Learning objectives

Knowledge

  • To revise the unit Mixtures and separation.

Working scientifically

  • To pose and investigate new questions.

Success criteria

Knowledge

  • I can describe different methods of separation.
  • I can
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National curriculum

Science

Properties and changes

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Arrange the class into groups of four and number the pupils in each group from one to four. Provide each group with the Resource: Knowledge organiser: Science – Mixtures and separation (one per group) and the Resource: Knowledge organiser: Science – Properties and changes (one per group). Explain the rules of the game: Ask pupil one to sit facing…

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support:

Should use the Knowledge organiser: Science – Mixtures and separation and theKnowledge organiser: Science – Properties and changes to help them with the Recap and recall activity; could test and conclude for reflection of light only.

Pupils working at greater depth:

Should identify other properties to test (for example, floating/sinking or flexibility) and devise a way to test these; could draw the circuit diagram used to test conductivity; could choose an extension activity relating to space blankets or the enquiry cycle from the Resource: Stretch and challenge: How reflective are space blankets.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: describing different methods of separation; identifying a

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Vocabulary definitions

  • electrical conductivity

    Allowing electricity to pass through a material.

  • evaporating

    A technique used to separate a dissolved substance from a solution.

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