Lesson Plan: C2.4.03


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

Context and
Landmark
Assessment		 C2.4.03
Landmark Assessment: Progress Observation Opportunity
Remember to have high expectations
Lesson Title: Today we are learning about
How is human activity resulting in climate change?
Remember to check for PROGRESS
Focus on Knowledge, Skills and Understanding
Success Criteria: You will show your learning by...
  1. An increase in average global temperature is a major cause of climate change. There are several potential effects of global climate changes.
  2. Students should be able to describe briefly four potential effects of global climate change
  3. Students should be able to discuss the scale, risk and environmental implications of global climate change.
  4. The carbon footprint is the total amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases emitted over the full life cycle of a product, service or event.
  5. The carbon footprint can be reduced by reducing emissions of carbon dioxide and methane.
  6. Students should be able to describe actions to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and methane
  7. Students should be able to give reasons why actions may be limited.
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Keywords:
  • Emissions: the production and discharge of something, especially gas or radiation. (1)
  • Fossil fuel: a natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms. (1)
  • Carbon footprint: A carbon footprint is historically defined as the total emissions caused by an individual, event, organisation, or product, expressed as carbon dioxide equivalent. (1)
  • Environment: the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates. (1)
Links: Literacy, Numeracy, SMSC, British values
Memory Anchor:

AFL/Key Questions:
  1. What is a major cause of climate change?
    An increase in average global temperature is a major cause of climate change.
  2. Describe briefly four potential effects of global climate change
    The potential effects of global climate change are rising sea levels, damage to ozone layer, increase earth temperature, polar ice caps melting, animals may become extinct, damage to coral reefs.
  3. What are the scale, risk and environmental implications of global climate change.
    Global scale with different affects in different regions. Risk to lost of home, crops, spread of disease, more extreme weather events such as hurricanes and flooding and species extinction.
  4. What is a carbon footprint?
    The carbon footprint is the total amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases emitted over the full life cycle of a product, service or event.
  5. How can a carbon footprint be reduced?
    The carbon footprint can be reduced by reducing emissions of carbon dioxide and methane.
  6. What actions are required to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and methane?
    The main way to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide in the air is to burn less fossil fuels. Unfortunately, we depend on the burning of fossil fuels for heating, electricity generation and transport. If we are to burn less fossil fuels, we will need alternatives for these essential activities. Cattle farming produces a vast quantity of methane and therefore an effective way to reduce the emissions of methane would be o move away from a meat based diet towards a more plant based diet. This would also be a more effective use of land as the land used to produce cattle feed could be used to grow crops and vegetables.
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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