Learning objectives
- To investigate what affects bulb brightness.
- Working scientifically: To pose questions and plan ways to test them.
Success criteria
- I can describe
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National curriculum
Science
Electricity
Pupils should be
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Cross-curricular links
Design and technology
Pupils should be
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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
Could use the Activity: Investigating bulb brightness: support to provide prompts when writing the enquiry question and forming a conclusion; should watch the Pupil video: Investigating bulb brightness to reinforce the method and offer reminders throughout the experiment as it is set to play on a loop.
Pupils working at greater depth
Should make predictions about different numbers of bulbs in a series circuit and the subsequent bulb brightness (therefore extrapolating data); could use an ammeter within the series circuit to collect quantitative data to support the relationship described; could use a device to access the link: PHET Circuit Construction Kit to simulate the addition of an ammeter into the circuit to collect quantitative data to support the relationship described.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: describing that the more
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Vocabulary definitions
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ammeter
A device that measures the flow of charge around an electrical circuit.
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In this unit
Maintained by: Kapow Primary team
Last update: 25th July, 2023
