4th Sep '25

Schemes of Work

2P
- 2P.1
  - Lesson 01 - What is Energy? Lesson Plan Lesson Title
    - T: It takes energy to do anything. - KS3.P.08
      - Suggested Activity:
        Think of an object that does something, describe the energy it is showing.
        
        eg:
        - to move
        - give out light,
        - make sound or
        - get hotter
        it requires energy
        Equipment Required:
        energy circus
        Techs one & Lan's new one
    - W: The 8 simple forms of energy:
      Light
      Sound
      Chemical potential
      Kinetic (Movement)
      Electrical
      Gravitational potential
      Elastic potential
      Thermal (Heat)
      (Nuclear)
      (Magnetic) - KS3.P.08
      - Suggested Activity:
        Circle Map Energy names
        
        Identify the best terms.
        
        Explain the difference between forms of energy and energy resources.
    - T: These can be categorised into stores and flows of energy.
      
      Stores of energy can be left and returned to and the energy still be there.
      Flows of energy travel from one place to another. - KS3.P.08
    - W: The Stores of energy:
      - Gravitational potential
      - Elastic potential
      - Chemical potential
      - (Nuclear potential)
      
      The Flows of energy are
      - Light
      - Sound
      - Kinetic (Movement)
      - Electrical
      - Thermal (Heat) - movement of particles - KS3.P.08
      - Suggested Activity:
        Tree Map to classify
    - H: SET HOMEWORK: Wordsearch - KS3.P.29
  - Lesson 02 - How can Energy be used? Lesson Plan Lesson Title
    - W: Energy can be transferred from place to place. - KS3.P.08
      - Suggested Activity:
        Demo:
        Gear wheels or show picture of bicycle pedals and wheel.
    - W: Energy can be transformed from one form to another.
      
      Usually into more than one form. - KS3.P.08
      - Suggested Activity:
        Demo:
        Light bulb or speaker.
        Equipment Required:
        lamp
        speaker and sig gen
    - T: Energy cannot be created or destroyed but can be transformed or transferred from place to place. - KS3.P.08
      - Suggested Activity:
        use water to model conservation of energy by labeling suitable sized beakers and showing all water conserved.
        
        Pour water from large beaker into the different smaller beakers. Then back into the large beaker to show there is the same amount of 'energy' as you started.
        Equipment Required:
        Tray labelled the surroundings.
        2x 250mL beaker one labelled heat, one light.
        1x 500mL beaker filled with colored water labelled electricity
        
        Clear tubing to siphon from beaker to beaker.
    - T: Energy transfer diagrams are used to transfers (and transforms) of energy.
      
      Energy transfer diagrams:
      - Stores of energy are written in boxes.
      - Flows of energy are written on arrows.
      - Places / objects are written at the end of arrows.
      - The final arrows need to point word 'surroundings' - KS3.P.08
    - T: Energy flows from high energy (the store) to areas of low energy (the surroundings). - KS3.P.08
    - W: When energy is transferred it is always dispersed until it is evenly distributed in all places. - KS3.P.08
    - T: We can harness this flow to do something.
      
      Analogy: water wheel - KS3.P.08
    - comparing the starting with the final conditions of a system and describing increases and decreases in the amounts of energy associated with:
      - movements,
      - temperatures,
      - changes in positions in a field,
      - in elastic distortions and
      - in chemical compositions - KS3.P.10
  - Lesson 03 - How do machines use Energy? Lesson Plan Lesson Title
    - Processes that involve energy transfer:
      - changing motion,
      - dropping an object,
      - completing an electrical circuit,
      - stretching a spring,
      - metabolism of food,
      - burning fuels - KS3.P.08
      - Suggested Activity:
        Draw energy transfer diagrams for a circus of machines.
        Equipment Required:
        circus of machines:
        1. pulley demo
        2. stretched spring (hooke's law)
        3. moments see saw
        4. toy car or trolley
        5. burning crisp on pin
        6. lamp
        7. resistance in wire (glowing wire)
        8. Match to strike
        10. Tennis ball to drop
        11. blocks to hit together
        12. two marbles on track to collide
    - Some energy is useful and some is not useful, more efficient devices have more useful energy - KS3.P.08
- 2P.2
  - Lesson 04 - Skill focus: Planning Lesson Plan Lesson Title
    - A: What has more energy 1g of food or 1g of fuel? - KS3.P.08
      - Suggested Activity:
        Planning
        
