Learning objective
- Working scientifically: To ask questions and plan how to carry out an experiment.
Success criteria
- I can ask
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National curriculum
Science
Working scientifically
Pupils should
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Cross-curricular links
English
Writing – vocabulary, grammar and
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
1: Lesson plan
An area for you to put useful resources from the previous lesson
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Should use the photographs on slides 2-8 of the Presentation: Ordering the method to help complete the sentence strip ordering task; could have the words ‘First’ and ‘Last’ written on a whiteboard to copy onto the first and last sentence strips.
Pupils working at greater depth
Could annotate the sentence strips to include adverbs of manner (eg. gently place five woodlice, neatly draw around it, carefully place it inside the Petri dish); could explain how to use observations to answer the question (e.g. “If there are more woodlice in the damp section, I know they prefer damp conditions.”)
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: asking questions about minibeasts;
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Vocabulary definitions
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condition
What a place or thing is like.
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data
The information you collect when you observe.
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Maintained by: Kapow Primary team
Last update: 20th July, 2023
