Lesson Plan: C2.4.02


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

Context and
Landmark
Assessment		 C2.4.02
Landmark Assessment: Progress Observation Opportunity
Remember to have high expectations
Lesson Title: Today we are learning about
How does carbon dioxide help sustain earths climate?
Remember to check for PROGRESS
Focus on Knowledge, Skills and Understanding
Success Criteria: You will show your learning by...
  1. Oreenhouse gases in the atmosphere maintain temperatures on Earth high enough to support life. Water vapour, carbon dioxide and methane are greenhouse gases.
  2. Students should be able to describe the greenhouse effect in terms of the interaction of short and long wavelength radiation with matter.
  3. Some human activities increase the amounts of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. These include: - carbon dioxide - methane. Students should be able to recall two human activities that increase the amounts of each of the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide and methane.
  4. Based on peer-reviewed evidence, many scientists believe that human activities will cause the temperature of the Earth's atmosphere to increase at the surface and that this will result in global climate change.
  5. There are difficulties in such complex systems as global climate change. This leads to simplified models, speculation and opinions presented in the media that may be based on only parts of the evidence and which may be biased.
  6. Students should be able to evaluate the quality of evidence in a report about global climate change given appropriate information
  7. Students should be able to describe uncertainties in the evidence base
  8. Students should be able to recognise the importance of peer review of results and of communicating results to a wide range of audiences.
Think about how you can match the needs of ALL students
Keywords:
  • Peer review: 1.evaluation of scientific, academic, or professional work by others working in the same field. (1)
  • Climate: The weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period. (1)
  • Temperature: the degree or intensity of heat present in a substance or object. (1)
  • Greenhouse gas: a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation. (1)
Links: Literacy, Numeracy, SMSC, British values
Memory Anchor:

AFL/Key Questions:
  1. How does the atmosphere help the Earth maintain stable surface temperatures?
    Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere maintain temperatures on Earth high enough to support life. Water vapour, carbon dioxide and methane are greenhouse gases.
  2. What are the long and short term impacts of the greenhouse effect?
    Short term effects: Average surface temperature of earth increases. Long term effect: Rising sea levels, more extreme weather patterns.
  3. What types of human activities increase the amounts of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere?
    Any human activity that produces carbon dioxide and methane.
  4. What do most scientists believe will happen to the Earth?s atmosphere?
    Many scientists believe that human activities will cause the temperature of the Earth?s atmosphere to increase at the surface and that this will result in global climate change.
  5. What difficulties can such complex systems as global climate change cause?
    They lead to simplified models, speculation and opinions presented in the media that may be based on only parts of the evidence and which may be biased.
  6. What is the importance of peer reviewing results and of communicating results to a wide range of audiences.
    Peer reviewing is important within the science community as it prevents bias and allows links to be made within and outside certain specialisms as well as to educate wider audiances.
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