        DEMO SET
        
        Equipment:
        Metafuel block
        Cheese puff
        
        Burning Pins
        Thermomenters
        Copper calorimeter (with lids)
        (Jewellery) balance
  - Lesson 05 - Skill focus: Data Collection Lesson Plan Lesson Title
    - A: What has more energy 1g of food or 1g of fuel? - KS3.P.08
      - Suggested Activity:
        Data Collection
        Equipment Required:
        per group:
        Metafuel pieces
        Cheese puffs
        Burning Pins
        Thermomenters
        Copper calorimeters (with lids)
        (Jewellery) balances
  - Lesson 06 - Skill focus: Analysis Lesson Plan Lesson Title
    - A: What has more energy 1g of food or 1g of fuel? - KS3.P.08
      - Suggested Activity:
        Analysis
    - W: Amount of energy transferred can be measured in Joules. - KS3.P.08
    - T: energy as a quantity that can be quantified and calculated; the total energy has the same value before and after a change - KS3.P.09
- 2P.3
  - Lesson 07 - Halfway Review Lesson Plan Lesson Title
    - A: Review of 2P.1
      - Suggested Activity:
        https://www.mrcorfe.com/Hamble/Questions/2P.1
    - H: SET HOMEWORK:
      Learn Definitions of keywords
      (Crossword) and revise (Flashcards)
- 2P.4
  - Lesson 08 - What direction does Heat travel? Lesson Plan Lesson Title
    - W: Hot objects have more heat energy than cooler ones. - KS3.P.07
      - Suggested Activity:
        DEMO:
        conductivity tray which lights matches
        
        Class:
        Conduction of metal rods
        Equipment Required:
        conductivity tray that lights matches
        
        Class:
        different metal rods
        vaseline
        drawing pins
    - W: Heat energy flows from hot objects to cooler ones. - KS3.P.07
    - W: Heat energy stops flowing when objects are the same temperature. - KS3.P.07
    - Heat energy can transfer through contact known as conduction. - KS3.P.07
    - Conduction occurs when fast moving (hot) particles collide with slower (cooler) particles. - KS3.P.07
    - Energy is passed on as the fast moving particles slow down as the slower particles speed up. - KS3.P.07
  - Lesson 09 - How else can Heat travel? Lesson Plan Lesson Title
    - T: Heat energy can transfer through radiation. - KS3.P.07
    - Radiation is heat energy in the form of light. - KS3.P.07
      - Suggested Activity:
        DEMO:
        Infrared lamp
        
        class:
        Equipment Required:
        DEMO:
        irfrared lamp x 1
        Class:
        250mL beakers
        100ml beakers
        1 colour of food colouring, put a small amount of food colouring into the 100ml beakers
        pipettes
        timers
        Thermometers
    - Convection is the (mass) movement of particles with heat energy.
    - H: SET HOMEWORK:
      Revise keyword meaning and concepts for POO.
  - Lesson 10 - What is an insulator? Lesson Plan Lesson Title
    - Hot objects always cool down until they reach the same temperature as their surroundings. - KS3.P.07
    - Insulators reduce the speed (rate of) energy transfer. - KS3.P.07
    - A gas is a better insulator than a solid. - KS3.P.07
    - 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. - KS3.P.07
      - Suggested Activity:
        class - what material makes the best insulator?
        Equipment Required:
        250mL beakers
        150mL beakers
        kettles
        thermometers
        mixture of materials for insulators
        timers
    - Vacuums are the best insulators. - KS3.P.07
    - Vacuums are the best insulators because there are no particles to collide in a vacuum. - KS3.P.07
    - Layers of clothes or fur, trap air so that the particles can not convect away, while the air still reduces conduction by reducing collisions.
- 2P.5
  - Lesson 11 - Progress Observation Opportunity Lesson Plan Lesson Title
    - A: Progress Observation Opportunity - KS3.P.29
  - Lesson 12 - Reflection Lesson Plan Lesson Title
    - W: Reflection - KS3.P.29