4th Sep '25

Schemes of Work

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  - Overview
    - T: Primary objectives:
      - Students to become inspire to study science as they enjoy productive science lessons.
      - Students to learn how to be safe in science.
      - Students learn that science is about thinking and working things out from observations / evidence.
      - Students are empowered for later success by learning co-operative thinking skills.
    - T: Secondary objective:
      - Students are empowered for later success by learning science skills.
      - Students learn technical language which can be taught later.
  - Lesson 01 - What does it take to become a Scientist? Lesson Plan Lesson Title
    - T: Expectations:
      - Where / how to line up.
      - Standing for register with blazers on.
      - Ready to learn by the end of the register.
    - T: What is Science?
      - Science is the concerted human effort to understand the working and history of the natural world. It is done through observation of natural phenomena, and/or through experimentation that tries to simulate natural processes under controlled conditions.
    - T: Introduce:
      - Think-Pair-Share: Science is about working things out – the thinking is more important than the answer so no one can steal the thinking opportunity from others by calling out the answer.
      - Telling someone the answer is not helping them.
      - Be teachers: make some think of an answer by asking questions
    - T: Observations:
      - Spot the difference
      - Optical Illusions
      - Close up pictures
  - Lesson 02 - How do we safely light a Bunsen Burner? Lesson Plan Lesson Title
    - T: How to light a Bunsen burner.
    - T: Risk assessments.
      - Suggested Activity:
        Unsafe lab: Investigating science w/s 1a
    - T: A hazard is the thing that will cause you harm.
    - T: A risk is how you may be harmed.
    - T: A control measure is what you keep the same to ensure a fair test.
  - Lesson 03 - How do we safely heat water? Lesson Plan Lesson Title
    - T: Safety:
      - Lab rules / procedures
      - Everything STOPS for Safety
      - CLP Symbols
    - T: Measuring time to heat water on roaring blue and half height, half air hole.
      
      Equip:
      -Beakers
      -Thermometers
      -Stopwatches
    - H: Safety Symbols Match up
  - Lesson 04 - What are the standard pieces of lab equipment? Lesson Plan Lesson Title
    - T: Equipment
      - Names
      - Taking measurements circus
    - T: Scientific Questions:
      - Variables: IV - I change; DV - We Measure; CVs: We keep the same
      - Modelling the real world in a simple way
    - The Independent Variable is the one we change.
    - The Dependent Variable is the one we measure.
    - The Control Variables are the ones we keep the same to make it a fair test.
    - H: Equipment Match up
    - We use a measuring cylinder to volumes of liquids.
    - We use thermometers to measure the temperature of an object.
    - H: Learn the variables
  - Lesson 05 - How strong is a Toilet Paper? Lesson Plan Lesson Title
    - T: Enquiry 1:
      - Following a detailed method
      
      - Aim: To find out how the number of layers (of different brands) toilet paper affects it strength.
  - Lesson 06 - How do we draw a graph? Lesson Plan Lesson Title
    - T: Continuous data can be any value.
    - T: Categoric data can only be from a set of possible values.
    - T: For Continuous IV data we plot a scattergraph.
    - T: Graph drawing – 8 stage method, flip the flaps.
  - Lesson 07 - How do we read graphs? Lesson Plan Lesson Title
    - T: Conclusions
      - Reading graphs and putting it into a relationship
      - Back it up with data
    - T: Give out ‘Ladders’ and tracking sheet.
    - T: Set targets for graphs and conclusions.
  - Lesson 08 - How good is your data? Lesson Plan Lesson Title
    - T: DESIRABLE:
      
      Evaluations
      - All class time the same event
      - Find variations
      - Discuss random error
    - T: DESIRABLE:
      
      Calculating means
      - Discard anomalies
      - Add up remaining numbers for the same measurement
      - Press equals
      - Divide by the number of numbers
      - Round to the same number of decimal places as the original measurements.
  - Lesson 09 - Baseline Assessment Lesson Plan Lesson Title
    - A: Baseline assessment / teach the sheets for enquiry