendicular to the direction of the wave.
  5. When light (or waves) waves change speed they change direction. This is called refraction.
  6. Light waves can travel through a vacuum.
  7. Light is called electromagnetic radiation.
  8. When all colours of light mix they add up to form white light.
  9. The different colours of light are refracted (bend) different amounts. Red is refracted the least, Violet is refracted the most.
  10. The different colours have different frequencies of light.
  11. The higher the frequency of light, the more it is refracted by the prism.
  12. Light waves do not involve particles, they are displacements in electrical and magnetic fields.
  13. The higher the frequency the higher the energy of the wave.
  14. Red has the lowest frequency (of visible light). Violet has the highest frequency (of visible light)
  15. The speed of light through a vacuum is always 3x10^8 m/s
  16. Red has the lowest energy (of visible light). Violet has the highest energy (of visible light)
  17. When colours of paint are mix they subtract, forming brown.
Think about how you can match the needs of ALL students
Keywords:
  • Energy (2)
  • Refracted (1)
  • Frequency (1)
  • Prism (1)
  • display on board and using whiteboards to predict colours needed to make different colours (1)
  • sketch a diagram of prism practical and label to show increasing frequency (1)
  • Colour (1)
  • Wave (1)
  • Wavelength (1)
  • Amplitude: The maximum displacement of a wave. (1)
  • Peak (1)
  • Trough (1)
  • Displacement (1)
  • Particles (1)
Links: Literacy, Numeracy, SMSC, British values
Memory Anchor:

AFL/Key Questions:
  1. What is the maximum displacement of a wave called?
    The maximum displacement is called the amplitude.
  2. How is the wavelength of a wave measured?
    Peak-to-peak or trough-to-trough.
  3. What do waves usually transfer?
    Waves transfer energy from place to place.
  4. Why are water waves and light waves described as 'transverse'?
    Water waves and light waves are transverse waves, because the displacement is perpendicular to the direction of the wave.
  5. What is refraction?
    When light (or waves) waves change speed they change direction. This is called refraction.
  6. Why can light travel through a vacuum?
    Light waves can travel everywhere including through a vacuum due to the fact that they don't need particles in order to travel.
  7. What is another name for light?
    Light is also known as electromagnetic radiation.
  8. What happens when all the colours of light mix?
    When different colours of light mix they combine to form white light.
  9. Why are the colours of white light separated in a rainbow?
    The different colours of light bend different amounts. Red is bent the least, Violet is bent the most.
  10. Why do different colours of light bend different amounts?
    They all have different frequencies.
  11. How does the frequency of light affect how much is it bent by a prism?
    The higher the frequency of light, the more it is bent by a prism.
  12. How do light waves travel if not by particles?
    Light waves are displacements in electrical and magnetic fields.
  13. How does frequency affect the energy of a wave?
    The higher the frequency the higher the energy of the wave.
  14. How do the frequencies of red visible light and violet visible light compare?
    Red has the lowest frequency (of visible light). Violet has the highest frequency (of visible light)
  15. What is the speed of light in a vacuum?
    The speed of light through a vacuum is always 3x10^8 m/s
  16. How do the energies of red visible light and violet visible light compare?
    Red has the lowest energy (of visible light). Violet has the highest energy (of visible light).
  17. What happens when colours of paint are mixed?
    When colours of paint are mixed they subtract to form brown
Identify questions for high, middle, low and identify questioning techniques- Challenge questions

Learning Phases/Episodes
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Differentiation: AGT, SEND, LLL, Disadvantaged
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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