Lesson Plan: 8C.1.02


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

Context and
Landmark
Assessment		 8C.1.02
Landmark Assessment: Progress Observation Opportunity
Remember to have high expectations
Lesson Title: Today we are learning about
How are rocks broken up?
Remember to check for PROGRESS
Focus on Knowledge, Skills and Understanding
Success Criteria: You will show your learning by...
  1. Weathering is breaking up of rock where it stands.
  2. Rocks are broken down into increasing smaller particles: Gravel; Sand; Silt; Clay
  3. Weathering can be chemical weathering, in which rocks are broken down when the particles that make them up are changed.
  4. Weathering can be physical weathering, in which rocks are broken down when the particles that make them up are not changed. But the forces between the particles are overcome to separate them into small pieces of rock.
  5. Sedimentary rocks are formed when sediment (little pieces of weathered rock) is laid down in layers under water and then compressed by layers above. The water between the sediment is squeezed out and the sediment bonds together.
  6. If organisms fall into the sediment then the rock can take the shape of the organism. These formations are fossils.
  7. Metamorphic rocks are formed when either igneous or sedimentary rocks are heated under great pressure.
Think about how you can match the needs of ALL students
Keywords:
  • Sedimentary (2)
  • Particles (2)
  • Compressed (1)
  • Fossil (1)
  • Metamorphic (1)
  • Pressure (1)
  • Igneous (1)
  • Sediment (1)
  • Physical (1)
  • Sand (1)
  • Gravel (1)
  • Silt (1)
  • Clay (1)
  • Weathering (1)
  • Chemical (1)
  • Forces (1)
Links: Literacy, Numeracy, SMSC, British values
Memory Anchor:

AFL/Key Questions:
  1. What is weathering?
    Weathering is breaking up of rock where it stands.
  2. Over time, what happens to rocks as they are weathered?
    Rocks are broken down into increasing smaller particles
  3. What is chemical weathering?
    Chemical weathering is the weathering of rocks caused by chemicals. For example, rainwater is naturally slightly acidic because carbon dioxide from the air dissolves in it. Minerals in rocks may react with the rainwater, causing the rock to be weathered.
  4. What is physical weathering?
    Physical weathering of rocks occurs when they are broken down, but the particles that make them up are not chemically changed.
  5. How are sedimentary rocks formed?
    Sedimentary rocks are formed when sediment (little pieces of weathered rock) is laid down in layers under water and then compressed by layers above. The water between the sediment is squeezed out and the sediment bonds together.
  6. What may occur when organisms fall into the sediment of a forming rock?
    If organisms fall into the sediment then the rock can take the shape of the organism. These formations are fossils.
  7. What causes the formation of a metamorphic rock?
    Metamorphic rocks are formed when either igneous or sedimentary rocks are heated and under great pressure.
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